Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Jim Mueller Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Jim Mueller Oral History

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Narrator Mueller, James
Narrator's Role Resident of Akron, Ohio, in 1970
Date of Interview 2007-10-24
Description A student at the University of Akron during the 1960s and a resident of Akron in 1970, Jim Mueller discusses his memories of the days surrounding the shootings on the Kent State campus. He describes his trip to Columbus on May 5, 1970, in which he went to the Ohio Statehouse to make a citizen's arrest of Governor Rhodes. He discusses attending the annual May 4 commemorations and his later involvement with the May 4 Task Force.
Length of Interview 39:27 minutes
Places Discussed Columbus (Ohio)
Kent (Ohio)
Time Period discussed 1969-1970
Subject(s) Canfora, Alan
College environment--Ohio--Akron
Community members--Ohio--Akron--Interviews
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--Anniversaries, etc.
Kent State University. May 4th Task Force
Krause, Allison, 1951-1970--Death and burial
Ohio. Army National Guard
Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection