Berrigan weekend oral history project

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 13-6-613

Scope and content

Interviews with Cornell administrators about the planning for the weekend were conducted by Robert Kaplan with Stuart M. Brown, Jr., Vice President for Academic Affairs on April 15, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript); Mark Barlow, Jr., Vice President for Student Affairs, on April 15, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript); Jackson O. Hall, Assistant to the President, on April 14, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript); Alfred E. Kahn, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, on April 15, 1970; and Steven Muller, Vice President for Public Affairs, on April 14, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript).

Dates

1970.

Creator

Cornell University. Program in Oral History (Organization)
Brown, Stuart M., Jr. (Person)
Barlow, Mark, 1925-2012. (Person)
Hall, Jackson O. (Person)
Kahn, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward) (Person)
Muller, Steven, 1927-2013. (Person)
Kaplan, Robert S. (Interviewer, Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage. All audiovisual material and transcripts in this collection have been digitized.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Jackson O. Hall tape recording and transcript require permission to cite or quote..

Biographical / Historical

In 1968, Cornell United Religious Work's Associate Director for Service Daniel Berrigan and other Catholic activists entered a government office in Catonsville, Maryland and destroyed draft cards with napalm to protest the Vietnam War. The "Catonsville Nine" were arrested, tried, and convicted. Berrigan was scheduled to begin a prison term on April 9, 1970, but he disappeared. Cornell showed its support by conducting a three-day America is Hard to Find Festival on April 17-19, 1970. The festival included a public appearance by the then-fugitive Berrigan at the "Freedom Seder" before a crowd of 15,000 in Barton Hall. Berrigan was subsequently found and arrested in August 1970; he served a prison sentence until 1972.