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McNeill Family Collection, ca. 1910-2000 (continued) | |||||||||||||
Cameras, Tools and Supplies Owned by Robert H. McNeill, ca. 1940-1990 | |||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586 (F) (H) (J) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 418 items | |||||||||||||
Note: Served by appointment only. | |||||||||||||
Items include camera equipment, retouching supplies, and other ephemera relating to McNeill's photography career. Notable items include three Graflex cameras, two artist boxes of supplies, and press passes from his time as a portrait photographer at the U.S. State Department. | |||||||||||||
Items are arranged by size. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | Film plates | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 5 to 22 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 18 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 | Negative Masks | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 35 to 45 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 11 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 FOLDER 2 | Varigam Filters | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 46 to 53 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 8 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 FOLDER 3 | Press Passes (State Department) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 54 to 89 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 36 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 FOLDER 4 | Press Passes (State Department) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 90 to 218 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 129 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 | Film plates | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 23 to 34 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 12 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 FOLDER 1 | Marshall's Photo Color Instructions | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 222 to 227 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 6 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 FOLDER 2 | Photo-Oil Coloring for Fun or Profit, Lucile Robertson Marshall | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 228 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 item | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 FOLDER 3 | Roehrig's Oil Photo Colors Box | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 229 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 item | |||||||||||||
Note: Contents are in Box 6. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 FOLDER 4 | Film plates | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 230 to 231 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 2 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 FOLDER 5 | Light bulbs | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 232 to 255 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 24 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 FOLDER 1 | Laboratory Book (1 of 4) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 257 to 279 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 22 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 FOLDER 2 | Laboratory Book (2 of 4) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 280 to 298 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 19 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 FOLDER 3 | Laboratory Book (3 of 4) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 299 to 339 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 41 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 FOLDER 4 | Laboratory Book (4 of 4) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 340 to 343 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 4 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 FOLDER 5 | The Theory and Practice of Photography Booklets | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 344 to 349 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 6 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Film holder and sheath | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 4 (H) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 item | |||||||||||||
BOX 6 | Artist Box Contents (paints, wooden spools, etc.) from artists' Roehrig's Oil Photo Color box and Phillies Blunt Cigar box [Empty] | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 229A to 229Z, 256 (H) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 27 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Magnifying glass, Photographic Thermometer, Kodak trimming board | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 219 to 221 (H) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 3 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 FOLDER 1 | Signs and labels | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 350 to 354 (H) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 5 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 FOLDER 2 | Signs and labels | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 355 to 361 (H) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 7 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Graflex Speed Graphic Camera | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 3 (J) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 item | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | Graflex Speed Graphic Camera | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 2 (J) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 item | |||||||||||||
BOX 11 | Graflex Speed Graphic Camera | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 1 (J) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 item | |||||||||||||
BOX 12 | Artist Box Contents from artists' Phillies Blunt Cigar box (instruction booklets, paintbrushes, dropper, graphite, scissors, tweezers, x-acto knife blades, etc.) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15586, no. 256A to 256FF (J) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 32 items | |||||||||||||
Note: See Box 6 for original Phillies box. | |||||||||||||
Events and Exhibits Featuring Robert H. McNeill, 1983-1997 | |||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 93 photographs; 6 items; 3 albums [ca. 115 photographs, 3 items] | |||||||||||||
Photographs in albums made for Robert H. McNeill show images from four exhibits featuring McNeill's work in Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, IL from the 1980s-1990s. | |||||||||||||
Prints are arranged in alphabetical order by exhibit title. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 | Black Expressions/American Traditions, 1985 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 1 to 33 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 30 photographs, 3 items | |||||||||||||
Location: Chicago, IL; Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 | A Century of Black Photographers, 1840-1960, Howard University Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 34 to 37 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 3 photographs, 1 item | |||||||||||||
Location: Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, MD | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 | Free Within Ourselves: African American Art, National Museum of American Art Album, October 27, 1994 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 38 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 album [ca. 20 photographs] | |||||||||||||
Location: Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 | FotoCraft anniversary dinner (43rd), 1983 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 39 to 58 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 20 photographs, 1 item | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 | FotoCraft Camera Club Exhibit, Martin Luther King Library, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 59 to 99 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 40 photographs, 1 item | |||||||||||||
Location: Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 | Visual Journal Photo exhibit, Smithsonian Institute Album, April 18, 1996 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 100 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 album [ca. 40 photographs] | |||||||||||||
Location: Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 | Youth Photography contest award ceremony and birthday tribute for Robert McNeill, December 20, 1997 | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15587, no. 101 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 1 album [ca. 55 photographs, 3 items] | |||||||||||||
Location: Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
Postcards Collected by and Written to Laura Wheeler, ca. 1950-1959 | |||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15588 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 100 items | |||||||||||||
Postcards collected by and written to Laura Wheeler, sister of Mary Alice Wheeler of the McNeill family, primarily depicting cities, sites, and events in Algeria, Argentina, France, Italy, and Monaco. Additional postcards include art reproductions and exhibition highlights from museums in Europe and South America; a postcard booklet of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings in Vatican City; souvenir cards of international expositions; and French-language postcards depicting Franz Liszt, artwork of soldiers in battle, and a Christmas card. | |||||||||||||
Arranged into three groups: Geographical postcards, arranged alphabetically by country and then city or region; topical postcards, arranged alphabetically; and topical booklets. Fifty-nine postcards are annotated and/or postally used. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 | Foreign Geographic: Algeria | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 1 to 5 (F) | |||||||||||||
Extent: 5 items | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 | Foreign Geographic: France (Biarritz to Paris) | ||||||||||||
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 6 to 33 (F) | |||||||||||||
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