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Robert H. McNeill family papers, 1839-2008

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Robert Henry McNeill

Date	Event
1917, Dec. 19	Born, Washington, D.C.
1935	Graduated, Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C.
1935-1937	Attended Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1936	Photographed Jesse Owens at a post-Olympics visit to Howard University
1938	Graduated, New York Institute of Photography, New York, N.Y. Photographer, Works Progress Administration project for Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion and The Negro in Virginia (both published in 1940)
1938-1942	Operated his own photography studio, Washington, D.C.
1942-1945	Served in 594th Ammunition Ordnance Co.
1945	Married Lula Mae Briggs (divorced 1955)
1946-1950	Operated McNeill News Photo Service, Washington, D.C.
1949-1950	Photographer, Gem Photographers, Washington, D.C.
1950-1956	Photographer, Department of Defense (Naval Gun Factory, the Army Signal Corps, and the Naval Ordnance Laboratory), Washington, D.C.
1956	Married Bertie Robinson (died 1984)
1956-1978	Photographer, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
1987	Married Laverne Saunders (died 1987)
1997	Photographer of the Year, FotoCraft Camera Club, Washington, D.C.
1998	Awarded the Maurice Sorrell Lifetime Achievement Award from the EXPOSURE GROUP, African American Photographers Association
2005, May 27	Died, Washington, D.C.

Bertha Clay McNeill

Date	Event
1887, Nov. 12	Born, Southport, N.C.
1908	A.B., Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1910	One of the founders of the College Alumnae Club of the National Association of College Women, Washington, D.C., (later renamed the National Association of University Women)
circa 1916-1955	Teacher, Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C.
1930s-1979	Member, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1935	Chair, Interracial Committee of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1945	M.A., Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
1964-1969	Columnist, Wilmington Journal, Wilmington, N.C.
1979, Sept. 21	Died, Washington, D.C.

Mary Alice Wheeler McNeill

Date	Event
1883, Mar. 26	Born, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1906	Graduated, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
1910	Married William C. McNeill Sr.
1926-1938	Member, Board of Education of the District of Columbia
1930s	Director, Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's Christian Association, Washington, D.C. Teacher of sociology, Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing, Washington, D.C.
1959, Apr. 30	Died, Washington, D.C.

William Clarence McNeill

Date	Event
1878, Feb. 16	Born, Lake Waccamore, N.C.
1897-1900	Attended Howard University Academy, Washington, D.C.
1904	M.D., Howard University Began private practice as a physician, Washington, D.C.
1905-1943	Member of the faculty, Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C.
1908-1920	Secretary-treasurer, College of Medicine, Howard University
1908-1943	Professor of gynecology, Howard University Medical School
1910	Married Mary Alice Wheeler (died 1959)
1955	Retired from medical practice, Washington, D.C.
1964, Apr. 14	Died, Washington, D.C.