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:
Miller Wedding, Okmulgee, Undated
Various prints and negatives
Miss Oklahomas, Undated
Color prints, mostly unidentified
Mitchell Twins, Undated
1 color negative
Mocelyne Larkin, Undated
Various prints and negatives of formal portraits
Mohawk water system
View of the [retention ponds] and water treatment plant, built in the late 1920s to be fed by a 50-mile long pipeline to carry water from Spavinaw in the late 1920s; later expanded and then completely refurbished in the 1990s.
Mollie and Richard Williford, Undated
One print
Mr. and Mrs. George Snedden Home, Undated
Various prints
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stuart, Undated
Various prints and negatives
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, Bama Pie Owners, Undated
1 color print
Mr. Bradshaw (BOK President), Secretary, and P. C. Launger, 1964
1 print