Gertrude Lempp Kerbis Archive
1948-2017 (bulk 1954-2001)
Kerbis, Gertrude Lempp, 1926-2016
Project files, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, office papers, academic papers, personal papers,models and drawings documenting the work of American architect Gertrude Lempp Kerbis. These papers relate toKerbis's early work at both Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Naess & Murphy (later C.F. Murphy) before starting herown firm, Lempp Kerbis Associates, the first female owned architectural firm in Chicago.
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