Page, Horace F. (Horace Francis), 1833-1890

Dr. Horage A. Page was an instructor in the Psychology Department and Director of the department's clinical program in May 1970. Dr. Page had given a speech on student unrest prior to the May 4th incident; the speech, a later revised version of it, and materials relevant to it are included in the collection. The collection includes information about how the Psychology Department faculty undertook to solve the problems that attended the closing of the University after the shootings. Additionally, letters from concerned Kent State students that had been forwarded to Dr. Page are included as is information and documents from various groups that were formed in response to the shootings. Information about procedures implemented by the University administration in order to prevent further unrest when the campus reopened in the fall of 1970 is included along with a number of documents collected by Dr. Page that were produced or published after May 4, 1970. The items include an unsigned and undated eyewitness account by a National Guardsman of the events leading to and concluding with the shootings and the June 1970 issue of Kent magazine.

From the description of Papers, 1970. (Kent State University). WorldCat record id: 40765414

Horace Francis Page was born near Medina, New York, on October 20, 1833. In 1854 he moved to California and operated a saw mill near Colfax before going into the livery-stable business in Placerville. He also worked in mining and mail contracting before studying law and being admitted to the bar in California. He was elected to U.S. Congress in 1873 and served consecutively until 1883. Following his Congressional terms Page returned to the practice of law in Washington, D.C. He died in San Francisco on August 23, 1890.

Chauncey Cleveland Williams was born in Massachusetts on April 5, 1853. He established "The Peoples Advocate" and "Daily Three o'Clock" newspapers in Stockton, California, and was a member of the Workingmen's Party of California. Williams also served as deputy assessor of San Francisco and worked as an agent of the Tenth U.S. Census in 1880. He died in 1938.

From the description of Letters to C.C. Williams, 1881-1882. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 658899148