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Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
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Cage 624
Thomas Neill
Thomas Neill Papers
1892-1937
3 containers
1.5 linear feet of shelf space
The collection consists primarily of speeches given by Judge Neill to various civic and fraternal groups.
Collection materials are in English
Thomas Neill (1861-1938) was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States in 1879. He worked first as a laborer in various jobs, and then studied law in Indiana, where he was admitted to the bar. In 1886 Neill married Ada Marion Allen, after meeting her in the Dakota Territory where he was involved in a newspaper venture. They had three children: Roscoe, Ruth, and Royal.
The Neills relocated to Pullman in 1888. Neill established the Pullman Herald newspaper in the same year. He was very active in the newly incorporated town, becoming particularly involved in supporting civic improvements and establishing educational institutions, including what is now Washington State University. Neill Hall on the WSU Pullman campus is named in his honor.
He served as Superior Court judge for Whitman County from 1910 to 1912.
Judge Neill was interested in documenting the early history of Pullman, and published a pamphlet, Incidents in the Early History of Pullman and the State College of Washington, in 1922. A later edition of the pamphlet, published in 1977, includes a brief biography of Neill written by Lawrence R. Stark.
The collection consists primarily of speeches given by Judge Neill to various civic and fraternal groups. There are also other speeches of Neill, some speeches given by others, pamphlets on various topics (some related to topics of speeches in the collection), and a small number of photographs and miscellaneous items.
The collection has been arranged in three series:
Series 1: Speeches and supporting documentation, 1890s-1935. Groups of speeches given to particular organizations have been kept together. The remainder have been arranged in a rough alphabetical sequence.
Series 2: Miscellaneous papers, 1892-1936. Includes a small number of photographs, financial records, manuscripts, and a variety of other items.
Series 3: Pamphlets, 1918-1937. This series was given a rough topical arrangement during processing.
This collection is open and available for research use. Copyright restrictions apply.
The suggested citation for the collection is:
[Item Description]
Thomas Neill Papers, 1892-1934
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers of Judge Thomas Neill were donated to the WSU Libraries in 1984 by Barbara Johnson (MS 1984-51).
The collection was arranged by Robert Hadlow in 1995; processing was completed by Cheryl Gunselman in 2006.
Neill, Thomas, 1861-1938.
Knights of Pythias -- History -- Washington (State) -- Pullman.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows -- Washington (State) -- Pullman-- History.
Kiwanis Club (Pullman, Wash.) -- History.
City and Town Life, Civic Activism
1
Series 1: Speeches and supporting documentation
1890s-1935
1
1
Armistice Day, Palouse (WA)
1925
1
2
City park promotion, Colfax (WA)
circa 1920s
1
3
"Founders Day 1925," Washington State College
1925
Addresses to Kiwanis Clubs
1
4
"Kiwanis"
undated
1
5
"Kiwanis International"
undated
1
6
"Kiwanis History"
circa 1920s
1
7
"Colfax Club Charter"
3 June 1922
1
8
"Constitution"
17 September 1923
1
9
Untitled address to Colfax (WA) Kiwanis Club
6 and 11 February 1924
1
10
Untitled address to Lewiston (ID) Kiwanis Club
23 January 1931
1
11
Untitled address to Moscow (ID) Kiwanis Club
21 June 1926
1
12
Untitled address to Kellogg (ID) Kiwanis Club
1927
1
13
Untitled addresses
undated
1
14
"Let Us Have Peace" by Enoch A. Bryan, Armistice Day
1929
Addresses to the Knights of Pythias
1
15
"Cardinal Virtues of the Order"
undated
1
16
"Memorial to Brother Simpson"
undated
1
17
"Memorial Tribute to Dr. Mosier, Tekoa"
undated
1
18
"Pythianism Must Have a Social Program"
undated
1
19
"Goal Setting for Local Lodge"
undated
1
20
"Pythianism for Lodges"
undated
1
21
"Welcome of Royal Order of Moose"
undated
1
22
"Pythianism"
undated
1
23
History of the order
undated
1
24
"Pythian Friendship"
undated
1
25
"Pythianism," address at Rosalia
8 January 1920
1
26
Untitled address at Pomeroy (WA)
17 February 1921
1
26
Untitled address at Spokane
29 February 1921
1
27
Memorial to deceased brothers, address at Pullman (WA)
12 June 1922
1
28
Untitled address, Diamond Jubilee at Garfield (WA)
20 February 1924
1
29
Untitled address, Walla Walla
18 May 1935
1
30
Addresses of E. V. Kuykendall
18 May 1911, 22 May 1919
1
31
Knights of Pythias, miscellaneous
1924-1928, undated
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) addresses
1
32
"Pullman Lodge History"
undated
1
33
Odd Fellowship history
undated
1
34
"I.O.O.F. Anniversary 1907 at Endicott"
undated
1
35
Untitled address
circa 1916
1
36
Untitled address at Colfax
16 November 1917
1
37
Odd Fellowship history, address at Colfax (WA)
26 April 1920
1
38
"[Amalgamation?] of Foreign Born"
16 January 1920
1
38
"Anniversary of [Washington] Statehood, 1917," at Washington State College
1917
1
38
"Child Labor Law"
undated
1
38
"The Church and Civilization"
18 July 1925
1
38
"The Code of Hammurabi"
undated
1
39
Commencement address, preparatory class, Washington State College
1918
1
40
"The Constitution and Democracy"
undated
1
40
"Crime and Criminals"
undated
1
40
"Decoration Day," Farmington (WA)
30 May 1921
1
41
Dedication of Stevens Hall, Washington State College
circa 1890s
1
42
"Economic Determinism"
undated
1
42
"Education"
undated
1
42
"Federated Church"
15 February 1919
1
42
"The Standard of American Federated Church"
29 February 1920
1
42
"Forum" [about criminal law]
3 March 1935
1
43
"Golden Rule"
undated
1
43
"Judge [William] Inman"
undated
1
43
"Industrial Democracy"
undated
1
43
"Ireland"
undated
1
43
"Legislation of Interest to Mothers"
undated
1
44
"Marriage and Divorce"
February 1925, undated
1
44
Memorial to P. W. Cox
undated
1
44
Memorial to Governor Ernest Lister
undated
1
44
"Memorial Day," Tekoa (WA)
30 May 1918
1
44
"Origin of the Family"
undated
1
45
"Patriotism"
undated
1
45
"Penology"
undated
1
45
"Plum Plan"
undated
1
45
"Registration Day" [about draft registration]
undated
1
45
"The Single Tax"
undated
1
46
"Social Dynamatics"
undated
1
46
"Soldiers' Reunion Pullman"
1908
1
46
"The Spirit of Americanism"
undated
1
46
"Story of Nash"
undated
1
46
"Taxation"
undated
1
46
"Thanksgiving Day"
1924
1
46
"Theosophy"
undated
1
46
"Training the Child for Civic Life or Citizenship," Mothers' Club, Pullman
21 September 1910
2
47
Untitled Independence Day address
undated
2
47
Untitled Independence Day address, Farmington (WA)
1915
2
47
Untitled addresses about "Americanism"
undated
2
47
Untitled address about the Constitution
undated
2
47
Untitled address about contracts
undated
2
48
Untitled address about Steptoe War of 1858
undated
2
48
Untitled address about fraternalism
undated
2
48
Untitled address about freedom of speech
undated
2
48
Untitled address about the International Court of Justice
undated
2
48
Untitled address about lawyers
undated
2
49
Untitled address about leadership
undated
2
49
Untitled address about National Recovery Administration
circa 1930s
2
49
Untitled address about poverty and social problems
undated
2
49
Untitled address about public schools
undated
2
50
Untitled address about religion
undated
2
50
Untitled address about Russia
circa 1920s
2
50
Untitled address about Socialism
undated
2
50
Untitled address about "The Spirit of Americanism," Endicott (WA)
July 1916
2
50
Untitled address to Moscow (ID) Chamber of Commerce
14 July 1926
2
50
Untitled address given at Almota (WA)
17 September 1919
2
51
Untitled address given at Palouse (WA)
2 September 1918
2
51
Untitled address to "veteran friends"
undated
2
51
Untitled notes and drafts about crime
undated
2
51
Untitled notes about England
undated
2
51
Untitled notes about real estate
undated
2
51
Untitled notes about rent
undated
2
52
Unidentified notes and fragments
undated
2
53
"Washington's Birthday"
1920
2
53
"What Is Democracy?" Men's Club, Congregational Church
26 February 1918
2
53
"What Is 100 per cent American?"
March 1926
2
53
"Women's Legal Status"
undated
2
53
"Woodrow Wilson"
undated
2
53
"Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address at Colfax"
circa 1924
2
53
"World Court"
undated
2
54
"Judge George Turner," memorial address by Frank H. Graves
20 February 1932
2
54
"Elwood Hughes," memorial address by Frederick Bausman
31 July 1919
2
54
"Abraham Lincoln," memorial address by Will H. Thompson
12 February 1913
2
55
Radio addresses
2
55
"Our Moral Responsibility to Criminals" (script)
13 May 1925
2
55
"Tribute to Pullman, Washington" (script)
7 February 1933
2
55
"Early Pullman History" (script)
1937
2
Series 2: Miscellaneous papers
1892-1936
2
56
Correspondence
1918, 1924, undated
Pullman history
2
57
Incidents in the Early History of Pullman and the State College of Washington (Published by the Pullman Herald)
1922
2
57
Untitled draft about early Pullman history
undated
2
58
Federated Church of Pullman
undated
2
59
Program, "Registration Day"
5 June 1917
2
59
Program, "Columbus Day Celebration" (Dedication of Pullman public school building)
21 October 1892
2
59
"Handbook for Hotel Stock Salesmen" (pamphlet about proposed Pullman hotel)
undated
Financial records
2
60
Cancelled checks, bank records
1916-1919
2
61
Personal budget
1912-1913
2
62
Receipts
1917-1919
2
63
Four Minute Men bulletins
1917-1918
2
64
"The Overproduction Perplexity" by F. W. Clower (typescript inscribed by author)
undated
2
65
Poem, "Bar Meeting 1912"
1912
2
66
News clippings
1914-1936
2
66
Photographs
2
67
Allen family, Judge Neill
2
67
Pullman flood of 1910 (42 black and white postcards)
1910
2
67
Miscellaneous Pullman and Colfax photos
circa 1900-1910
3
Series 3: Pamphlets
1918-1937
3
68
Christianity
3
68
Christianity and World Problems by Kirby Page (numbers 9 and 17)
1925, 1929
3
68
Christianity and Industry by Sherwood Eddy (number 12)
1927
3
69
Crime
3
69
The Crime Problem by E. R. Cass
1928
3
69
Census of Prisoners: 1923, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
circa 1923
3
70
Economic issues
3
70
Letter to the President on Foreign Trade by George N. Peek
1934
3
70
The Non-production of Wealth by Harold Loeb
circa 1934
3
71
Industry
3
71
Representation in Industry by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
1918
3
71
Report of the Employers' Industrial Commission of the United States Department of Labor on British Labor Problems, United States Dept. of Labor
1919
3
71
Selections from The Old Savage in the New Civilization by Raymond B. Fosdick
1929
3
71
One Billion Wild Horses by Stuart Chase
1930
3
71
Long-Range Planning for the Regularization of Industry published by The New Republic
1932
3
71
NRA Legislation by Henry I. Harriman
1935
3
71
An Experiment in Industrial Democracy by William P. Hapgood (no. 13)
undated
3
71
Industrial Recovery Act (S. 2445)
undated
3
72
League of Nations (11 items)
1919
3
73
Politics
3
73
The Demand for Philippine Independence by Frederick Starr
circa 1920s
3
73
Platform and Constitution of the National Party
circa 1918
3
73
An American's Appeal to the President for Justice to our War Associates and the Honor of the United States by Frederick W. Peabody
1926
3
73
How the Tenth Amendment Affected the Fifth Article of the Constitution by Selden Bacon
1930
3
74
Prohibition, public health (6 items)
1928-1937, undated
3
75
Railroads (9 items)
1919-1937, undated
3
76
World Court (11 items)
1925-1930
3
77
Miscellaneous (3 items)
1923, 1931