Special Collections and Archives
Digital Collections
Special Collections and Archives
Digital Collections
Collections
Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive
Audio recordings, photographs, artworks, and thousands of documents from the May 4 Collection, documenting the May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings.
Show MoreKent State Shootings: Oral Histories
Audio recordings and textual transcripts to oral histories documenting the Kent State shootings and their aftermath.
Show MoreKent State History: Digital Archive
Photographs, maps, and other materials documenting the history of Kent State University.
Show MoreBorowitz True Crime Digital Collection
Primary and secondary sources documenting the history of crime, from the Borowitz Collection.
Show MoreExternally Hosted Collections
Chestnut Burr
Digital version of the Kent State Chestnut Burr yearbook, published from 1914-1985. Includes searching capability. Hosted on Internet Archive.
Show MoreDaily Kent Stater
Digital version of the Kent Stater / Daily Kent Stater campus newspaper, dating from 1926. Hosted by Veridian.
Show MoreDigital Exhibits & Featured Collections
Lafayette Tolliver: Visual Footprints in Time
Lafayette (Lafe) Edward Tolliver was a Kent State University student photojournalist during a remarkable time in the history of the...
Keeping Kent Open
Immediately following the Kent State shootings, President Robert White ordered that the University close and an injunction was then granted...
Campus Strike Papers: The Aftermath of May 4 1970
This exhibit highlights a selection of the responses that are found in the Campus Strike papers in Special Collections and...
The Truth Demands Justice: A Snapshot History of the May 4th Task Force
The student-run May 4th Task Force (M4TF, sometimes called the “May 4 Task Force”) was founded in October 1975, to...
Spotlight on Special Collections & Archives at Kent State
Selected books, manuscripts, and archival materials that illustrate major areas of strength in the collections Click on the subject areas (see...
Featured Collection: Lafayette Tolliver Photographs
Lafayette Tolliver is a Kent State University alumnus who attended the university from 1967-71, graduating with a Bachelor of Science...
Kent State Shootings: Featured Audio Recordings
This exhibit features selected audio recordings from the May 4 Collection, which documents the 1970 Kent State shootings and their...