Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

WKNT Radio, "Four Days in May"

Kent State Shootings: Digital Archive

WKNT Radio, "Four Days in May"

Description "Four Days in May" was a radio documentary that aired during the first anniversary of the Kent State shootings. It includes an interpretive narration of events interspersed with audio footage, recorded by Bob Carpenter, other WKNT personnel, and student contributors, of events occurring in the City of Kent and at Kent State University from May 1-4, 1970. The program provides an account of the events leading up to and culminating with the Kent State Shootings. It includes excerpts of reporting; press conferences; and interviews with Kent State University students and citizens of the City of Kent from May 1970. Produced, written, edited, and narrated by Paul Brennan. Chris Hood was the studio engineer for this work.
Publisher WKNT Radio
Date 1971
Extent 1 audio cassette
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.
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Duration 23:34 minutes
17:02 minutes
DPLA Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format of Original audio cassette
Author/Photographer Brennan, Paul
Hood, Chris
Sponsor Digitization was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Location Kent (Ohio)
Subcollection Non-Music Sound Recordings Related to May 4
Subject(s) Audio recording
Eyewitness accounts
Reactions, Responses. Community members
Reactions, Responses. Faculty, Staff
Reactions, Responses. Students
May 4 Provenance May 4 Collection