The Kent State Shootings Oral Histories project collects and provides access to personal accounts of the May 4, 1970, shootings and their aftermath.  

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• Tell your story! Please visit our Kent State Shootings Oral History Project page for more information on how you can participate.

• The Department of Special Collections also collects personal narratives and commentaries that are submitted in writing or are self-recorded. These narratives are collected in Box 101 of the May 4 Collection, and the full text or audio/video of most is available online.
  
  
• Disclaimer: The content of oral history interviews, written narratives and commentaries is personal and interpretive in nature, relying on memories, experiences, perceptions, and opinions of individuals. They do not represent the policy, views or official history of Kent State University and the University makes no assertions about the veracity of statements made by individuals participating in the project. Users are urged to independently corroborate and further research the factual elements of these narratives especially in works of scholarship and journalism based in whole or in part upon the narratives shared in the May 4 Collection and the Kent State Shootings Oral History Project.