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Girard Family. Papers, 1793-2019, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0502

Scope and Contents

This collection contains genealogy materials of members of the Girard and Crow families collected by Edward Crow Girard. There is also a framed design from Mr. Girard commemorating the university's centennial.

Edward Crow Girard donated the collection.

Dates

  • 1793-2019, n.d.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

The Girard Family is one of the early families in Lafayette Parish. Michel Eloi Girard was a lawyer who acted as a district attorney during the Civil War and was a member of the Louisiana seceding convention. His wife, Maxim Crow, and their son, Crow Girard, donated plots of land that would make up Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette).

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet (2 feet and 9 inches of materials contained in 4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Girard Family Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
10/03/2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031