McCormack, Robert Merwin, 1914-2003
biographical statement
Robert "Bob" McCormack. born June 3, 1913, in Pompei, New York, died April 4, 2003, in Tulsa. Arrived Tulsa Aug. 14th,1935. Began photography career with the "Tulsa World" Aug. 15th, 1935 and continued professional photography until his death. He was a "World" photographer until the start of WWII. McCormack then became chief photographer at Douglass Aircraft, and remained as head of the twenty person department for the duration of the war. McCormack started his own photography business after the war, and remained in business for a total of sixty-eight years. His work touched eight decades and many varieties of subject matter. Included in the collections one will find images from business, sports, society, arts, and personal works. The collection is in excess of five tons of photographic film, most of which is in 5x7 and 4x5 black and white silver halide form. One of the catalogers has estimated that the collections will take twenty years to accurately list and digitize.
Found in 253 Collections and/or Records:
Hugh Perry, Undated
Various negatives of Dr. Hugh Perry's Office and sculptures by Lawrence Tenney Stevens.
I. J. Ganem's Band, Rogues Five, Undated
Various negatives
Industrial complex, 1950s
View of the exterior of an industrial complex under construction.
Industrial warehouse, 1950s
View of the exterior of a brick industrial building under construction.
Inside Douglas, Undated
A slide showing the interior of the Douglas air force plant no. 3in Tulsa. B-24 Liberators are being assembled.
J. Paul Getty, Undated
Various negatives
James A. Chapman, Undated
2 negatives of different formal portraits.
James A. Chapman, Bradshaw (BOK President), H. G. Barnard, Undated
1 print
Jane Phillips, Undated
1 print
Jenk Jones, Undated
Various prints and negatives