The gym annex protest of 1977, also known as Tent City, was a controversy that arose from the University's proposal to build an annex to the gym on part of the site of the 1970 Kent State shootings. During these protests, some objectors camped out on the building site, hence the name Tent City or Tentropolis. For a full timeline of the Tent City protests, please consult our Tent City/Gym Annex Protest Chronology.
The following collections contain photographs of events related to Tent City, 1977.
Deborah Andersen photographs and papers: Box 188
The Deborah Andersen collection is digitized and fully available online. It contains 39 black and white photographs taken in 1977 relating to Tent City.
Craig Blazinski papers: Box 56
This collection contains 3 black and white photographs relating to Tent City, 1977 and is digitized and fully available online.
Roger J. DiPaolo papers: Box 123
The Roger J. DiPaolo papers contain 8 black and white photographs relating to Tent City, 1977.
Gym Annex Controversy (Tent City) records: Box 221
The scrapbooks contained in Box 221 of the Gym Annex Controversy (Tent City) records include over thirty scrapbook pages of photographs. These photographs chronicle the Tent City protests from August to September of 1977.
This collection contains prints, proof sheets, and negatives relating to Tent City, 1977.