Girard Family. Papers, 1793-2019, n.d.
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
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu