Labouisse, Samuel Stanhope., 1879 - 1918

Scope and Contents The collection contains photographs, correspondence, bills and receipts, cards and invitations, clippings, church publications, and photo albums. There is a commonplace book of Alice Blanc dated 1875 September and 1876 that includes observations on the United States Centennial in Philadelphia. The photograph albums include images of the Gulf Coast, North Carolina, New York, and New Orleans (buildings). There are also family photographs of the Labouisse family as well as desk diaries of Alice...

Scope and Contents This collection includes project drawings from the office of New Orleans architect Samuel Stanhope Labouisse (1879-1918), and project drawings from Labouisse’s association with the office of DeBuys, Churchill, and Labouisse (Rathbone DeBuys, 1872-1960; Frank G. Churchill, 1878- 1924), in which Labouisse was a named partner. Drawings are mostly blueprints with a few original tracings. A student project done by Labouisse at the Atelier Preparatoire d’Architecture Godefroy and Freynet in Paris,...