Stevens G. Herbst Collection
1 linear foot and 55 photographs
A2016-033; A2017-071; A2018-025
1890-1945 (unknown)
Stevens G. Herbst is an alumnus of the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&I University/Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He studied under Dr. Dotterweich who was a pioneer in natural gas engineering and laid the foundation for the college as its founder. Dotterweich influenced many engineering students with his teaching, counsel, and leadership. After graduation, Herbst became an engineer and later created his own business, Rainbow Investments Company in Corpus Christi. He was instrumental in honoring Dr. Dotterweich’s legacy with the memorial project. He underwrote and guaranteed the funding for the project of the creation of a life size bronze statue by Armando Hinojosa of Dr. Dotterweich.
The collection contains six series. The first series is correspondence, documents and news articles concerning the name change of Texas A&I University to Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 1993. The second series is correspondence and financial records that tell the events of the changing of the name of the College of Engineering to the Frank Dotterweich College of Engineering and the creation, funding and delivery of the bronze statue of Dr. Dotterweich as a memorial in 2011. The third series is photographs of Dotterweich and the bronze statue creation. The fourth series is Lantana Memorabilia. The fifth series includes engineering publications and the sixth series includesAbstract of Title describing land in Mathis, Herbst's wife's family once owned.
Five series: I: Name change from Texas A&I University to Texas A&M University-Kingsville II: Name change of the College of Engineering at TAMUK to the Frank Dotterweich College of Engineering and the unveiling of the Dotterweich statue. III: Photographs IV: Lantana Memorabilia V: Engineering Documents VI: Abstracts of Title
South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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Stevens G. Herbst Collection, A2016--033.XXXX, South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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A2016-033-Gift from Stevens G. Herbst A2017-071—Gift from Stevens G. Herbst A2018-025-Gift from Stevens G. Herbst
A2016-033 Processed in 2017 and finding aid created by Lori Atkins. EAD document was created in 2017 by Daniel Thacker. A2017-071 processed and finding aid updated by Lori Atkins, uploaded by Daniel Thacker in 2018.