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:
Vergie Weisenhunt-Martin, Early 1960s
Various prints and negatives
View of the Tulsa skyline, 1940s
View of the Downtown Tulsa skyline.
Virgie Whisenhunt, Undated
Various negatives
Virgie Whisenhunt, Undated
Various negatives
Virginia Morris, Undated
Various negatives
Virginia Thompson, 1969
Various prints and negatives
W. A. Baden, Undated
Various prints
W. K.Warren Petroleum and Family, Undated
Various prints and negatives
Walt Harris, Undated
Various prints and negatives of the Ponca City Native American artist and his works.
Walt Helmerich II, Undated
1 8x10 negative