Description: Dapper O'Neil visits Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, to judge for himself if photos are obscene. David Ross, the museum director, greets him. Dapper takes notes on the pictures, is disgusted, threatens city council action. Interview with Dappy and an argument between Ross and Dapper over whether the city council has authority to censor ICA exhibit, since ICA is owned by BRA. B-roll follows of exteriors of ICA, police and crowds waiting for entrance, opening of the exhibit, chanting, free speech protest outside museum.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990
Description: Interview with Albert "Dapper" O'Neil during his run for Suffolk County sheriff. He accuses his oppenent of corruption and complains that no Boston newspapers will report the negative allegations he has made against his opponent. He discusses his plan to make the sheriff's department more visible and says "I'm a law and order man." He discusses his plan for the Charles St. Jail. He defends the office of the sheriff in the face of claims that the state should take over its responsibilities. He accuses the current sheriff of patronage and speaks against it in his campaign. He expresses his conservatism against the liberalism of the current sheriff., which includes his position against furloughs and halfway houses. He explains how he got the nickname "Dapper." He explains why he thinks former mayor and governor James Curley is the greatest man that ever lived. Video dropout in the middle of the video.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978
Description: Photos of Albert Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978
Description: Domestic partners, a/k/a/ gay couples, want legal protection for insurance and job benefits. David Scondras, James Byrne, Albert O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/13/1989
Description: Michael Dukakis campaigns in Cambridge and Mass. politicians stump for him … Tom O'Neill, William Bulger, Joe Kennedy, Evelyn Murphy, Charles Flaherty, so as not to repeat presumptuous folly of 1978.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/01/1988
Description: Sound dropout in the beginning of the video. Boston City Council meeting on the Boston School budget. City Councilor reads communications from Mayor White to the City Council. Boston schools superintendent Marion Fahey testifies to City Council about school budget deficit. Accompanying Fahey are Paul Kennedy, Associate Superintendant in charge of personnel and John McGran, member of the superintendent's office on budgetary matters. Councilors Louise Day Hicks, Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, Larry DiCara are among those on the panel questioning Fahey. Mayor White and Superintendent Fahey both address the effect of Judge Arthur Garrity's 1975 court order on the Boston School Department budget. Video goes black in the middle for a few second, but audio continues.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/20/1976
Description: Acting superintendent Joseph McDonough tells City Council that School Department needs more money. Thomas Menino says they must live within their means. Albert O'Neil, Bruce Bolling, Rosaria Salerno, Michael McCormack in council chamber.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/06/1990
Description: City Council debates local option taxes at Parkman House meeting with Mayor Flynn. James Kelly, Michael McCormack, Charles Yancey, David Scondras, Bruce Bolling, Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/27/1989
Description: Gary Dotterman, gay aide to city councillor David Scondras, is reinstated after being fired for participation in defense group for victims of anti-gay discrimination. Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/18/1987
Description: Gun owners testify before Committee on Public Safety in packed auditorium in opposition to ban on assault weapons. Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1990