Governor's Day Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0078
Scope and Contents
The Governor's Day Records include announcements, flyers, and posters distributed during Governor's Day, May 5, 1970, including a flyer for a silent vigil in memory of the four students killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in Ohio.
Dates
- 1970
Creator
- University of Nevada, Reno (Creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials used on-site; advance notice suggessted. Access to parts of collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Biographical / Historical
Governor's Day was an annual occasion for honoring ROTC cadets. In 1970, the event was scheduled the same week that American troops went into Cambodia and four unarmed student protestors were killed by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. University of Nevada students who opposed the war in Vietnam held a peace rally the same day as Governor's Day, distributing flyers and posters on campus announcing the rally and opposition to the Governor's Day observances. The rally was also called a student strike against the war of Vietnam and Cambodia. The rally became a march toward the stadium where the ROTC military review was being held. The students marched into the stadium and filed into the bleachers shouting anti-war slogans, and some went onto the field and threatened to disrupt the cadet drill. N. Edd Miller, University President, asked for calm and courtesy. Some faculty members and students joined the rank of the protestors, urging restraint. The episode ended without violence. On May 7, however, the ROTC building on campus was fire-bombed. On May 12, the Hobbit Hole, a student residence and meeting place for anti-war activists, was fire-bombed.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Governor's Day was an annual occasion for honoring ROTC cadets. In 1970, the event was scheduled the same week that American troops went into Cambodia and four unarmed student protestors were killed by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. University of Nevada students who opposed the war in Vietnam held a peace rally the same day as Governor's Day, distributing flyers and posters on campus announcing the rally and opposition to the Governor's Day observances. The collection includes announcements, flyers, and posters distributed during Governor's Day, May 5, 1970.
Arrangement
Arranged without hierarchy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Paul Strickland in 1980.
Creator
- University of Nevada, Reno (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Governor's Day Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betty Glass
- Date
- August 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives Repository
Contact:
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu