This collection contains mostly photographs of individuals, weddings and special events taken by Carl Froitzheim. There are also some photographs taken by A. L. Barnett, a photographer from Crowley, Louisiana. There are also other materials such as correspondence, publications, and drawings related to a patent Froitzheim tried to register. Froitzheim was also very interested in cirkut photographs. There are a large number of these images in the collection, both positive and negative. Many of these may have been taken by A. L Barnett.

Froitzheim was active in the Democratic Party; environmental groups; the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local # 106; the Acadian Stamp Club; and Lutheran Churches in Acadia Parish. Records of some of these organizations are in separate collections. Records of some of these organizations are in this collection. National publications, form fundraising letters, etc. were not added. Material related to Louisiana was kept.

Carl R. Froitzheim donated the collection. He also donated other collections: Coll. 71: Lutheran Churches in Southwest Louisiana; Coll. 103: Acadian Sierra Club Records; Coll. 211: Plumbers and Steamfitters Local # 106 Records; and MSS. 088: Genealogical and Biographical Information on Family of Herman Otto Dommert, Egan, LA.