Bob McCauley Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs and 35mm slides of exceptional quality of Southeast Asia. The Bob McCauley Collection is housed in three boxes of varying sizes totaling 3.2 linear ft.
The collection arrived in good condition and was initially processed with only a container list as description. Due to a change of the content management system, further description proved to be necessary.
Box 1, Folder 1 contains images depicting Air America personnel, landscapes, street scenes, aircraft crash sites, aircraft, and Vietcong prisoners.
Folder 2 contains a clipping about John T. Grover and Benjamin F. Coleman being killed in an aircraft accident and images depicting Air America personnel, aircraft, aircraft crashes, military installations, landscapes, street scenes, woman with bound feet, Vietcong prisoners, and the Mc Cauley family.
Folder 3 contains 35mm color slides depicting landscapes, street scenes, indigenous people, Air America personnel, aircraft, and military installations.
Folder 4 contains 35mm color slides depicting landscapes, street scenes, indigenous people, Air America personnel, aircraft, and military installations.
Folder 5 contains 35mm color slides depicting landscapes, street scenes, indigenous people, and ceremonies.
Box 2, Folder 1 contains a photograph of airplanes in front of a hangar during sunset. The photograph is signed by Mc Cauley.
Dates
- 1965 - 1987
- Majority of material found within 1965 - 1973
Creator
- McCauley, Bob, Mr. (Robert Alban), 1923-2021 (Photographer, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection are open for research.
Literary Rights Statement
Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas. Users must credit Bob Mc Cauley by name as photographer.
Biographical Sketch
Robert Alban (Bob) McCauley, 1923-2021, worked as a pilot flying fixed wing aircraft for Air America in Saigon for six years, from March 8, 1966 through June 30, 1974, when he resigned.
Sources
- Source
- "Bob McCauley Collection", Finding Aid, History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
- Source
- "Jerry Fink Collection," Air America Roster, Folder 1, Box 32, History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Extent
3.2 Linear Feet (One manuscript box, one half-size manuscript box, and one non-standard box (31.5x23.0x3.0).)
Abstract
Robert Alban (Bob) McCauley worked as a pilot for Air America for six years, spending a great deal of time in South Vietnam and Laos.
Series Description
The archivist kept the original organization intact without any further arrangement.
Provenance Statement
The Bob McCauley Collection was donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Bob McCauley in multiple accessions from 1987 through 2019.
Image ID
It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.
Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, series, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.
Record Group Code
1 = CAT/Air American Archives
2 = Doolittle Archives
3 = Lighter than Air Archives
4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library
5 = History of Aviation Archives
6 = University Archives
7 = HAC Stacks
8 = WPRL Stacks
9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection
10 = Belsterling Collection
11 = Closed Stacks
12 = Unidentified
13 = Chance Vought Archives
14 = Twirly Birds Archives
Image Format Code
P = Photograph/Postcard
S = Slide
N = Negative
T = Positive Transparency
B = Black and White
C = Color
Example: 1BMC-1-1-PC1
1 = CAT/Air America Archives
BMC = Bob McCauley Collection
= Series Number
1 = Box Number
1 = Folder Number
P = Photograph/Postcard
C = Color
1 = Image Number
Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.
Note to Researcher
35 mm slides in Folder 5 of this collection have suffered damage due to mildew, and have been placed in a separate envelope to isolate them. Please consult Special Collection's staff about viewing the items.
- Air pilots Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Air pilots--United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- CAT/Air America Archives Subject Source: Local sources
- Cambodia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Helicopter pilots Vietnam. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Laos Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Laos Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military assistance, American Vietnam Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Thailand Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Thailand Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnam Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aerial operations, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- McCauley, Bob, Mr. (Robert Alban), 1923-2021 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Bob McCauley Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Thomas Allen, PhD, CA
- Date
- 2018-06-01
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English (eng)
- Edition statement
- First revision by Thomas Allen, PhD, CA. 2018-06-01. Second revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2019-01-16. Third revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2021-10-11.
Revision Statements
- 2018-06-01: 1st revision was a migration to ArchivesSpace by Thomas Allen, PhD, CA.
- 2019-01-16: 2nd revision was an incorporation of additional materials by Patrizia Nava, CA.
- 2021-10-11: 3rd revision was an update to the correct spelling of the McCauley's name by Patrizia Nava, CA.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. Repository
3020 Waterview Pkwy
SP2
Suite 11.206
Richardson Texas 75080 US
972-883-2570
LIBSPCO@utdallas.edu.