Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Michael J. O'Neill papers
O'Neill, Michael J., 1922-2012
11527418
MS#1755
English
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18 linear feet
12 RSC.
circa 1940s - 2000s
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Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
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This collection is located off-site.
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Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, noes, clippings, articles, photographs and printed material.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Michael J. O'Neill Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2014.2015.M137: Source of acquisition--Kevin O'Neill. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--5/18/2015.
Biographical / Historical
Michael J. O'Neill, a former editor of The Daily News in New York who directed its coverage of the "Son of Sam" serial killer, then became a strong national voice for responsible media behavior.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Newspaper editors
New York (N.Y.) -- Newspapers
New York County (N.Y.) -- Newspapers
Personal papers
Journalists
Berkowitz, David Richard, 1953-
O'Neill, Michael J., 1922-2012
Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Box ListChina
19751Scope and ContentsIncludes many tourist brochures, maps and mementos from the China trip
16 cassette audio tapes, most of which are Chinese Language Audiocourse
China1975-19882Scope and ContentsIncludes many tourist brochures, maps and mementos from the China trip
3 audio tapes
Germany (Marshall Plan, 1967), Japan, Russia3Eisenhower:Typescripts of O'Neill's Cap Notes column and other columns, late 50s to mid 60s4Invitation to 1961 presidential inauguration42 copies of a 1948 issue of Everybody's magazine in which O'Neill wrote a profile of Walter Reuther4In NYDN string-closure envelope: Material on Dominican Republic, mid 60s: clippings, notes, article typescripts, transcript (in Spanish) of a private OAS meeting; also material on Vietnam, Great Society programs4In envelope addressed to Mrs. O'Neill with State Dept return address: state dinner invitation, guest list, table card, etc.4Yellow file folder of 1955-56 Headliner Award material4Clasp envelope labeled "Asia trip with Ike"—photos of O'Neill and a photographer in Asia4Clasp envelope labeled "My UPI polio stories"—exactly that. Old typescripts4Microfilm of NY World-Telegram front page on which MJO had a byline on Ike surgery story4Clasp envelope labeled "Bednasek Murder Trial, Iowa City, 1950"—old typescripts.4Clasp envelope labeled "Sample sports writing—UP-DU bureau"—old typescripts4Folder labeled "Jap Trip Crspndce"—materials from O'Neill's 1960 trip to Asia with Eisenhower
Copy of News Pix (NYDN staff newsletter)4Lots of loose photos from Asia, including some of Ike4Also some materials regarding a 1960 trip to Latin America with Eisenhower4Printouts of president's official schedule4Maps, guidebooks4JFK, LBJ:Scope and ContentsFormerly in plastic bins labeled "JFK in Ireland 1963," "JFK in Europe, 1963" and "LBJ: Goldwater Campaign, SE Asia Trip"
Notes from 1961 reporting trip to SE Asia w LBJ: lots of official communiques, statements, press releases, fact sheets about the different countries to be visited5JFK travel memorabilia from 1963 trip to Europe; additional materials specifically on trip to Ireland. Buttons, souvenir Zippo lighter, etc. 5Photos from SE Asia trip, including many of LBJ51964 election folder: mostly press releases, candidate speech transcripts (all/mostly LBJ), typescripts/telegram copies of O'Neill/NYDN articles5Fund for City of NY Stuff6Margaret Chapman, Amer-Irish7Columbia 0018Scope and ContentsBinders within, including "Vietnam", "Terror," "Leaders," "Carter" and others (binders seem to be drafts of chapters or some other piece of writing, perhaps an autobiography?)
Manuscript and research materials for O'Neill's book The Roar of the Crowd (published 1993), about communication technology and its effects on geopolitics/history/the future
Binders of notes on different subjects (e.g., how news media covers terrorism); mostly MJO notes on secondary sources
Columbia 0029Scope and ContentsBinders within, including "Coup", "Demo," "Econ," "Forn Rels" and others
Columbia 00310Scope and ContentsBinders within, including "Govern", "Speeches" and others
Speeches of Michael J. O'Neill, Part 1 of 21982-2000s11Speeches of Michael J. O'Neill, Part 2 of 21960s to 198212Scope and ContentsAlso includes some miscellaneous material that's not speeches (including a couple of strategy memos for the NYDN