Nicholas Eggenhofer papers, 1920-1992.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Nicholas Eggenhofer papers, 1920-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61710659

The Nicholas Eggenhofer papers contain the issues of western adventure pulps that had his illustrations (1920-1954); Christmas cards that he illustrated (1956-1984); correspondence between him and art galleries, publishers, and friends (1976-1984); correspondence between collectors of Eggenhofer material (1982-1992); and a scrapbook containing photographs of his illustrations, dust jackets, sketches, correspondence, catalogs featuring his illustrations and paintings, and autobiographical notes (1940s-1980s). There is also a legal file regarding a suit brought by Eggenhofer against Old Army Press and the author, John Carroll for publication of "Eggenhofer: The Pulp Years" without his permission (1975).

43.0 cubic ft. (43 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7807515

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Western story magazine.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp3xvn (corporateBody)

Eggenhofer, Nicholas, 1897-1985

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z1gh0 (person)

Nicholas Eggenhofer was a western genre author and illustrator for pulp magazines. He also illustrated books about western history. He was born in Gauting, Germany. His family came to America in 1913. He had a studio in West Milford, New Jersey from 1925 to the mid 1960s. He moved to Cody, Wyoming in 1961. "Western Story Magazine" was the main publisher of his drawings from 1919 to 1948. His first cover was in 1920. He made over 20,000 drawings for the pulps and illustrated hundreds of books. He...