Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Henry Halem Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Henry Halem Oral History

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Narrator Halem, Henry
Narrator's Role Professor at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2020-01-23
Description Henry Halem was in his first year of teaching studio art at Kent State University in the spring of 1970. In this oral history, he discusses his observations of the National Guard presence on campus during the days leading up to the shootings. He describes his experiences on May 4, including helping to put out a fire in an equipment storage building near Bowman Hall. He shares his experiences during the immediate aftermath of the shootings, including giving a speech at the Kent-State-in-Exile meeting at Oberlin College and holding classes at his home after the campus had been closed. He goes on to discuss the impact that these events had on his approach to teaching and on his work as an artist.
Length of Interview 1:21:58 hours
Places Discussed Kent (Ohio)
New York (N.Y.)
Time Period discussed 1970-1980
Subject(s) Art--Study and teaching
Artists--Interviews
College teachers--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Filo, John
Fires--Ohio--Kent
Fried, Lewis
Garand rifle
Glick, John
Kent State Memorial (Kent, Ohio)
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--In art
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--Monuments
Kent State University. May 4th Task Force
Kent State University. ROTC Building--Fires
Lyke, Linda
Martial law--Ohio--Kent
Oberlin College. Kent-in-Exile
Ohio. Army National Guard
Segal, George, 1924-2000. Abraham and Isaac
Smithson, Robert. Partially buried woodshed
Tyrrell, Brinsley
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
White, Robert I., 1908-
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection