Biggs, Weir, and Chastain Architectural Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-448
Scope and Contents
Records of the architectural firm of Biggs, Weir, Chastain (also Neal, Chandler and Chastain) of Jackson, Mississippi, include 391 projects in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Firm principals include Thomas J. Biggs, Harry Edmiston Weir, Sydney William Chandler, Edward Ford Neal and James G. Chastain, III. Includes architectural drawings for many school buildings built during the "separate but equal period" after the Brown vs. Board of Education court ruling.
Dates
- 1946 - 1980
Extent
86 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Biggs, Weir, and Chastain Architectural Records
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
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