Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

First Annual May 4 Commemoration: Ahern, James F.

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First Annual May 4 Commemoration: Ahern, James F.

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Description A speech by James F. Ahern given as part of a suite of events held by the University during the first annual commemoration of the Kent State shootings. Ahern was a member of the Scranton Commission and former police chief of New Haven, Conn. This speech was delivered on Monday, May 1, 1971, and was live-broadcast by WKSU and is introduced and narrated for broadcast by John C. Weiser. Ahern is introduced at the event by Kent State academic administrator John A. Flower. The speech ends near the 25:30 minute mark followed by a question and answer segment in which the questions are essentially inaudible. Some questions are repeated by Weiser or Ahern himself, but most are not.
Publisher WKSU
Date 1971-05-01
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
Duplication Policy http://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/duplication-policy
Duration 57:50 minutes
DPLA Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format of Original CD
Author/Photographer Ahern, James F.
Flower, John A.
Weiser, John C.
Subcollection Non-Music Sound Recordings Related to May 4
Subject(s) Audio recording
Commemorations
Commissions, Hearings, Tribunals
May 4 Provenance May 4 Collection

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