Treasures of the Area Studies Collections: Reconsidering Primary Sources and Collections
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Protester fleeing tear gas at Kent State University, photograph by Howard E. Ruffner.
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Report, boxed in black line, of the killing of four students and wounding of twelve others by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University the previous day, Strike Newspaper, front cover.
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Line of gas-masked Ohio National Guard troops advancing on students and other protesters at Kent State University, photograph by Howard E. Ruffner.
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Police officer arresting anti-war protesters at Kent State University, photograph by Howard E. Ruffner.
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Fireman in front of the smoldering ruins of the ROTC Building at Kent State University, a fire assumed to have been set by students and others protesting the escalation of the Vietnam War by the Nixon administration, photograph by Howard E. Ruffner.
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“Celebrate, 10th Anniversary of the Founding of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam,” poster for an evening of entertainment hosted by the New Haven Women in Solidarity With the Vietnamese People.
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“The Mood of America,” editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Letter to Kingman Brewster, Jr. from William K. Coblentz (LL.B. ’47), a member of the Regents of the University of California, congratulating Yale on “the magnificent manner in which you handled last weekend’s ‘convocations.’”
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Letter to Kingman Brewster, Jr. from Peter Coburn (B.A. ’59) regarding Yale’s handling of the May Day rally.
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Letter to Yale parents and alumni from President Kingman Brewster, Jr. explaining his administration’s decisions in handling the May Day rally events.
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“Greet the Corporation With the Demands,” poster for a mass rally in Beinecke Plaza.
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The New Leader, Volume 53, Number 13, cover featuring a photograph of the New Haven May Day rally.
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Letter to Kingman Brewster, Jr. from Michael P. Deasy, President of the Student Community Housing Corp., regarding Yale’s commitments to housing and economic development in New Haven.
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“After Mayday” reporting, Strike Newspaper, front page.
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First three pages of the transcript of an oral history interview on May Day rally events with Henry "Sam" Chauncey, Jr., Special Assistant to the Yale President, conducted by Mr. Solomon.
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Kurt Lidell Schmoke, senior photograph from Yale Banner 1971, page 339.
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First three pages of the transcript of an oral history interview on May Day rally events with Kurt Schmoke (B.A. ’71), a BSAY member and Secretary of the Class of 1971, conducted by Brook Manville.
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“Calvin Hill To Speak At Benefit Concert,” article announcing the appearance of Dallas Cowboys linebacker Calvin Hill (B.A. ’69) at a Yale Symphony Orchestra benefit concert for the campus day care center named for him, Yale Daily News, front page.
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“After MayDay: The Strike Demands: All Yale’s Children Got Day Care,” by Richard M. Schwartz, Yale Banner 1971, pages 38-43.
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Memorandum from BSAY and black faculty and administrators to the Strike Steering Committee critiquing Yale President Kingman Brewster, Jr.’s 3 May response to the Strike Steering Committee’s 30 April demands.
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“Trials: Verdict in New Haven,” page torn from Newsweek (1970 September 14 issue, page 34), accompanying a letter from A.J. Sockoloskie to Kingman Brewster, Jr.
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FOIA-requested photocopy of an FBI memorandum on a Westport, Connecticut, Black Panther Party meeting and an accompanying copy of a handout on the evolution of the Coalition to Defend New Haven Black Panthers.
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FOIA-requested photocopy of an FBI memorandum and accompanying copies of Black Panther Party handouts about BPP social welfare activities in New Haven.
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FOIA-requested photocopy of a memorandum, sent via enciphered teletype, from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to top-level Nixon Administration officials reporting on the second day of the May Day rally.
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Suspected arson fire in downtown New Haven building during May Day rally weekend.