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Burning of draft board records by Philip and Daniel Berrigan and others, May 17, 1968: an interview with Mary E. Murphy given on November 2, 1972
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Burning of draft board records by Philip and Daniel Berrigan and others, May 17, 1968: an interview with Mary E. Murphy given on November 2, 1972
View larger version of imageCatonsville Library, Baltimore County Public Library
Collection: Friends of Catonsville Library
Date: 1972-11-02
Date of Digitization: 2004-03-29
Source: Catonsville Library
Original Dimensions: 28 x 22 cm
Creator: Murphy, Mary E.
Notes:
This a transcript of a recorded interview with Mrs. Mary E. Murphy who was the Chief Clerk at the Draft Board office no. 33 at the time of the event of the forceful removing and burning of the draft cards by the Catonsville Nine group.

Transcription: 
FRIENDS OF THE CATONSVILLE AREA LIBRARY 
                ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM


INTERVIEWEE:  Mrs. Mary E.  Murphy,  Chief Clerk 
                            Selective Service Board #33 
                            Catonsville,  Maryland

INTERVIEWER:   Miss Dorothy Beaman

SUBJECT:            Burning of Draft Board Records by 
                             Phillip and Daniel Berrigan 
                             and others,  May  17,  1968

DATE OF INTERVIEW:    November  2, 1972