Call Number:

PH-00273

Collection Name:

John Frederick "Doc" McGregor Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

100,000 items

Span Dates:

1930s-1970s

Description:

John Frederick "Doc" McGregor (American, 1892-1986) was a studio and news photographer in Corpus Christi, Texas, who freelanced for the Caller</> and Times newspapers. The collection contains approximately 100,000 silver gelatin prints and negatives. The negatives are divided as follows: 260 nitrate 8x10 sheets; 61,000 nitrate 4x5 sheets; 12,000 2-1/4 nitrate strips; and 641 panoramic negatives. The newspaper negatives are arranged by date. The time period represented by the collection is the1930s to the early 1970s, and subjects include studio portraits, panoramic group portraits, businesses, and industrial photography.

Part of the collection is the John McGregor Banquet Prints and Negatives which include 372 prints and 215 negatives. The subject matter represented are business or company photographs, church groups, graduations and activities, military, organizations (lodges, etc.), services (city) and related businesses, and views of cities, parks, and the country. To facilitate access, a viewing set of prints was made from the 8x10-inch nitrate negatives. Approximately 250,000 additional photographs by McGregor are located in Corpus Christi at La Retama Central Library (https://www.cctexas.com/library) and at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History (https://www.ccmuseum.com/). More than 3,000 of these images were digitized and are available through the Library's online portal at https://cclibraries.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/McGregor.

Access Restrictions:

Special permission from the Curator of Photography, plus advance notice, is required to access some portions of this partially processed collection. To make an appointment, please contact Reading and Viewing Room staff.

Location(s):

McGregor. J., Viewing Prints for 8x10 nitrate negatives (5 doc boxes)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 1 (1-4a, 6-11, 13, 23-24)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 2 (30-32, 36-41, 43-45, 47, 49)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 3 (50-59)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 4 (94, 96-97, 99-102, 105-107, 111, 116, 120)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 5 (121, 123, 125, 201, 203, 214-215, 218, 225, 240, 242, 244, 246-247, 251)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 6 (253, 255, 257, 259-262, 301-304, 306, 315)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 10 (428, 431, 435-436, 438, 440-441, 502, 504, 510-511, 517-518, 601-604, 615, 618-619)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 11 (702, 705, 708-709, 712-713, 719, 724, 730-731, 740, 742, 744, 747, 764-767, [Gregory H.S., 1939?])
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 7 (327, 341, 343, 345, 350-351, 353-354)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 8 (360-361, 364, 371-372, 380, 390-391, 402, 411, 413-414)
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McGregor. J., Banquet Prints Box 9 (415-421, 423-424)
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Advance notice (up to 3 business days) required (Medium and small format negatives and prints)
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See Also:

Itinerant Photographer Photography Collection