Overview
Preliminary box list only for correspondence and other papers of Charles Patrick Neill.
Dates
- 1874-1930
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
2 linear feet (2 boxes)Chiefly correspondence of Charles P. Neill with his sister, Bride Neill Taylor, and other family correspondence, with clippings, photographs, and other occasional ephemera.
Biographical / Historical
Charles P. Neill was an American civil servant raised in Austin, Texas; his family had emigrated from Ireland in 1850. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1897 with a doctorate in economics and politics. He married Esther Waggaman of Washington, D.C., in 1901. Neill was appointed United States Commissioner of Labor in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt and also served under President William Howard Taft. As Commissioner, he inspected the meat packing industry, reported labor injustices against women and children, and mediated labor disputes between workers and employers in coal, railroad, and steel corporations.
Arrangement
Arrangement is a rough box list only and materials are not fully cataloged. Readers should note that when fully processed, the order of materials may change.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2012M-133. Gift of Charles Neill; received: 2013 June 5.
Processing Information
Accessioned by: Melanie Wisner.
- Title
- Neill, Charles Patrick, 1865-1942. Charles Patrick Neill correspondence, ca. 1874-1930: PRELIMINARY BOX LIST.
- Author
- Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- trc00048
Repository Details
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