The Dr. Howard Zellhoefer Collection of Artwork contains three paintings collected by Dr. Howard William Zellhoefer. Two paintings are by K. Nakamine of landscapes in Okinawa, Japan from 1949, and the third painting is a 1962 Ferdinand Burgdorffof a desert landscape, possibly Mojave Desert, California.
The Dr. Howard Zellhoefer Collection of Artwork contains three paintings collected by Dr. Howard William Zellhoefer. Two paintings are by K. Nakamine of landscapes in Okinawa, Japan from 1949, and the third painting is a 1962 Ferdinand Burgdorffof a desert landscape, possibly Mojave Desert, California.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain in original order.
Dr. Howard William Zellhoefer was born on July 23, 1906 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He served as a United States Army Reserve Medical Officer during World War II and the Korean War. He retired from the military in 1952 and opened a private surgery practice in Carmel, California. Zellhoefer later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and practiced medicine in Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada until 1971. He then worked as a ship surgeon on the Epirotiki Cruise Lines and sailed around the world for many years. Zellhoefer bought a railroad tie house in Tecopa, California in 1969, to which he later retired. He died April 19, 1997.
Sources:
Klinger, Brenda M. "Desert travelers find oasis at Death Valley Brewing."
Stevenson, Bruce. "Howard William Zellhoefer."
Genealogy files about "Howard William Zellhoefer." Accessed on March 12, 2020 on familysearch.org
Dr. Howard Zellhoefer Collection of Artwork, 1949 and 1962. MS-01030. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were received by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2020-058.
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang rehoused the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.