Robert A. McCullough Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Robert A. McCullough Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Portfolio of Old Dominion University Logotypes, 1974, Robert A. McCullough Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.1 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Robert A. McCullough Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Portfolio of Old Dominion University Logotypes, 1974, Robert A. McCullough Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a portfolio of logotypes created by Robert McCullough, professor of graphic arts, for Old Dominion University. Included are examples of the proposed logos on business cards and letterhead, and features the ODU racetrack logo that eventually was chosen as the official logo in 1974.

Biographical / historical:

Robert A. McCullough was born on November 22, 1945 and McCullough earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Old Dominion University in 1971, and an master of fine arts in design from Syracuse University in 1978. Not long after graduating from ODU, McCullough joined the art department and became a full-time faculty member in 1980. He taught several classes related to graphic design and left ODU to start a small graphic design company. He was married to Harriet McCullough and passed away July 13, 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard