Maston O'Neal Papers, 1963-1971
123 boxes, 59.25 linear feet, 13 microfilm reels

Administrative Information

- Access Restrictions
- User Restrictions
- Processing Notes
- Copyright Information
- Preferred Citation

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

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Organization and Arrangement

Related Collections

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Series Descriptions


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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions: Criminal correspondence and other documents containing personal information are restricted.


User Restrictions: Library acts as “fair use” reproduction agent.

Processing Notes: Newspaper clippings and thermofax papers have been copied onto bond paper for protection of content. Oversized materials and photographs have been separated for preservation purposes. Series VII., VIII., IX., and part of Series V. were microfilmed for preservation.


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Preferred Citation: Maston O'Neal Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.


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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:

Maston Emmett O'Neal, Jr. was born in Bainbridge, Decatur County , Georgia , on July 19, 1907. O'Neal graduated from Davidson College with an A.B. in 1927. He attended Lamar School of Law, Emory University and was admitted to practice law in the Albany , Georgia circuit on January 16, 1930. O'Neal married the former Charlotte Tyson on June 4, 1934 with whom he had two children, Susan Charlotte (Bowden, Donaldson) and Maston Emmett, III. O'Neal later married the former Frances McKibben with whom he had two stepchildren, Dr. James M. Allen and Annice Garrett. O'Neal served as solicitor general of the Albany Judicial Circuit from January 1941 to May 1964. He was re-elected five times to four-year terms without opposition, including one term in absentia while in naval service. During World War II, O'Neal served as lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve (Amphibs), Pacific Theater, 1944-1946, aboard USS Presidio ( APA -88). O'Neal was also the first president of the Solicitors General Association of Georgia. He is former director of the National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys. In 1965, he was elected as a Democrat representing Georgia 's Second District and served until 1971, excluding the year 1970. During his tenure, Mr. O'Neal served on the House Committee on Agriculture. From 1966 to 1971, he chaired the subcommittee on Oilseeds (Peanuts) and Rice. He also served on the Forestry Subcommittee and the Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee. He was a strong advocate of farm programs, particularly peanuts. His southwest Georgia district produced nearly one-fourth of the nation's peanut crops. O'Neal died on January 9, 1990 and was interred in Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge, Georgia.

 


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SCOPE AND CONTENT:

The Maston O'Neal collection documents O'Neal's service (1965-1971) in the U.S. House of Representatives as the delegate from the Second District of Georgia (Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, and Worth Counties). The papers consist of personal and official correspondence, speeches, financial records, press releases, appointment books, news clippings, photographs, and printed materials. Correspondents include Jimmy Carter, Lester Maddox, Carl Sanders, Senators Richard B. Russell and Herman E. Talmadge, Congressmen Fletcher Thompson, G. Elliot Hagan, Charles Weltner, Howard Callaway, Robert G. Stephens, and Phil Landrum.

 


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ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT:

The files are organized into twelve series, two of which are closed (case mail and cross-references, carbon copies of outgoing mail). The open file series are I. Legislation, II. Departmental, III. General, IV. Speech, V. Personal, VI. Additional Material, VII . Political, VIII. Intra-Office, IX. Newspaper Clippings and Programs, and XII. Photographs. VII . Political, VIII. Intra-Office, and IX. Newspaper Clippings and Programs are available only on microfilm.

 

 

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RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THIS REPOSITORY:

Clifford Hodges Brewton Collection of Lester G. Maddox Speech and Press Research Files
Augustus Turnbull Collection of Carl Sanders Speech/Press Records
Howard "Bo" H. Callaway Collection
Carl E. Sanders Papers
Robert G. Stephens, Jr. Papers
Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection
Herman E. Talmadge Collection
John L. Pilcher Papers



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RELATED COLLECTIONS IN OTHER REPOSITORIES:

S. Marvin Griffin Papers, Bainbridge College Library, Bainbridge, Georgia



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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS:

I. Legislation, 1965-1970

43 boxes, 21.5 linear feet

This series is organized into four subseries: A. Subject Files, B. Subcommittee Files, C. O'Neal Legislation, and D. Co-sponsored Legislation.


A. Legislative Correspondence

36 boxes, 18 linear feet

The Legislative Correspondence Files contain letters from constituents and other interested parties concerning initiatives introduced in the House of Representatives or the Senate. Folder titles within this category reflect general subject concerns and/or a “common name” for the bill (i.e. “Taxation-Industrial Revenue Bond” or “ABM System”); organization is alphabetical by subject. With the exception of the Agriculture Committee (on which O'Neal served), few folders carry the name of the committee which had jurisdiction over the legislation. These files are separated into three periods representing each of O'Neal's terms in Congress: 1965-1967 (89 th Congress), 1967-1969 (90th Congress) and 1969-1971 (91st Congress). AGRICULTURE FILES IN BETWEEN See also: VI. Additional Materials: Legislation.

 

1. 1965-1967 (89 th Congress)

23 boxes, 11.5 linear feet

 

2. 1967-1969 (90 th Congress)

8 boxes, 4 linear feet

 

3. 1969-1971 (91 st Congress)

5 boxes, 2.5 linear feet

 

B. Agriculture Committee

2 boxes, 1 linear foot

Contains correspondence and materials concerning legislation from the Agriculture Committee. O'Neal chaired the Subcommittee on Oilseeds (peanuts) and Rice from 1966-1971 and was a member of the Forestry Subcommittee and the Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee. Arrangement is chronological. See also: III. General: Agricultural Subcommittee (1965-67).

 

C. O'Neal Legislation

4 boxes, 2 linear feet

Contains correspondence and materials relative to legislation introduced by O'Neal. Of note are O'Neal's efforts to end school busing in the “Freedom of Choice” bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (HR 14732), to prohibit desecration of the flag (HR 2364), and to name the lake formed by the Walter F. George Dam on the border of Georgia and Alabama Lake Winston Churchill despite strong objections from Alabama lawmakers. Arrangement is reverse chronological.

 

D. Legislation O'Neal Co-sponsored

1 box, .5 linear feet

Contains correspondence and materials concerning legislation O'Neal co-sponsored in conjunction with other congressmen. Topics of note include the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and the Vietnam War. Arrangement is reverse chronological.

 

II. Departmental 1963-1970

41 boxes, 20.25 linear feet

This series contains correspondence, press releases, statements at hearings, maps, pamphlets, and other printed materials relating to federal departments and agencies of the executive branch. The nature of the information is constituents seeking help in dealing with an agency or agencies and departments providing congressmen information concerning policies and actions affecting their districts.

 

Arrangement is chronological in three year groupings: 1963-1968, 1965-1970, and 1970. Within year groups, arrangement is alphabetical by department or agency and thereunder alphabetical by subject. See also Series VI. Additional Materials, Departmental.

 

III. General, 1965-1970

34 boxes, 17 linear feet

The General series consists of correspondence, news releases, magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets and other printed materials regarding constituents' requests, lists, House of Representatives routines, office records, Democratic party (see also Series VII. Political on microfilm), Georgia topics, invitations, and various contemporary issues such as civil rights and Vietnam .

 

The series is divided into two time periods, 1965-1970 and 1969-1970, and is arranged within each alphabetically. An Accomplishment File, arranged by county, is located between the two chronological subseries and records the federal funds obtained for each county in O'Neal's district. See also Series VI. Additional Materials, General; and Microfilm reel 8, General, Biographical sketches.

 

IV. Speech, 1967-1970

1 box, .25 linear feet

The Speech Series is divided into two subseries: Congressional Record and Individual Speeches. The Congressional Record files consists of O'Neal's statements which appeared in the Record. Arrangement is in reverse chronological order. See also Series III. General, Congressional Record Inserts, 1965-1968.

 

The Individual Speech files contain correspondence and drafts of speeches given by O'Neal. Arrangement is alphabetical by speech topic or by speech event. See also Series III. General, Speech (1965) and Statements; and Microfilm reel 8, Political, Speeches.

 

V. Personal, 1966-1970

1 box, 4 reels microfilm

The nonmicrofilmed material contains photocopied copies of outgoing correspondence on various personal matters including campaign contributions. The microfilmed material relates to similar topics and is arranged alphabetically by subject. Material is located on reel 1-4. See description for microfilmed series.

 

VI. Additional Material, 1968-1980
3 boxes

Additional Material contains some miscellaneous folders which belong with other series, but which were never interfiled. Some files are arranged alphabetically by title.

 

MICROFILMED MATERIALS, 13 REELS

 

FILM F 291.3

.0540

A25

 

Abstract: includes business, personal, and political records consisting of correspondence, clippings, receipts, statistical lists, appointment books, guest registers, memorabilia, etc.

 

V. Personal

These reels contain Personal, General files arranged alphabetically by subject.

Reel 1 Banks

Reel 2 Banks - Gridiron Society

Reel 3 Hospitalization Insurance - Pi Kappa Alpha

Reel 4 Solicitor General - VA; Personal Trips

 

VII. Political

Reel 5 1964 campaign notebooks, lists, etc.; official records; miscellaneous

Reel 6 1964 campaign lists, absentee ballots, advertising, congressional voting records

Reel 7 Voters' registration in the South; civil rights reports (1965-1966); miscellaneous news clippings; speeches

Reel 8 Speeches, legislative correspondence

 

VIII. Intra-office

Reel 9 Appointment Books (1965-1970); Guest Books

Reel 10 Guest Books

 

IX. Newspaper Clippings and Programs

Reel 10 Newspaper clippings; pictures and invitations from official functions, receptions, etc.

Reel 11 Newspaper clippings

Reel 12 Newspaper clippings (Mrs. O'Neal miscellaneous)

Reel 13 Miscellaneous programs, souvenir books, invitations, etc. for receptions and ceremonies held during O'Neal's term in Congress

 

X. Case Mail

Closed

 

XI. Cross-Reference Copies

Closed

XII. Photographs

 

 

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ACCESS POINTS

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Maddox, Lester, 1915-
Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925-
Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927-
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture.
Agricultural laws and legislation --United States.
Civil rights --United States.
Forestry law and legislation --United States.
Legislators --United States.
United States --Politics and government --1963-1969.
United States --Politics and government --1969-1974.
Congressional records.



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FOLDER LIST

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