◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Kent State — Part 15

104 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 15, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 104 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 7 cu s/i9/70 BE, — junior at Kent State University ivight Hall, Ohio, a end Lived ‘dn On Friday, May 1, 1970, he was not in the downtown area of Kent, Ohio. On Saturday, May 2, 1970, he observed about 400 to 500 people located in the Commons at about 8:00 PH. Someone rank the Victorv Bell and someone proposed that the group go to the ors to secure more students for the rally. After nderstocd soneone to propose that the students go to resiacnt WHITE's house. This did not materialize. “advised that he was standing in the area of a group went to the vicinity of the ROTC Building. Ue observed sone peonle throw stenes at the Building and believed this groun vould nusber aboit 50. Ne moved to the middle of the Cormons but was still approximately 103 yards from the ROTC Luvilding when he observed flares being thravn at the Ruilding and saw soncaae ignite a custain in the ROTC Bullding. This was approximately 6:30 or 8:45 PM, ery He observed fire men arrive and noted that their hoses were severed. Ne could not identify any of the individuals responsible for throwing stones or setting fire to the ROTC Building. It was his impression at this time that the fire had terminated and he returned to his room but subsequently observed that the fire was re-ignited, On May 4, 1970, he did not attend his 9:45 AM class About 12:G0 noon, he was located on the sidewalk in front of Taylor Hall. He observed a number of people on the Commons iu virco arcana of the Bell. He could not identify any of thes individuals who were speaking at this time. Ne observed several men in a jeep request the students to disperse and he did onserve what speared to be a File # Cleveland 08- O8— ~2140 . iat 1 Date dictated___ 5/13/9 i This document contoing neither tecommendgtions ner canctusions of the FOr. itis the property of the FBI and is loaned to your ogency: it ond its contents ore not to be distributed outside your agency. G8 ee ee
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 53
Jump straight to page 53 of 104.
Reader
Kent State — Part 22
Stay inside Kent State with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Kent State Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the General archive hub and the more specific Kent State topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
letter bureau
Related subtopics
John Murtha
57 documents · 1471 known pages
Subtopic
Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy
42 documents · 2653 known pages
Subtopic
D B Cooper
41 documents · 13789 known pages
Subtopic
Kansas City Massacre
38 documents · 5300 known pages
Subtopic
Black Panther Party
36 documents · 3066 known pages
Subtopic
Malcolm X
36 documents · 3932 known pages
Subtopic