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Paul Kriese papers
Special Collections and Archives
Paul Kriese papers
Special Collections and Archives
Paul Kriese papers
- Repository: Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
- Title: Paul Kriese papers
- Inclusive Date(s): 1968-1972
- Bulk Date(s): 1970
- Author: Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Campion, December 2022
- Creation: Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Campion using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2022
- Origination: Kriese, Paul, 1943-
- Extent: .33 cubic feet (1 document case)
- Physical Location: 11th and 12th floor (May 4 Collection, Box 82)
- Finding Aid Identifier: OhKeUSC0221
- Abstract: This collection consists mainly of correspondence, publications and bulletins gathered or created by Kriese, in response to the May 4, 1970 Kent State Shootings.
- Language(s): The records are in English
Biography of Paul Kriese
Dr. Paul Kriese was born August 15, 1943, in Buffalo, New York. He earned his M.A. in Political Science from Kent State University in 1972 and was present during the events surrounding the May 4, 1970 Kent State Shootings. Kriese was active in promoting change while maintaining peace, leading to the establishment of the Committee for Non-Violence. He went on to the become the first chairman of the Training Committee, for the Committee for Non-Violence. Kriese is an Emeritus Professor of Political Science and a chair member of the Department of Arts and Culture at Indiana University. The Committee for Non-Violence is not to be confused with the University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence. The Committee for Non-Violence is a distinct group with overlapping charges.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, publications, and bulletins.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is divided alphabetically into folders by subject.
Separated Material
General clippings about the Kent State Shootings and related topics have been removed from this collection and will be integrated into the May 4 Clippings, Magazines, and Journal Articles collection.
Related Material
Further information concerning the Committee for Non-Violence can be found in the B. Earle Roberts papers.
Preferred Citation
Paul Kriese papers. May 4 Collection. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Acquisition Information
Paul Kriese donated this collection to Special Collections and Archives in July 1986.
Controlled Access Headings
The following are found in this collection:
- Subjects:
- Kriese, Paul, 1943- -- Archives
- Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
- Kent State University. Committee for Non-Violence
- Kent State University. Center for Peaceful Change
- Friends Peace Committee (Kent, Ohio)
- Nonviolence -- Ohio -- Kent -- History -- 20th century
- Kent State University -- History -- 20th century
- Kent (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century
- Functions:
- College teaching
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- Occupations:
- College teachers
- Material Types:
- Armbands
- Notes (documents)
- Publications (documents)
- Speeches
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Box 82 / Folder 1
- Artifact: Armband, Undated
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Physical Description: Teal armband with red andn blue paint depicting a sun rising.
- Box 82 / Folder 2
- Center for Peaceful Change, January 27, 1972, Undated
- Scope and Content
- Includes documents related to structural redesign and system-wide recommendations.
- Box 82 / Folder 3
- Committee for Non-Violence, May 17, 1970-December 1971, Undated
- Scope and Content
- Contains correspondence, leaflets, recommendations and various lists of contact information.
- Box 82 / Folder 4
- Notes, 1970
- Scope and Content
- Includes handwritten notes related to various New York Times articles, along with a draft schedule of "Think Week."
- Box 82 / Folder 5
- Organization Charts, Undated
- Physical Location: Filed in the map case.
- Scope and Content
- Six pencil drawn organizational charts for administrative units at Kent State University.
- Box 82 / Folder 6
- Proposal: A Proposal for the Development of a Group Relations Prototype for Research, Teaching and Community Intervention at Kent State University, Undated, but likely 1971
- Box 82 / Folder 7
- Publication: America's Changing Culture by Philip E. Slater, June 1970
- Box 82 / Folder 8
- Publication: Gentle Strength, November 4, 1971
- Scope and Content
- Volume 4, Number 8, publication from the Bay Area Nonviolent Community.
- Box 82 / Folder 9
- Report: Friends Peace Committee, September 1970
- Scope and Content
- Report on the training done at Kent State University May 19-31, 1970. Presented by the Friends Peace Committee Training Team: Ellen Deacon, Margaret DeMarco, Chuck Noell, and Simeon White.
- Box 82 / Folder 10
- Resolutions: Faculty Senate, May 14, 1970-June 11, 1971
- Box 82 / Folder 11
- Speech: Robert I. White, President, Kent State University, February 2, 1970
- Scope and Content
- Speech delivered to the Akron Torch Club, titled "Regents and Trustees: Order, Not Chaos."
- Box 82 / Folder 12
- Statement: The Rights of Students, September 1970
- Scope and Content
- A statement of ten issues facing Kent State University School.
- Box 82 / Folder 13
- Statement: To Subcommittee, Select Committee to Investigate Campus Disorders, January 21, 1971
- Scope and Content
- Statement by Richard W. Taylor, Professor of Political Science, regarding HB 1219.
- Box 82 / Folder 14
- Study Summary: R. H. Goettler and Associates, Inc., October 1, 1969
- Scope and Content
- Summary of Kent State University student prepared by R. H. Goettler and Associates, whose research was to determine the attitudes and opinions of incoming freshmen, undergraduate students, and faculty.
