University News Service, Photographs, April 30, 1970 - May 4, 1977 (bulk May 4, 1970)

May 4 Collection -- Boxes 28-28A

Inventory
Prepared by Cara Gilgenbach, August 26, 1998; Updated May 2004
Photographs scanned by Stephanie Wachalec and Rhonda Rinehart, 2003
1 half-size record storage box and 1 document case, .83 cubic feet, 12th floor

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs and contact sheets produced by University News Service (now University Communications and Marketing) before, during, and after the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University. The first photographs were taken on April 30 to May 3, 1970. This group consists of a small number of photos. The bulk of the photographs were taken on May 4, 1970. Other photographs include events immediately after the shootings and some annual commemorations. All captions were provided by Special Collection and Archives staff.

Please contact Special Collections and Archives staff for information on use and reproduction of these photographs. When making inquiries or requests about specific photographs, please include the number of the photographs as listed below to facilitate identification (Example: 705/4-1-35).

May 4 Collection -- Box 28

Box 28 contains photographs arranged in numerical order by News Service Photography Department numbers. The first part of the number (for example, 705/4) identifies the date on which the photo was taken, starting with the year, then the month, then the day. Thus, 705/4 indicates that the photo was taken in 1970 on May 4. The remainder of the News Service number refers to the file and frame numbers assigned to the negatives (for example, 1-15A refers to file 1, frame 15A). Contact sheets have not been scanned as all images contained on them have been printed and scanned.

Folder -- Contents

704/30 - 705/1: April 30 - May 1, 1970
  1. 704/30-4-30 [burned out ROTC building]
  2. 705/1-1 [contact sheet], May 1, 1970
  3. 705/1-1-2 [people gathered on grounds near Victory Bell]
  4. 705/1-1-3 [people gathered on grounds near Victory Bell]
  5. 705/1-1-4 [closer view of people gathered near Victory Bell]
  6. 705/1-1-5 [closer view of people gathered near Victory Bell]
  7. 705/1-1-6 [people gathered around Victory Bell, listening to man speak]
  8. 705/1-1-7 [close-up of man addressing the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  9. 705/1-1-8 [man addressing the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  10. 705/1-1-9 [close-up of man addressing the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  11. 705/1-1-10 [close-up of man addressing the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  12. 705/1-1-11 [close-up of people with public address system by the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  13. 705/1-1-12 [people addressing the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  14. 705/1-1-13 [person standing next to the Victory Bell]
  15. 705/1-1-14 [close-up of people listening to those addressing the crowd at the Victory Bell]
  16. 705/1-1-15 [people in front of the Victory Bell with shovels]
  17. 705/1-1-16 [people in front of the Victory Bell involved in a disagreement]
  18. 705/1-1-17 [people sitting on the ground and onlookers]
  19. 705/1-1-18 [person addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  20. 705/1-1-19 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  21. 705/1-1-20 [man holding up a piece of paper in front of the Victory Bell]
  22. 705/1-1-21 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  23. 705/1-1-22 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  24. 705/1-1-23 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  25. 705/1-1-24 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  26. 705/1-1-25 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  27. 705/1-1-26 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  28. 705/1-1-27 [man addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]
  29. 705/1-1-28 [woman addressing the crowd in front of the Victory Bell]

705/3: May 3, 1970

  1. 705/3-1-14 [burned out ROTC building]
  2. 705/3-1-20 [burned out ROTC building]
  3. 705/3- 1-31 [Emil Berg inspecting damaged information booth]
  4. 705/3-2 (contact sheet)
  5. 705/3-2-9 [burned out ROTC building]
  6. 705/3-2-9 (2) [people standing in the street]
  7. 705/3-2-10 [fence on ground]
  8. 705/3-2-11 [burned out ROTC building]
  9. 705/3-2-11 (2) [fence on ground]
  10. 705/3-2-12 [National Guardsmen in front of burned out ROTC building]
  11. 705/3-2-12 (2) [fence on ground]
  12. 705/3-2-13 [people looking and pointing]
  13. 705/3-2-13 (2) [people standing around]
  14. 705/3-2-14 [close-up of people standing around]
  15. 705/3-2-15 [close-up of people standing around]
  16. 705/3-2-16 [close-up of people standing around]
  17. 705/3-2-17 [close-up of a man]
  18. 705/3-2-18 [close-up of people standing around]
  19. 705/3-2-19 [close-up of two men]
  20. 705/3-2-20 [broken window in door]
  21. 705/3-2-21 [broken window in door]
  22. 705/3-2-22 [broken window in door]

705/4-1: May 4, 1970

  1. 705/4-1 [contact sheets]
  2. 705/4-1-3 [National Guard personnel on campus]
  3. 705/4-1-4 [National Guard personnel on campus]
  4. 705/4-1-6 [woman and man talking]
  5. 705/4-1-7 [back of woman, National Guard in background]
  6. 705/4-1-8 [crowd of people, with fists raised]
  7. 705/4-1-9 [crowd of people]
  8. 705/4-1-10 [crowd of people]
  9. 705/4-1-11 [crowd of people]
  10. 705/4-1-12 [National Guard personnel in jeep]
  11. 705/4-1-13 [close-up of National Guard personnel in jeep]
  12. 705/4-1-14 [television crew on campus]
  13. 705/4-1-15 [crowd of people, yelling and making gestures]
  14. 705/4-1-16 [crowd of people making gestures]
  15. 705/4-1-17 [close-up of National Guard personnel in jeep]
  16. 705/4-1-18 [crowd of people making gestures]
  17. 705/4-1-19 [crowd of people]
  18. 705/4-1-20 [National Guard personnel wearing gas masks]
  19. 705/4-1-21 [National Guard personnel wearing gas masks, holding rifles]
  20. 705/4-1-22 [National Guard personnel wearing gas masks]
  21. 705/4-1-23 [National Guard personnel wearing gas masks]
  22. 705/4-1-24 [man, standing]
  23. 705/4-1-25 [small crowd, Victory Bell in background]
  24. 705/4-1-26 [man, sitting]
  25. 705/4-1-27 [National Guard personnel]
  26. 705/4-1-28 [National Guard personnel holding rifles]
  27. 705/4-1-29 [National Guard personnel with rifles, bayonets fixed]
  28. 705/4-1-30 [National Guard personnel with rifles, bayonets fixed]
  29. 705/4-1-31 [National Guard personnel wearing gas masks, walking toward crowd]
  30. 705/4-1-32 [National Guard personnel walking toward Taylor Hall]
  31. 705/4-1-33 [National Guard personnel walking toward Taylor Hall, tear gas has been fired]
  32. 705/4-1-34 [National Guard personnel walking toward Taylor Hall, tear gas has been fired]
  33. 705/4-1-35 [National Guard personnel walking toward Taylor Hall, tear gas has been fired]
  34. 705/4-1-36 [National Guard personnel walking toward Taylor Hall, tear gas has been fired]
  35. 705/4-1-37 [National Guard personnel walking toward Taylor Hall, tear gas has been fired]

705/4-2: May 4, 1970 (continued)

  1. 705/4-2 (contact sheets)
  2. 705/4-2-4 [National Guard personnel, television crew in front of burned ROTC building]
  3. 705/4-2-5 [man in gas mask with a camera--Terrence Norman]
  4. 705/4-2-6 [onlookers on roof of campus building]
  5. 705/4-2-7 [people leaving the area, National Guard personnel, ROTC building and tear gas in background]
  6. 705/4-2-8 [National Guard, ROTC building, and tear gas ]
  7. 705/4-2-9 [people leaving the area, National Guard and tear gas in background]
  8. 705/4-2-10 [smoke from tear gas canister in front of Taylor Hall]
  9. 705/4-2-11 [row of National Guard personnel, wearing gas masks with bayonets fixed]
  10. 705/4-2-12 [close-up of National Guard personnel, wearing gas masks with bayonets fixed]
  11. 705/4-2-13 [close-up of National Guard personnel, wearing gas masks with bayonets fixed]
  12. 705/4-2-14 [people in foreground, National Guard personnel in background]
  13. 705/4-2-15 [group of people in foreground, National Guard in background]
  14. 705/4-2-16 [man with black flag, covering face]
  15. 705/4-2-17 [people in parking lot, some covering faces]
  16. 705/4-2-18 [people, some have faces covered]
  17. 705/4-2-19 [people running]
  18. 705/4-2-20 [tree branches]
  19. 705/4-2-21 [tree branches, library building in background]
  20. 705/4-2-22 [people ducking and running]
  21. 705/4-2-23 [people running for cover in a parking lot]
  22. 705/4-2-24 [people on ground]
  23. 705/4-2-25 [person on ground, National Guard personnel in background]
  24. 705/4-2-26 [an injured person being given first aid]
  25. 705/4-2-27 [an injured person being given first aid]
  26. 705/4-2-28 [crowd of people gathered around injured student]
  27. 705/4-2-28 [an injured person being given first aid]
  28. 705/4-2-29 [an injured person being given first aid]
  29. 705/4-2-30 [an injured person being given first aid]
  30. 705/4-2-31 [group of people]
  31. 705/4-2-33 [crowd around Don Drumm sculpture]
  32. 705/4-2-34 [crowd around Don Drumm sculpture]
  33. 705/4-2-35 [crowd around Don Drumm sculpture]
  34. 705/4-2-36 [crowd around Don Drumm sculpture, ambulance on site]
  35. 705/4-2-37 [crowd around Don Drumm sculpture, ambulance on site]

May 4 Collection -- Box 28A

705/4-3: May 4, 1970 (continued)
  1. 705/4-3 [contact sheets]
  2. 705/4-3-5 [people scattered around Taylor Hall]
  3. 705/4-3-5A [row of Guard personnel]
  4. 705/4-3-7 [row of Guard personnel coming down a hill]
  5. 705/4-3-8 [television crew, filming National Guard personnel]
  6. 705/4-3-9 [television crew, filming National Guard personnel]
  7. 705/4-3-9A [row of National Guard personnel, wearing gas masks, carrying rifles]
  8. 705/4-3-10A-11 [Glenn Frank, KSU faculty member and faculty marshal]
  9. 705/4-3-12A [Glenn Frank by ambulance]
  10. 705/4-3-13 [ambulance driving away]
  11. 705/4-3-14 [ambulance driving away]
  12. 705/4-3-15 [National Guard on campus]
  13. 705/4-3-15A [man with camera talking to National Guard personnel--Terrence Norman]
  14. 705/4-3-16A [man with camera talking to National Guard personnel--Terrence Norman]
  15. 705/4-3-17 [National Guardsman in gas mask, detail]
  16. 705/4-3-18 [close-up of man--Terrence Norman]
  17. 705/4-3-19 [close-up of man--Terrence Norman]
  18. 705/4-3-20 [police officer talking to a man]
  19. 705/4-3-20A [police officer talking to a man]
  20. 705/4-3-22 [National Guardsman talking to a man]
  21. 705/4-3-22A [police officer with a man]
  22. 705/4-3-25 [National Guard personnel with crowd in background]
  23. 705/4-3-26 [National Guard personnel with crowd in background]
  24. 705/4-3-27 [National Guard personnel with crowd in background]
  25. 705/4-3-27A [detail of National Guard personnel in photo 3-27]
  26. 705/4-3-28 [people on roof of building]
  27. 705/4-3-29 [people on roof of building]
  28. 705/4-3-29A [man being put on stretcher]
  29. 705/4-3-31 [man on a stretcher]

705/4-4: May 4, 1970 (continued)

  1. 705/4-4 [contact sheets]
  2. 705/4-4-1A [people in parking lot]
  3. 705/4-4-2A [people in Taylor Hall parking lot]
  4. 705/4-4-3A [an injured or slain person being moved on a stretcher]
  5. 705/4-4-4 [an injured or slain person being moved on a stretcher]
  6. 705/4-4-4A [an injured or slain person being moved on a stretcher, detail of 4-4]
  7. 705/4-4-5A [an injured or slain person being moved on a stretcher]
  8. 705/4-4-6A [Glenn Frank talking to the crowd]
  9. 705/4-4-7A [man with black flag, jumping in a puddle of blood]
  10. 705/4-4-8A [man with black flag, standing in and looking at a puddle of blood]
  11. 705/4-4-9A [crowd of people in the distance, others in foreground look their way]
  12. 705/4-4-10A [crowd of people in the distance]
  13. 705/4-4-11A [closer view of crowd]
  14. 705/4-4-13 [another crowd of people]
  15. 705/4-4-14 [closer view of crowd, similar to 4-11A]
  16. 705/4-4-14A [crowd of people and faculty marshals]
  17. 705/4-4-15 [seated group of people]
  18. 705/4-4-15A [crowd of people in the distance]
  19. 705/4-4-17A [a damaged sign for Campus Day 1970; background shows National Guard personnel and vehicles]
  20. 705/4-4-19 [a damaged sign for Campus Day 1970; background shows National Guard personnel and vehicles]
  21. 705/4-4-19A [National Guard personnel talking to five men]
  22. 705/4-4-20A [National Guard personnel talking to five men]
  23. 705/4-4-22 [National Guard personnel and vehicles]
  24. 705/4-4-22A [burned out ROTC building]
  25. 705/4-4-24 [burned out ROTC building with National Guard personnel and others looking on]
  26. 705/4-4-25 [burned out ROTC building with National Guard personnel around building]
  27. 705/4-4-26 [burned out ROTC building with National Guard personnel around building]
  28. 705/4-4-27 [crowd of people on one side of rope, National Guard personnel on the other]
  29. 705/4-4-28 [National Guard personnel and vehicle in foreground; crowd gathered behind Taylor Hall in background]
  30. 705/4-4-29 [National Guard personnel and vehicle in foreground; crowd gathered]
  31. 705/4-4-29A [National Guard personnel and vehicle in foreground; crowd gathered]
  32. 705/4-4-30A [National Guard personnel and crowd off in the distance]
  33. 705/4-4-31A [National Guard personnel , some aiming guns]
  34. 705/4-4-33 [tear gas near crowd gathered by Taylor Hall]
  35. 705/4-4-34 [tear gas near crowd, canister has been thrown back]
  36. 705/4-4-34A [tear gas near crowd, canister has been thrown back]
  37. 705/4-4-36 [people gathered around fence]
  38. 705/4-4-36A [National Guard personnel gathered around burned out ROTC building]

705/5: May 5, 1970

  1. 705/5-1 [Dr. Robert I. White addressing the media]

705/18: May 18, 1970

  1. 705/18-1-9 [sign reading "Kent State University Authorized Personnel Only"]

709/28: September 28, 1970

  1. 709/28-2-24A [Dr. Robert I. White]
  2. 709/28-6-14 [Dean Kahler]
  3. 709/28-6-20 [Dean Kahler]
  4. 709/28-8-7 [Dean Kahler]
  5. 709/28-8-11 [Dean Kahler]

715/3 - 715/4: May 3 - 4, 1971

  1. 715/3-3-12A [unidentified man stands near a cone marked with an "A" and holds a lantern, while others look on]
  2. 715/3-3-13 [evening photo, with tracers of candle light near Victory Bell]
  3. 715/4-1-13 [unidentified man speaking to a crowd on campus]
  4. 715/4-1-21 [people lined up on both sides of street]
  5. 715/4-1-25 [crowd gathered outside campus building]
  6. 715/4-4-10A [unidentified man addresses a crowd, President White in background]
  7. 715/4-7-20 [man in tree takes photographs, a crowd looks on]
  8. 715/4-7-24 [unidentified woman addresses a crowd]
  9. 715/4-7-28 [unidentified man addresses a crowd]
  10. 715/4-7-29 [unidentified man wearing a Nixon mask addresses a crowd]
  11. 715/4-8-7 [Dean Kahler on stage, looks on]
  12. 715/4-8-11 [unidentified woman addresses a crowd]
  13. 715/4-8-12 [unidentified woman addresses a crowd]

755/4: May 4, 1975

  1. 755/4-5-11 [memorial service May 4, 1975]

775/4: May 4, 1977

  1. 775/3-11 [aerial view of Gym Annex site, with surrounding buildings labeled]
  2. 775/4-3-8 [Dean Kahler holds a candle where Jeffrey Miller died]
  3. 775/4-6-23 [person listening to Dean Kahler at May 4, 1977 ceremony]
  4. 775/4-6-30 ["The truth demands justice" banner in foreground on stage Dean Kahler and others are seated]
  5. 776/29-1 [aerial view of tent city, detail]
  6. 776/29-2 [aerial view of tent city]