John Francis Westhoff
- BORN
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October 15, 1907
Glasgow, Missouri
- DIED
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October 7, 1970
Needles, California
- EDUCATION
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
J. Francis Westhoff was born on October 15, 1907, in Glasgow, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in the late 1920s, where he studied art.
J. Francies owned a photography studio in Columbia, Missouri, the J. Francis Westhoff Studio, during the 1940s to 1970. During his career, he was very active in the Missouri Photographers Association. In 1940 and 1941, he served as treasurer, and as secretary in 1942. He was also active in civic organizations such as the Kiwanis Club and the Knights of Columbus. He earned a Master of Photography rating and published articles about photography. In his work, he made portraits of individuals and also photographed horses.
J. Francis Westhoff died on October 7, 1970, in Needles, California.
John Francia Westhoff, Frederick A. Middlebush, n.d.
Black and white photograph.
University of Missouri Photograph Collection (P0088). 013697. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.
John Francis Westhoff, Dancer, circa 1940-1959.
Photograph.
Olathe Public Library. Photograph digitization funded by the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners through the Heritage Trust Fund, 2004-05. OPL 1005.
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“John Francis Westhoff,” Find A Grave, accessed January 26, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51135919/john-francis-westhoff.
Pat Pratt, “Columbia History Museum Unveils Historic Photo Collection” Toronto Star, April 26, 2019.
Andrew H. Eskind, et al., Index to American Photographic Collections: Compiled at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House (New York: G. K. Hall, 1996), 1031.
“Old Photos Kept in Basement,” Columbia Missourian, November 24, 1973.
“J. Francis Westhoff Dies; Owned Columbia Studio,” Columbia Missourian, October 9, 1970.
“J. Francis Westhoff in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947”, Ancestry, accessed January 26, 2022.
“J. Francis Westhoff,” in Charles Abel, Who’s Who in American Portrait Photography (Cleveland: Stearns Printing Company, 1943).
“Was Advanced to Assn. Presidency: Leo Moren of This City Heads the Missouri State Photographers Association,” Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, January 14, 1942, 1.
“Same Officers for the Missouri P.A.,” Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, January 15, 1941, 2.
“Alexander Officer in Photographer’s Ass’n,” Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News (Kirksville, Missouri), October 31, 1940, 5.
“J. Francis Westhoff in the 1930 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry, accessed January 26, 2022.
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Artwork
John Francia Westhoff, Frederick A. Middlebush, n.d.
Black and white photograph.
University of Missouri Photograph Collection (P0088). 013697. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.
John Francis Westhoff, Dancer, circa 1940-1959.
Photograph.
Olathe Public Library. Photograph digitization funded by the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners through the Heritage Trust Fund, 2004-05. OPL 1005.
Portrait of Artist
Unknown, John Francis Westhoff, 1928.
Photograph.
University of Missouri, The Savitar (Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri, 1928), 336.
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on February 3, 2022
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Bibliography
Select Sources
“John Francis Westhoff,” Find A Grave, accessed January 26, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51135919/john-francis-westhoff.
Pat Pratt, “Columbia History Museum Unveils Historic Photo Collection” Toronto Star, April 26, 2019.
Andrew H. Eskind, et al., Index to American Photographic Collections: Compiled at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House (New York: G. K. Hall, 1996), 1031.
“Old Photos Kept in Basement,” Columbia Missourian, November 24, 1973.
“J. Francis Westhoff Dies; Owned Columbia Studio,” Columbia Missourian, October 9, 1970.
“J. Francis Westhoff in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947”, Ancestry, accessed January 26, 2022.
“J. Francis Westhoff,” in Charles Abel, Who’s Who in American Portrait Photography (Cleveland: Stearns Printing Company, 1943).
“Was Advanced to Assn. Presidency: Leo Moren of This City Heads the Missouri State Photographers Association,” Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, January 14, 1942, 1.
“Same Officers for the Missouri P.A.,” Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, January 15, 1941, 2.
“Alexander Officer in Photographer’s Ass’n,” Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News (Kirksville, Missouri), October 31, 1940, 5.
“J. Francis Westhoff in the 1930 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry, accessed January 26, 2022.
Core Reference Sources
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on February 3, 2022
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