Bob "Carp" Carpenter Papers, 1967-1998
MAY 4 COLLECTION -- Boxes 178-182
Inventory
Prepared by Stephanie Wachalec, March, 27, 2002
5 record
storage boxes + 1 flat oversize box, 5 cubic feet, 12th floor
Biographical Note
Bob "Carp" Carpenter was born in Coshocton, Ohio September 3, 1943. After
graduating from Akron's North High School in 1961, he served in the U.S.A.F. as
an intelligence analyst working for National Security Agency from 1963-67.
During this time, Carpenter was stationed mostly overseas: 18 months in Crete,
Greece and twice in Vietnam (Da Nang and Saigon). Upon his discharge he became
News Director, DJ, and Talk Show Host for WKSU-AM/FM (campus stations) in Kent,
Ohio.
From 1969-74, Carpenter was News Director at WKNT-AM/FM (commercial stations)
in Kent. It was during that time when student anti-war protests were prevalent
across college campuses. As News Director, Carpenter often covered these protests,
tape recorder in hand, to capture the events. He made the only known
recording of Governor Rhodes' press conference at the City of Kent Fire Station
on Sunday May 3, 1970, although, this recording is often rebroadcast without
credit given to the original source. He continued to collect information about
the events of May 4, 1970 until he moved to Maui, Hawaii in 1974. He now lives
in Port Charlotte, Florida, and is the Public Information Officer for the Charlotte
County Sheriff's Office.
Scope and Content
This collection includes articles, newspaper clippings, subject files, and
artifacts related to the events before, during, and shortly after May 4, 1970.
Newspaper clippings, flyers and original WKNT news copy make up much of the
collection. Also found in the collection are original audio recordings of the
burning of the R.O.T.C. building, the arrival of the Ohio National Guard on
campus, Governor Rhodes' speech of May 3, 1970, and other events on and around
campus on the weekend before May 4. The recordings of May 4 include the rally
and the shots being fired, as well as some interviews immediately following the
shootings (see Box 182).
The bulk of the collection dates from 1968-1974.
Description of Series
May 4 Collection -- Box 178
Folder --
Contents
Series 1: Articles and Publications
- Articles and Publications: American Legion Magazine, July 1970--pp.
22-25 on KSU
- Articles and Publications: American Legion Magazine, September
1970--Letters to the Editor (5) p. 2
- Articles and Publications: American Legion Magazine, October
1970--Letters to the Editor (2) p. 2
- Articles and Publications: American Legion Magazine, March
1971--House Internal Security Committee and Report on SDS/Weathermen pp.4-11
- Articles and Publications: Congressional Record, May 20, June 8, October
13, 1970
- Articles and Publications: Congressman Bill Stanton Reports from
Washington, June 1970
- Articles and Publications: Department of State The Cambodia Strike, April
30, 1970
- Articles and Publications: Department of State Question and Answers, May
1970
- Articles and Publications: Department of State Cambodia in Perspective,
June 3, 1970
- Articles and Publications: Department of State Cambodia Concluded, June
30, 1970
- Articles and Publications: Department of State U.S. Military Actions in
Cambodia, July 1970
- Articles and Publications: FYI, March 29, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, April 26, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, May 10, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, June 1, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, July 26, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, August 3, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, August 9, 1971
- Articles and Publications: FYI, November 22, 1971
- Articles and Publications: "Jesus Loves You," May 4, 1972
- Articles and Publications: Kent Plus 25, November 4, 1970
- Articles and Publications: "The Militant" (Photocopy of Original), May 15,
1970
- Articles and Publications: North East Ohio Peace and Justice Calendar,
March 1974
- Articles and Publications: North East Ohio Peace and Justice Calendar,
April 1974
- Articles and Publications: "Peoples Examiner", January 15, 1972
- Articles and Publications: "The Student as Nigger" by Jerry Farber, March
3, 1967
- Articles and Publications: "We Care"--Newspaper for Servicemen Summer,
1970
Series 1: Articles and Publications--No Date
- Articles and Publications: The Alternative (YAF Newsletter)
- Articles and Publications: How the New Generation Got That Way by Kenneth
Keniston
- Articles and Publications: Port Huron Statement--Students for a Democratic
Society
- Articles and Publications: University Democracy--The Case for Home
Rule
Series 2: Correspondence
- Correspondence: Brennan, Paul to Professor Robert H. Parson, [no
date]
- Correspondence: Kent Reform Council to WKNT, February 20, 1972
- Correspondence: Mahlman, Robert from Carpenter(Regarding use of ABC Radio
News Footage for a Record) December 15, 1970
- Correspondence: Pitkin, Robert B. from Carpenter (Editor of American
Legion Magazine, about a July 1970 article)
- Correspondence: Smith, John P. from Carpenter (Regarding May 4, 1971
Broadcast)
- Correspondence: Stiner, Jim (Worked for Congressman Harsha), May 25, 1970
- Correspondence: Tucker, Raymond Dr. and Prof. Dale Ware from Carpenter
(Giving Permission for Them to use Tapes), November 10, 1971
- Correspondence: U. S. Department of Justice (Regarding Tapes), 1973-74
- Correspondence: Wagner, Jay (Carpenter's Appearance on WLEC Program
"Viewpoint"), October 2, 1970
- Correspondence: Walsh, Anthony (Dropping off Tapes for Kent Legal Defense
Fund to Transcribe), November 17, 1971
Series 3:
Flyers--Organized by Date
- Flyers: K.L.F. (Yippie) Rally, October 14, 1970
- Flyers: Monday Sneaker, April 12, 1971
- Flyers: People's Peace Treaty April 12, 1971
- Flyers: Vietnam Veterans Against War (VVAW), April 18, 1971
- Flyers: May Day Coalition Washington Rally, May 1971
- Flyers: May Day Coalition Black Squirrel Tribe, May 1971
- Flyers: Kent State: May 1970 Film, October 1972
- Flyers: Mai Lai at Wounded Knee, March 7, 1973
- Flyers: May Fourth United Front (VVAW), April 26, 1973
Series 3: Flyers--No Date
- Flyers: Alternatives for Action
- Flyers: Anti-Fyke Rally
- Flyers: Anti-Yearbook
- Flyers: Campus Group Forum
- Flyers: Civil Liberties Action Day
- Flyers: Communication Crisis at Kent State
- Flyers: Indict The Government
- Flyers: Kent Student Mobilization Committee
- Flyers: March Against War and Repression
- Flyers: May 4th United Front
- Flyers: People's Coalition for Peace and Justice
- Flyers: Reach Out
- Flyers: Send a Telegram to Congress
- Flyers: Snuff Out Hazards
- Flyers: Vandalists Collective of Kent
- Flyers: Vietnam Vets Against the War (VVAW)
Series 4: Subject Files
- Subject Files: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Subject Files: Basketball--(High School and University 1971-1972 Schedule)
- Subject Files: Black United Students (BUS)
- Subject Files: Bliss, Kenneth
- Subject Files: Campus Unrest Collection in KSU Archives, 1974
- Subject Files: Carpenter, Bob Speech Spring, 1970
- Subject Files: CBS Documentary "Kent State: May 1970"
- Subject Files: Center for Peaceful Change
- Subject Files: College of Arts and Sciences Teach-In, May 10, 1972
- Subject Files: Commencement, June 13, 1970--Program
- Subject Files: Commencement, June 13, 1970--Speeches
- Subject Files: Congressman James Harsha
- Subject Files: Cormack, Douglas
- Subject Files: Court of Common Pleas--Injunction to Close KSU, May 7, 1970
- Subject Files: Demonstration--People's Coalition for Peace and Justice
n.d.
- Subject Files: Disturbance, 1972
- Subject Files: Ellsberg, Daniel, October 1972, Legal Defense Fund Raiser
- Subject Files: Fonda, Jane
- Subject Files: Fyke, James
- Subject Files: Govenor Gilligan
- Subject Files: Govenor Rhodes Press Conference Transcripts, May 3, 1970
and Related Correspondence
- Subject Files: Grand Jury Radio Feeds
- Subject Files: Halter, Donald
- Subject Files: Hayes, Jerry
- Subject Files: Indochina Peace Campaign
- Subject Files: John Gray Panel
- Subject Files: Kelley, Robert
- Subject Files: Kent 25--Court Documents and News Copy with Names and
Charges
- Subject Files: KSU--Board of Trustees
- Subject Files: KSU--Community Relations Committee, May 25, 1970
- Subject Files: KSU--News Contact List, 1970
- Subject Files: KSU--News Service Policy
- Subject Files: KSU--Presidential Search Committee, 1971
- Subject Files: KSU--Student Government
- Subject Files: KSU--University Shut-down, May 1970
- Subject Files: Kent United Front
- Subject Files: Legal Aid Clinic, 1972
- Subject Files: May 4th United Front
- Subject Files: May 4, 1971 First Anniversary--Schedule of Events and
Letter to Alumni
- Subject Files: May 4, 1973 Third Anniversary--Final Plans of Memorial
Committee
- Subject Files: May 4, 1973 Third Anniversary--Scedule of Events
- Subject Files: May 4, 1973 Third Anniversary--Personal Notes
- Subject Files: May 4, 1973 Third Anniversary--VVAW Program of Events
- Subject Files: May 4, 1974 Fourth Anniversary--Miscellaneous Information
- Subject Files: May 10-11, 1972 Protest (Carpenter's Notes)
- Subject Files: Miscellaneous Notes by Carpenter
- Subject Files: Mohr, Reinhold (Ron)
- Subject Files: Moritz, William
- Subject Files: Olds, Glenn
- Subject Files: Police Department Report, 1971
- Subject Files: Portage County State Warrant (Blank)
- Subject Files: Portage County Inventory of Riot Control Equipment
- Subject Files: Presidential Commission on Campus Unrest (a.k.a. Scranton
Commission)--Notes and Related Information
- Subject Files: Press Pass from National Guard May 4, 1970
- Subject Files: Protest Song
- Subject Files: Robinson Memorial Hospital Report of Injuries from May 4,
1970
- Subject Files: Rupe, Jerry 1970 Trial (Carpenter's Notes)
- Subject Files: Russian Winter Festival, 1972
- Subject Files: SDS/Kent 4 "The Brothers in Jail" Letter
- Subject Files: Sigma Delta Chi--Regional Conference, April 3, 1971
- Subject Files: Simonds, Rex
- Subject Files: Special State Grand Jury, Sept.-Oct., 1970
- Subject Files: Statement to the Citizens of Kent by LeRoy Satrom (Mayor),
May 8, 1970
- Subject Files: Subcomittee Conference on Campus Unrest, July 15, 1970
- Subject Files: Vote Against the War
- Subject Files: Weathermen
- Subject Files: White, Robert I.
- Subject Files: WKNT--Emergency Broadcast Information
- Subject Files: WKNT--Feeds, November-December 1971
- Subject Files: WKNT--Feeds, no date
- Subject Files: WKNT--Letters From Listeners About May 4th Coverage (May
1970)
- Subject Files: WKNT--Letters From Listeners About May 4th Coverage
(June-December 1970)
- Subject Files: Yearbook, 1971--Notes About the Content for a 16 2/3 Record
Included in Book
Box 179
Series 5: Newspaper Clippings -- Organized by Date
- Clippings: 1968
- Clippings: April 1970
- Clippings: May 1, 1970 Kent Stater
- Clippings: May 2-9, 1970 Record Courier
- Clippings: May 15, 1970 Plain Dealer Faculty Ad
- Clippings: May 1970 Ohio Newspapers
- Clippings: May 1970 Ohio and National Newspapers
- Clippings: May 1970 Ohio and National Newspapers
- Clippings: May 1970 Ohio and National Papers
- Clippings: May-October 5,1970 Ohio Newspapers
- Clippings: July-December Ohio Newspapers
- Clippings: December 29, 1970 Record Courier Best and Worst of 1970
- Clippings: January-May 1971 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: May 1971 Regional Newspapers--First Anniversary
- Clippings: June-September 1971 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: October-December 1971 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: November 23, 1971 Kent Stater
- Clippings: December 8, 1971 Kent Stater
- Clippings: January-May 1972 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: April 14,1972 Kent Stater
- Clippings: May 4,1972 Kent Stater
- Clippings: May 1972 Local and Regional Newspapers--Second Anniversary
- Clippings: June 25, 1972 Akron Beacon Journal Arthur Krause interview
- Clippings: June-December 1972 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: October 25, 1972 Kent Stater Jane Fonda interview
- Clippings: January-July 1973 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: May 1973--Third Anniversary
- Clippings: August-December 1973 Local and Regional Newspapers
- Clippings: January-December 1974 Newspapers
- Clippings: May 1974--Fourth Anniversary
- Clippings: October 18, 1997 Akron Beacon Journal, James Michener interview
- Clippings: December 15, 1998 Charlotte Sun, Bob Carpenter
interview
Box 180
Series 5: Newspaper Clippings, No Date -- Organized by
Subject
- Clippings: American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- Clippings: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Clippings: Black United Students (BUS)
- Clippings: Federal Grand Jury Hearings
- Clippings: Federal Grad Jury Indictments
- Clippings: Fyke, James
- Clippings: Governor Rhodes Tapes
- Clippings: Grand Jury Petitions
- Clippings: Kelley, Robert
- Clippings: Kent Local News misc.
- Clippings: Kent 25
- Clippings: KSU Board of Trustees
- Clippings: KSU Budget
- Clippings: KSU Dorm Searches
- Clippings: KSU Faculty
- Clippings: KSU Grand Jury
- Clippings: KSU Misc. News
- Clippings: KSU Presidential Candidates
- Clippings: KSU Tuition Increases
- Clippings: Letters to the Editor
- Clippings: Michener, James
- Clippings: Misc. May 4th Articles
- Clippings: Mock Grand Jury
- Clippings: Mohr, Reinhold (Ron)
- Clippings: Morgan, Craig
- Clippings: Norman, Terry
- Clippings: N. Water St. Disturbance
- Clippings: Ohio misc. news
- Clippings: Ohio National Guard
- Clippings: Olds, Glenn
- Clippings: Photographs and Cartoons
- Clippings: Police Kent and KSU
- Clippings: Presidential Commission on Campus Unrest (a.k.a. Scranton
Commission)
- Clippings: Probes and Inquiries about May 4th
- Clippings: Protests
- Clippings: ROTC
- Clippings: Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
- Clippings: Sovreign Immunity Lawsuits
- Clippings: State Grand Jury
- Clippings: Students Stage a Walkout During V.P. Humphrey's Speech
- Clippings: Studies and Surveys
- Clippings: Supreme Court Case
- Clippings: Vecchio, Mary
- Clippings: Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)
- Clippings: White, Robert I.
Series 6:
Personal Files
- Personal Files: 109 Index Cards on People Involved in Shooting
Incident
- Personal Files: 127 Index Cards of Individuals Involved in Demonstrations,
Arrested, etc. (Some include photographs)
Series
7: Photographs
- Photographs: KSU Dorm Search
- Photographs: KSU Water Street Riot April 1972 (1)
- Photographs: KSU Water Street Riot April 1972 (2)
- Photographs: May 4, 1971 First Anniversary, August 1971, and May 1972
- Photographs: Miscellaneous Pictures--no date
- Photographs: Ravenna High School close down/KSU Press Briefing
- Photographs: SDS-Kent 4 Jail Release, April 30, 1970
- Photographs: Sit-ins
- Photographs: WKNT Mobile Studio and Sit-ins (Negatives only)
Series 8: Press Releases Kent State University
- Press Releases: November 26, 1968-December 31, 1970
- Press Releases: January 4, 1971-November 3, 1971
- Press Releases: February 10, 1972-April 30, 1974
- Press Releases: No Date
- Press Releases: Non-KSU
Box 181
Series 9: Reports, Studies and Surveys
- Reports: Dooling Survey, August 1972
- Reports: Educational Policies Council--ROTC Deliberations, February 26,
1971
2a. Reports: Goettler Report (on campus disturbances) October 1, 1969
- Reports: Position Paper on House Bill 1219 by Craig Morgan January 22,
1971
- Reports: Recommendations--Emergency Communication System, August 1970
- Reports: Study of Problems, Needs, and Interests of Portage County,
1969/1970
- Reports: Task Force on Communications Report, September 2, 1970
- Reports: University and Community Reaction to the News Coverage...by D.
Ray Heisey, April 16, 1971
Series 9: Reports, Studies and Surveys--No Date
- Reports: Commentary on May Activities University News Service
- Reports: Interim Report of the Select Committee to Investigate Campus
Disturbances
- Reports: Kent State--A Communication Breakdown by Mark Heil
- Reports: Report on Campus Security
- Reports: February 5, 1971 Disturbance by Bob Carpenter
Series 10: Wire Reports and News Copy
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-January, November, and
December 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1970 (Includes May 4th)
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 4-8,1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 4,1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-July-August 1970
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-1971 Atty. General's Decision
against Federal Grand Jury
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-January-March 31,1971
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1971
- Wire Reports: Original WKNT News Copy-1974
- Wire Reports: UPI Wire Stories April 1969-December 1969
- Wire Reports: UPI Wire Stories Sent by Carpenter-May 1-4, 1970
- Wire Reports: UPI Wire Stories-1970 (Use photocopies for reference)
- Wire Reports: UPI Wire "Stories of the Year," 1970
Series 10:
Wire Reports and News Copy, No Date--Organized by Subject
- Wire Reports: ACLU Suit Against Ohio National Guard
- Wire Reports: Federal Grand Jury
- Wire Reports: Govenor Rhodes
- Wire Reports: KSU--Faculty
- Wire Reports: KSU--Police
- Wire Reports: KSU--Student Survey About Shooting
- Wire Reports: Morgan, Craig
- Wire Reports: National News Stories
- Wire Reports: Presidential Commission on Campus Unrest (a.k.a. Scranton
Commission)
- Wire Reports: State Grand Jury (Kent 25 Indictments)
- Wire Reports: State News Stories
- Wire Reports: Student Protest
- Wire Reports: Supreme Court
- Wire Reports: Wrongful Death Suit Dismissal
Box 182
Series 11: Artifacts
- Artifacts: Department of Justice Label (from box Carpenter's taped were
returned in)
- Artifacts: Emergency KSU News Sign (List of Radio Stations)
- Artifacts: National Guard Gas Mask Bag
- Artifacts: Protective Bag/Mask
- Artifacts: Recording May 4th First Anniversary (16 2/3 Record)
- Artifacts: Rocket Flare
- Artifacts: Tear Gas Box and Shell
Series 12:
Compact Discs (In 2 Smaller Boxes)
- Compact Discs: Raw Tape and Edited Actualities, May 2 and 3, 1970
- Compact Discs: Governor James Rhodes Press Conference, May 3,1970
- Compact Discs: Raw Tape and Edited Actualities, May 4, 1970
- Compact Discs: Ohio National Guard Press Conferences General Robert
Canterbury, May 4 and 5, 1970
- Compact Discs: Raw Tape and Edited Actualities, May 4-7, 1970
- Compact Discs: KSU President Robert I. White Press Conference, May 6, 1970
- Compact Discs: President Richard Nixon Press Conference, May 8, 1970
- Compact Discs: KSU President Robert I. White and Dr. Ronald Roskins
Interview by Marty Howard for WKNT, May 9, 1970
- Compact Discs: Portage County Prosecutor Ron Kane Press Conference, May
15, 1970 and Speech May 28, 1970
- Compact Discs: The Scranton Commission Hearings (Day 2) August 20, 1970
- Compact Discs: The Chestnut Burr Record (A Compilation of Audio Recorded
by WKSU and WKNT) May 1-4, 1970
- Compact Discs: The Kent 25 (Reports, Actualities and Kent 25 News
Conference), October 1970-January 1971
- Compact Discs: May 4th Documentary (A Joint Production of WKNT and WKSU),
1971
- Compact Discs: KSU Protest Rally, May 4, 1971
- Compact Discs: Sit-in at Rockwell Hall May 4, 1971
- Compact Discs: Sit-in at Rockwell Hall (Afternoon) Forum Discussion
(Evening), May 5, 1971
- Compact Discs: The Kent 25 Indictments Dropped (Actualities and Burning of
the Indictments), December 7-8, 1971
- Compact Discs: Broadcast Interview WKNT: Jane Fonda, October 24,
1972
Series 12: Tapes (reel-to-reel and cassette)
NOTE:
These tapes have now been tranferred to CD format. See listing above. Headings
are transcribed directly from original labels on tapes.
- Tapes: May 1-3, 1970 (for record in yearbook)
- Tapes: May 3, 1970 Govenor Rhodes press conference
- Tapes: May 3, 1970 President White
- Tapes: May 3, 1970 President White on KSU position (4 point)
- Tapes: May 3 , 1970 Sunday night rally/gassed
- Tapes: May 4, 1970 Before shooting
- Tapes: May 4, 1970 Live interviews with Ohio National Guard and students
- Tapes: May 4, 1970 Interviews 12:45 p.m.
- Tapes: May 4, 1970 School closed, President White
- Cassette: Joe Eszterhas interview of student for his book "13 Seconds."
[cassette tape]
Series 13: Oversize Items
- Oversize: Fyke "Wanted" Poster
- Oversize: May 4th Third Anniversary--Schedule of Events
- Oversize: "The Militant" (Original copy), May 15, 1970
- Oversize: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1971
- Oversize: Original WKNT News Copy-No Date
- Oversize: "Register Your Gun Be A Real Swinger" Poster
- Oversize: UPI Wire "Stories of the Year," 1970