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Perkins and Branch Oil Museum. Collection, 1951-1991

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0279

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of drawings, floor plans, correspondence, financial reports, planning reports, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, and writings from people in oil-related fields.

David L. Perkins and Dan P. Branch donated the collection.

Dates

  • 1951-1991

Creator

Biographical / Historical

David L. Perkins and Dan P. Branch were architects from Lafayette who worked on a project to establish a “Louisiana Gulf Coast Petroleum Energy Museum.” The objective of the museum was to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit significant objects of the petroleum industry, as well as increasing public knowledge and understanding of this indigenous enterprise. This museum was to be located near Vermilionville and Beaver Park. The project did not go through.

Extent

0.416667 Linear Feet (5 inches of materials contained in 1 box and 1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Perkins and Branch Oil Museum Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
10/02/2019
Description rules
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031