Creator(s): U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (1936 - ) (Most Recent) From: Series: Watergate-Related Case Files, 6/1972 - 1986 Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009 Details Level of Description:Item Type(s) of Archival Materials:Photographs and other Graphic Materials The creator compiled or maintained the series between:6/1972 - 1986 General Note(s):Exhibit History: American Originals, December 1997 - December 1998, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. 624.0220 (each for 6 months). Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted Subjects Represented in the Archival Material(s):Exhibition records Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 Scope & Content During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. These were used as exhibits in the trial of Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy.