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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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