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Interview with Howard Ruffner

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Date of Interview

23 June 2022

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Howard Ruffner

Biographical Text

Howard Ruffner was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After high school, he joined the Air Force in 1965. His experience with photography started when he worked at the Air Force headquarters in Waco, Texas. After leaving the Air Force, he started college in 1969. While studying at Kent State University, Ruffner started working as a photographer for the university's student newspaper. He was a college sophomore when the shootings of May 4, 1970, occurred. He witnessed and documented this event and his photographs appeared on the cover of Life.

Duration

1:28:20

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

Digital file

Date of Digitization

23 June 2022

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

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Keywords

Kent State shooting; Students; Pictures; National guard; Campus:  Taylor Hall; Protest; Photographs; Yearbook; Kent State University; Building; Guard; Photographer; Film; Fire.

Accessibility

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Files

Howard Ruffner (1).jpeg

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About this Collection

Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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Citation

“Interview with Howard Ruffner,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2023, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/2477.