Prepared by Stephanie Wachalec, March, 27, 2002; Updated February 2012.
5 record
storage boxes + oversized folders, 5.25 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).
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
(shelved in 12th floor mapcase)
Oversize: May 4th Third Anniversary--Schedule of Events
(shelved in 12th floor mapcase)
Oversize: "The Militant" (Original copy), May 15, 1970
(shelved in 12th floor mapcase)
Oversize: Original WKNT News Copy-May 1971
(shelved in 12th floor mapcase)
Oversize: Original WKNT News Copy-No Date
(shelved in 12th floor mapcase)
Oversize: "Register Your Gun Be A Real Swinger" Poster
(shelved in 12th floor mapcase)
Oversize: UPI Wire "Stories of the Year," 1970 (shelved in 12th floor mapcase)