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:
Franklin Bernsen, Undated
Various prints
Franklin Roosevelt in Muskogee, 1939
Various prints and negatives
Gail Spenser with Brock Smith at Southern Hills Country Club, 1972-12-21
Various negatives
George Collins, Undated
Various prints and negatives
George Collins, Undated
Various prints and negatives
Gerald and Katie Westby, Undated
Various prints and negatives
"Gorgeous" George Raymond Wagner, Undated
Various prints
Governor Dewey Bartlett, 1962
Various prints
Governor Phillips, Undated
3 prints
Governors and Politicians, Undated
Numerous prints and negatives. Dewey Bartlett and family, 1962; unidentified people; presidential candidate at airport; Ponca City Trip, 6-7-83; Pat Nixon, April 1971; Governor’s Ball, 6-5-71, Governor Hall of Oklahoma and Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas; Gridiron Party, Hotel Tulsa, Governor Turner, Henthorne, B. Boone, Clancey Warren, Mayor of Tulsa, 1-23-1954; Page Belcher Dinner; Governor Bartlett at Capitol, 8-7-69.