A map of the campus
This map, prepared for the Commission on Campus Unrest, shows "the Commons" area on the Kent State Campus, the movement of the National Guardsmen, and the locations...
A mayor's urgent request
On May 2, 1970, the mayor of Kent, Ohio, LeRoy M. Satrom, asked the commander of the Ohio National Guard to provide troops to restore order in the wake of large...
Cutting up
This photograph of a hospital operating room in Van Wert, Ohio was taken in 1924. It is part of a series of photographs taken by an agricultural agency to show life...
“I, Donald S. Mackenzie . . .”
The Commission on Campus Unrest traveled to Ohio and took testimony from those who witnessed the shooting, including this statement by Donald Mackenzie, one of the...
John McAllister Schofield
During the Civil War, Major General Schofield commanded the Union Army of the Frontier, the Army of the Cumberland, and the Army of the Ohio. He also commanded the...
Peace Petition
A year after the Mexican War began, debate over the war continued; these citizens of Trumbull County, Ohio, wrote to Congress and asked them to end the war.
Roomates battle in Tennessee
Former West Point roommates Lieutenant General John B. Hood and Major General John M. Schofield fought a decisive battle at Franklin, Tennessee. Schofield’s Army...