Summary Information
Donald R. McNeil Papers 1950-1995
M63-231
2.8 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 2 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1950-1963, of Donald R. McNeil, former assistant director and acting director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW, now the Wisconsin Historical Society), primarily documenting his research and writing on fluoridation. Also present are materials related to McNeil’s interest in right-wing movements and organizations. The only materials related to his position at the SHSW are memoranda, mostly from Clifford L. Lord. English
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Scope and Content Note
Included are source documents, clippings, notes on interviews, draft materials, and correspondence with proponents and opponents of fluoridation including Frederick McKay and Robert Rome, as well as the American Dental Association (ADA), the National Committee Against Fluoridation, and the U.S. Public Health Service. Also included is information pertaining to research on the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade and other right-wing movements and organizations in Arizona that he carried out later in his career, drafts of a report on adult education in California, memoranda received as an SHSW administrator from Clifford L. Lord, and a transcript of an oral history interview. The two tape recordings are paper tapes and they are thought to be recordings of family events, 1950-1952.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Donald R. McNeil, Falls Church, Virginia. Accession Number: M63-231
Contents List
M63-231
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Box
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Folder
1
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Oral history, 1995
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Arizona
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Box
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Folder
2
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General
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Box
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Folder
3
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Anti-Communism
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Operation Abolition
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Urban renewal
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Bevins article
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Box
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Folder
7-8
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California Adult Education report, circa 1962
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Box
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Folder
9
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Christian Anti-Communist School
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Correspondence, miscellaneous
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Box
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Folder
11
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Extension self studies
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Fluoridation
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Box
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Folder
12
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General
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Box
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Folder
13
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Ambrose, Michael
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Box
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Folder
14-17
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American Dental Association (ADA)
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Box
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Folder
18
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Antis
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Baxter, David
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Box
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Folder
20
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Boardman, Tom
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Box
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Folder
21
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Bonners, Tom
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Box
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Folder
22
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Bronner, E.H.
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Box
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Folder
23
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Capeless, Leona
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Box
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Folder
24
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Clippings
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Box
1
Folder
24-25
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General
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Box
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Folder
26
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Advertisements
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Box
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Folder
27
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Editorials
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Box
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Folder
28
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Foreign
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Box
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Folder
29-30
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From McKay
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Box
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Folder
31
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Noted clippings
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Noted
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Committee to Protect Our Children's Teeth
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Box
2
Folder
3-6
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Correspondence, 1953-1956
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Community Action
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Community Action (New York)
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Cox duplicates
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Critiques
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Box
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Folder
11
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Exner, F.B.
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Box
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Folder
12
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Horning, Heinrich
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Interview notes
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Legal decisions
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Box
2
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15-17
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Literature, C-W
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Box
2
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18-21
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Loose material, unsorted
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Box
2
Folder
22
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McKay, Frederick
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Manning, Paul
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Oppositional material
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Pro-fluoride
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Box
2
Folder
26
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National Fluoride News
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Paul, Benjamin
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Box
2
Folder
28
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Robinson, Mrs. Aileen
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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Rome, Robert
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Box
3
Folder
3-4
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Source documents, Thermofax
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U.S. Public Health Service
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Box
3
Folder
5
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General, 1961-1963
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Task Force on Fluoridation, 1961
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Waldbott, Mrs. G.L.
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Wisconsin
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW)
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Memos from Lord
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Memoranda
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Speeches and notes
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Writings
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Anti-Communism in Arizona
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Fluoride
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Fluoride in Nation
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Fluoride, “How to Get…”
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Fluoride, additions
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Keller volume
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Miscellaneous
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Sound Archive
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Tape recordings Cassette tapes
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Two paper tape recordings thought to relate to family events, circa 1950-1952
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