O'Neill, Tip, 1912-1994

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1912-12-09 - 1994-01-05

Parallel Names

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., 1912-1994

Biographical Note

Tip O'Neill was born in North Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1912 and attended Boston College, graduating in 1936. From 1936 to 1952, he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1947, he was elected Minority Leader of the House and in 1949 he became Speaker of the House. From 1953 to 1986, O'Neill was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was appointed Majority Whip of the U.S. House in 1971 and in 1973 was elected Majority Leader. In 1977, he was elected Speaker of the U.S. House by acclamation and served as speaker until 1986. A loyal Democrat and proud Irish-American, O'Neill actively supported human rights issues. After retirement, he published two books and in 1991 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush. O'Neill died on January 5, 1994.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d61f45

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office records

Collection

Identifier: BC-2013-028

Abstract The Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President’s Office Records document Walsh’s tenure as twenty-second president of Boston College, 1958-1968. This collection consists largely of administrative records and contains committee, departmental, and faculty files as well as admission records, building plans, correspondence, subject files, and materials relating to the University's centennial celebrations in 1963. Subject files contain biographical information in addition to other topics of interest to...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Series I. Admissions is closed in its entirety due to privacy restrictions, and is stored off-site. A small amount of material in other series is also closed due to privacy restrictions.

Dates: 1933 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1968

Tip O'Neill congressional papers

Collection

Identifier: CA-2009-001

Abstract

Composed of correspondence, publications, photographs, audio tapes, videocassettes, artifacts, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks of Speaker Tip O'Neill. Most of the material relates to O'Neill's career in Congress, and documents his views on such issues as the Vietnam War, Watergate, and relations with Ireland. Also includes papers of O'Neill's staff, files of Democratic Committees, and some letters of late twentieth-century presidents.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. Selected items are closed due to fragility; a microfilm access copy is available. Audiovisual recordings in this collection have been migrated from source media; digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1936 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1986

Burns Library Archival Collections