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McNeill Family Collection, ca. 1910-2000 (continued)
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)
Extent: 28 items
Note: Includes Biarritz, Dinan, Douarnenez, Nice, and Paris.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Foreign Geographic: France (Paris to Villefranche-sur-Mer)
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 34 to 53 (F)
Extent: 20 items
Note: Includes Paris, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Scaër, Semur-en-Auxois, Versailles, and Villefranche-sur-Mer.
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Foreign Geographic: Italy
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 54 to 59 (F)
Extent: 6 items
Note: Includes Rome.
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Foreign Geographic: Monaco
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 60 (F)
Extent: 1 item
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Topical: Art reproductions
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 61 to 66 (F)
Extent: 6 items
Note: Includes postcards from Musée du Louvre, Musée du Luxembourg, and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires.
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Topical: Biographical
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 67 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes Franz Liszt.
BOX 1 FOLDER 8 Topical: Events
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 68 to 78 (F)
Extent: 11 items
Note: Includes 1915 Argentine Pavilion Panama-Pacific International Exposition and 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France.
BOX 1 FOLDER 9 Topical: Greeting cards
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 79 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes Christmas card.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 Topical: Military
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 80 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes "Attaque" (Art reproduction of soldiers on snowy battlefield).
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Booklets: Art reproductions
Call No.: LOT 15588, no. 81 to 100 (F)
Extent: 20 item
Note: Includes Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings in Vatican City.
Postcards Collected by and Written to Bertha McNeill, ca. 1940-1959
Call No.: LOT 15589 (F)
Extent: 730 items
Postcards and postcard souvenir booklets collected by and written to Bertie McNeill, primarily from European countries such as Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as postcards of the United States and Canada. Many of the postcards depict city life and culture and some are annotated and postally used. Additional topics include reproductions of paintings, events, people, and transportation.
Arranged into five groups: Geographical postcards, annotated and postally used, arranged alphabetically by country; topical postcards, annotated and postally used, arranged alphabetically by topic; geographical postcards, blank and unused, arranged alphabetically by country and then city or region; geographical postcard booklets and accordion fold booklets, arranged alphabetically by country; and topical postcards, blank and unused, arranged alphabetically by topic.
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Postally used - Geographic: Foreign (Austria to Turkey)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 1 to 31 (F)
Extent: 31 items
Note: Includes Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Russia Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Turkey.
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 Postally used - Geographic: United States (Alabama to Wyoming)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 32 to 67 (F)
Extent: 36 items
Note: Includes Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Postally used - Topical: Animals
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 68 (F)
Extent: 1 item
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Postally used - Topical: Art Reproductions
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 69 to 71 (F)
Extent: 3 items
Note: Includes postcards from Musée du Louvre (France) and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.). Also includes Raphael's The School of Athens.
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Postally used - Topical: Biographical
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 72 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes Anton Lang.
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Postally used - Topical: Greeting cards
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 73 to 76 (F)
Extent: 4 items
Note: Includes well wishes, and Christmas, New Year's, and pre-stamped cards.
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Postally used - Topical: Military
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 77 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes a Navy sailor.
BOX 1 FOLDER 8 Postally used - Topical: Transportation
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 78 to 79 (F)
Extent: 2 items
Note: Includes ships.
BOX 1 FOLDER 9 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Afghanistan to Canada)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 80 to 114 (F)
Extent: 35 items
Note: Includes Afghanistan, Austria, and Canada.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Croatia to Dominica)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 115 to 139 (F)
Extent: 25 items
Note: Includes Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, and Dominica.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (England)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 140 to 167 (F)
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