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Arrangement
The Robert H. McNeill Family Collection consists of three related collections: the William Henry Richards Collection; the Mary Alice (Wheeler) and William C. McNeill Family Collection; and the McNeill Family Collection. The collections include photographic negatives, prints, and slides documenting nearly two hundred years of African American leadership. In total, the collection is organized into 16 groups (LOTs) based on themes or media types. Some materials have been incorporated into filing series for special formats, such as: photographs individually cataloged in the PH filing series, ambrotypes, tintypes, daguerreotypes, negatives, and color transparencies.
- William Henry Richards Collection
- LOT 15574 (F): Photographs and Ephemera from William Henry Richards (Robert H. McNeill Family Collection)
- Photographs (individually cataloged)
- Ambrotypes, Tintypes, and Daguerreotypes
- Mary Alice (Wheeler) and William C. Neill Family Collection
- LOT 15575 (F) (H): Mary Alice (Wheeler) and William C. McNeill Family Albums and Scrapbooks (Robert H. McNeill Family Collection)
- LOT 15576 (H): Mary Alice (Wheeler) and William C. McNeill Family Photographs (Robert H. McNeill Collection)
- LOT 15577 (F): Mary Alice (Wheeler) and William C. McNeill Album (Robert H. McNeill Collection)
- McNeill Family Collection
- LOT 15578 (F) (H): Robert H. McNeill Albums, Scrapbooks, and Portfolios
- LOT 15579 (F) (H): Robert H. McNeill and Family Photographs
- LOT 15580 (F): Military Photographs by Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15581 (F) (H): Photographs of Washington, D.C. by Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15582 (F): Photographs from "The Negro in Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion" by Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15583 (F): Photographs and Related Materials from the United Negro College Fund by Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15584 (F) (H): State Department Personnel Photographs by Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15585 (FM -- F size) (FM -- AA size): Color Photographs by Robert McNeill
- LOT 15586 (F) (H) (J): Cameras, Tools and Supplies Owned by Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15587 (F): Events and Exhibits Featuring Robert H. McNeill
- LOT 15588 (F): Postcards Collected by Laura Wheeler and Family
- LOT 15589 (F): Postcards Collected by Bertha McNeill and Family
- Negatives and Color Slides
- LC-MC02 (FM -- AA size): 35mm and 120 medium format color slides
- LC-MC22 (PC -- U2H size): 8x10" and smaller nitrate film negatives