1.2 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 2 in. (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 stack of unboxed, framed items, 11 in.)
Location
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Sam McColloch, Photographer, Photographic Prints, A&M 3771, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Sam McColloch grew up in New Martinsville, West Virginia, earning degrees in Geology and Chemistry from West Virginia University
in 1953 and 1957. While employed as a geologist by Shell Oil Company from 1957 to 1985, he took up photography as an artistic
medium, which he began pursuing seriously in 1977. The subject matter of his imagery consists of natural and architectural
structures. Locations of his photographs include Texas, West Virginia, The Pacific Northwest, Great Britain, and Paris. His
photos have been published in several publications, and have exhibited at a number of galleries.
Photographic prints by photographic artist Sam McColloch. Includes 25 artworks, some of which juxtapose images of contemporary
architecture with natural scenes. Locations of his photographs include Texas, West Virginia, the Pacific Northwest, the United
Kingdom, and Paris. Also includes two calendars, one from 2012 with miscellaneous photos, and one from 2019 with photos of
scenes in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Sam McColloch grew up in New Martinsville, West Virginia, earning degrees in Geology
and Chemistry from West Virginia University in 1953 and 1957. While employed as a geologist by Shell Oil Company from 1957
to 1985, he took up photography as an artistic medium, which he began pursuing seriously in 1977.
Title: Cairnholy, Dumphries, & Galloway; control no.: 1; negative made: 1986; print made: 1986; dimensions: 10 3/8 in. x 13
3/8 in.
1986
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Conwy, Wales; control no.: 2; negative made: 1983; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 5/8 in. x 13 5/8 in.
1983, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Doodle Rock Falls, New Martinsville, WV; control no.: 3; negative made: 1987; print made: 1988; dimensions: 10 1/8
in. x 13 1/8 in.
1987–1988
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Glastonbury Abbey, England; control no.: 4; negative made: 1986; print made: 1987; dimensions: 10 1/4 in. x 13 3/4
in.
1986–1987
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Lamorna Cove, Cornwall, England; control no.: 5; negative made: 1989; print made: 1989; dimensions: 10 1/8 in. x 13
1/4 in.
1989
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall, England; control no.: 6; negative made: 1989; print made: 1989; dimensions: 10 1/8 in. x 13
1/4 in.
1989
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Laurel Creek II, Beckwith, WV; control no.: 7; negative made: 1991; print made: 1992; dimensions: 10 in. x 12 5/8 in.
1991–1992
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Lava Beds, Oregon; control no.: 8; negative made: 1991; print made: 1991; dimensions: 10 in. x 13 1/4 in.
1991
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Mt. Olympus, Washington; control no.: 9; negative made: 1991; print made: 1992; dimensions: 10 in. x 13 3/8 in.
1991–1992
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Sandstone Erosion, Shore Acres State Pk., Charleston, Oregon; control no.: 10; negative made: September 1991; print
made: November 1991; dimensions: 10 3/8 in. x 13 3/8 in.
1991
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Scissor Arches, Wells Cathedral, England; control no.: 11; negative made: September 1984; print made: November 1984;
dimensions: 10 1/2 in. x 13 3/8 in.
1984
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Smith Rock, Oregon; control no.: 12; negative made: 1991; print made: 1991; dimensions: 10 in. x 13 1/4 in.
1991
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Stairway to the Infirmary, Mission Concepción, San Antonio, Texas; control no.: 13; negative made: 1986; print made:
1990; dimensions: 10 1/4 in. x 13 1/4 in.
1986–1990
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Title: Wheeling, WV; control no.: 14; negative made: 1994; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 in. x 13 3/8 in.
1994, undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: At Katy, Texas; control no.: 15; negative made: undated; print made: undated; dimensions: 7 1/2 in. x 9 3/8 in.
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Callanish Stones, Scotland / Houston, Texas [1 of 4]; control no.: 16; negative made: 1984-1985; print made: 1999;
dimensions: 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.
1984–1999
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Callanish Stones, Scotland / Houston, Texas [2 of 4]; control no.: 17; negative made: 1984-1985; print made: 1999;
dimensions: 7 1/8 in. x 9 3/8 in.
1984–1999
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Callanish Stones, Scotland / Houston, Texas [3 of 4]; control no.: 18; negative made: 1984-1985; print made: 1999;
dimensions: 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.
1984–1999
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Callanish Stones, Scotland / Houston, Texas [4 of 4]; control no.: 19; negative made: 1984-1985; print made: 1999;
dimensions: 7 1/4 in. x 9 3/8 in.
1984–1999
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Glade Creek Mill, WV; control no.: 20; negative made: 1985; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 3/8 in. x 13 1/4 in.
1985, undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Lincoln Cathedral, England; control no.: 21; negative made: 1984; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 1/8 in. x 13
in.
1984, undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Stirling Castle, Scotland; control no.: 22; negative made: 1986; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 1/4 in. x 13 1/4
in.
1986, undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall, England; control no.: 23; negative made: 1989; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 1/4 in.
x 13 1/4 in.
1989, undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed and Framed
Title: Wells Cathedral, England; control no.: 24; negative made: 1985; print made: undated; dimensions: 10 1/8 in. x 13 1/4
in.
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