Nehrbass Architecture. Collection, 1920-1995, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains working files and original architectural drawings from both architects. Also included are correspondence, lectures, publicities, brochures, and photographs.
The grandchildren of Frederick Nehrbass—Kim Nehrbass, Heidi Nehrbass Alpha, Tanya Nehrbass Schulze, and Seth Nehrbass—donated the collection with assistance from UL Lafayette’s School of Architecture and Design.
Dates
- 1920-1995, n.d.
Creator
- Nehrbass, Neil Martin (Neil Martin Nehrbass) (Person)
- Nehrbass, Frederick J. (Frederick J. Nehrbass) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Neil Martin and Frederick J. Nehrbass were architects based in southwest Louisiana. They both designed many different buildings in Lafayette, the southwest Louisiana region, and New Orleans. Frederick Nehrbass worked around the 1920s through the 1960s, while Neil Nehrbass worked around the 1950s through the 1980s. The latter designed the Cajundome and the Chancery building in Lafayette, as well as taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette).
Extent
8.75 Linear Feet (8 feet and 9 inches of materials contained in 7 boxes and 54 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
- Posters, newspaper clippings, brochures, postcards, photos, publications, photocopy of blueprints, newspapers, stationary
- Posters, newspaper clippings, brochures, postcards, photographs, publications, photocopies of blueprints, stationary
- Title
- Nehrbass Architecture Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 02/23/2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu