NEIL MAC NEIL PAPERS
Biographical Note
1891
Born , Dorchester, Mass., February 6, 1891, son of John A. and
Catherine (MacNeil) MacNeil.
1912
B.A., St. Francis Xavier University.
1914-16
City Editor, Daily Mail, Montreal.
1916-18
Correspondent, Montreal Gazette.
1918
Joined the staff of the New York Times.
1920
Married Elizabeth Quinn, June 28, 1920.
Served as Sergeant Major in the Army, World War I.
1924
Assistant night telegraph editor, New York Times.
1926
Head of night cable desk, New York Times.
1927-30
Night city editor, New York Times.
1930-51
Assistant night managing editor, New York Times.
1932
Reorganized the Times Bureau in Washington.
1932-48
Led Times staff covering the National political conventions.
1945
Headed staff that covered U.N. Charter Conference in San Francisco.
1951
Retired from New York Times.
1954-55
Editorial director Hoover Commission.
1954-58
Assistant to Herbert Hoover.
1964
Became one of Mr. Hoover's three literary executors.
1969, December 30
Died in Southampton, Long Island.
Clubs:
Dutch Treat
New York Athletic (Past Gov.)
Players (N.Y.C.)
Southampton
Author:
Without Fear or Favor, 1940
How to be a Newspaperman, 1942
An American Peace, 1944
The Highland Heart in Nova Scotia, 1948
(with Harold W. Metz) The Hoover Report, 1953-55.
Chester Dale and his Pictures, 1963
Tales from a Ball Pen., 1964
Home:
3233 N.E. 34th St., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Summer-161 S. Main St., Southampton, N. Y.
Children:
Neil MacNeil Jr.
Mary Rose (Mrs. Harold B. Cumbaugh), Lawrenceville., N. J.
Ann Elizabeth (Mrs. John S. Kramer), Princeton, N. J.
Sister:
Mrs. John M. Hayes, Montreal
Grandchildren:
11
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Awards:
LLD St. Francis Xavier University., 1947
LLD Catholic University of America, 1955
Catholic Institute of the Press award,, 1949
John O'Hara Cosgrave medal for distinguished service to
journalism, 1951
Member:
Director Parrish Art Museum
Clan MacNeil Assn. Am. (pres. emeritus)
PAM Players (pres.)
International Friends Antigonish Movement (pres.)
Society Silurians (past pres.)
Catholic Institute Press (founder)
Description of Series
Box Series
1-2
Correspondence 1948-69 and undated. 1 container.
Letters received and copies of letters sent concerning
the second Hoover Commission,, the Citizens' Committee
for the Hoover Report, and committee of Hoover Commis-
sion Task Force Members. Includes also correspondence
received by Mr. Hoover and referred to Mac Neil and
social correspondence with Mr. Hoover. Arranged chron-
ologically
2-4
Subject File 1940-69 and undated. 2 1/2 containers.
Correspondence, clippings copies of speeches, press
releases, and miscellaneous printed matter concerning
Mac Neil's close association with Mr. Hoover and the
second Hoover Commission. Arranged by subjects alpha-
betically.
Correspondence Series
Box Contents
1
1928-1939
1948-1953
1954
1955
January-March
April-June
July-August
September-December
1956
1957
January-June
July-December
1958
2 1959
1960-1963
1964
1966-1969 and undated
Subject File Series
Box Contents
2
Administrative Vice-President, 1956-1964
Articles by MacNeil
Citizens' Committee for the Hoover Report
Progress of Legislation, 1956-1959
Miscellaneous, 1957-1958
Clippings, 1926; 1954-1961
Depression, Hoover's Efforts to Combat It
Hoover Anecdotes by MacNeil, 1951-1964 and undated
Hoover Anecdotes Collected by MacNeil, 1957
Hoover Birthdays (80th and 90th)
3
Hoover Birthplace Foundation, Inc.
1955-1958
1959-1963
1964-1968 and undated
Hoover Commission
Book by MacNeil and Metz, 1954-1958
Committee of Task Force Members,
1958-1959
1960-1962 and undated
MacNeil Diary, 1959, January-March
Memoranda, 1955-1959 and undated
Press Releases, 1955
January-April
May-July
4
Miscellaneous, 1954-1956
Hoover Illnesses and Funeral
Medical Bulletins, 1963-1964
Funeral and Emergency Arrangements, 1963-1964
Funeral, 1964
Hoover Miscellany
McLeod, Iain
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson, The, 1957-1959
Speeches and Statements
Hoover,
1940-1955
1956-1964
undated
MacNeil,
1955
1956-1961
undated
Other Speakers, 1955-1969 and undated
This Week Magazine, 1961-1962
Miscellaneous
Duplicates