Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

CKSUV: Audio Recordings: Statement: Kristopson

Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

CKSUV: Audio Recordings: Statement: Kristopson

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Description Recorded statement of Louis Kristopson, Jr. conducted by the CKSUV. Kristopson was a student at time of shootings. He relays his observations of Monday, May 4, 1970 and talks about the number of rocks thrown in his area of observation. He also describes an altercation between a student and a Guardsman before the shootings. He witnessed Guardsmen firing. He comments on the lack of communication, in his experience, about there being a state of martial law at the time and states that people did not know that was the case.
Date 1970-06-30
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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Duration 0:15:17
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Format of Original reel-to-reel
Author/Photographer Kristopson, Louis Jr.
Subcollection Commission on KSU Violence records
Subject(s) Audio recording
Commissions, Hearings, Tribunals
May 4 Provenance May 4 Collection