Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Barb O'Patry Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Barb O'Patry Oral History

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Narrator O'Patry, Barb
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2019-06-25
Description Barb O'Patry was a senior studying education and English at Kent State University in 1970. She relates her life during her college days with detailed descriptions of her experiences living on campus, in an apartment in the city of Kent, and the places in town where she worked as a waitress. On May 4, she was trying to drive onto campus for her student-teaching meeting at 1:00 and was turned away by a law-enforcement officer. She tells her story of trying to drive back to Cleveland, running out of gas on the turnpike, and being stuck for several hours with people jeering and cursing at her out their windows because of the Kent State bumper sticker on her car's rear window. She also describes her experiences taking classes during the summer of 1970.
Length of Interview 1:56:01 hours
Places Discussed Cleveland (Ohio)
Kent (Ohio)
Ravenna (Ohio)
Time Period discussed 1967-1970
Subject(s) Armored vehicles, Military
Catholic college students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Elks (Fraternal order). Kent Lodge no. 1377 (Kent, Ohio)
Firearms
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State University. Prentice Hall
Kent State University. White Hall
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Women college students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.)
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection