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Title: Bernard Alfred Girard
 
Dates: ca. 1850s-2016

Collection Number: MSS 11299

Quantity: 1.5 feet     

Abstract: Consists of genealogical information about the Girard, Loving, Tuttle, Barnes, and Parks families, a history of the Cray home in Mankato (Minn.), a history of the 9th Minnesota regiment, diplomas, graduation programs and certificates of Bernard Alfred and Helen (Parks) Girard, newspaper clippings about Girard, particularly about his World War II service, and photographs of Girard during World War II, including images in Japan.

Bernard Alfred Girard was born in Granada, Minnesota, USA on April 17, 1904 to Alfred A. (1882-1940) and Isabella Girard (1882-1938). Bernard also had a brother, Merle (1910-1992), and two sisters, Beryl (1917-2008) and Persis (1919-2011). Bernard married Helen Guinevere Parks (1902-1999), and together they had two children, Scott (b. 1932) and Ferol LaRae (b. 1936). Bernard passed away on March 17, 1982 in Bismarck, North Dakota. Helen’s parents’ names were Lauren Elmer Parks and Ira R. Amidon Parks.

Provenance: The Bernard Alfred Girard papers were donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by his daughter-in-law Pamela, on August 22, 2016. 

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

War history of Bernard Alfred Girard. Ph.m.2-s. US Navy.
July 1944 to December 15. 1945.
By Pamela Girard, daughter-in-law of Dr. Girard

Bernard Alfred Girard (BA), science teacher and principal of Williston High School, enlisted in the Navy July, 1944 after being rejected by the Selective Service Commission 8 times because of his age (39). He was trained as a Pharmacist Mate (medical corps) at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. His final orders were to report to the Advance Base at San Bruno, California. In April 1945 he sailed on the USS Wharton for duty with the Military Government Medical Facilities in the Southwest Pacific for the Marine Invasion of Okinawa, the last step before the invasion of Japan to end the war.

After 40 days at sea the Wharton with the invasion armada arrived off Okinawa. After intense bombardment of the island, orders were given for the troops to invade. In spite of his age, he was able to scramble down the sides of his ship on its cargo netting and join marines on an amphibious landing craft. The marines were trapped on the beach through the night; all the while BA and his shipmates treated the casualties as best they could. Casualties were loaded onto the Wharton. After heavy fighting, the marines were able to gain enough ground for Bernard and his shipmates to establish a medical camp at Kushi, which was later found to be behind enemy lines. The unit was nicknamed "Lawson's Raiders". They treated all marine casualties, Okinawan civilians, including women and children, attended births of babies and an occasional Japanese soldier.

He was honorably discharged December 15, 1945 in Minneapolis and caught the next train home to Williston to join his family in time for Christmas. Bernard immediately applied to re-enter UND School of Medicine [he had to leave medical school during the depression due to lack of funds], graduating in 1948 and received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1950. After completing his internship he and his family returned home to North Dakota where he practiced medicine in Mohall, Beulah and finally Mandan where he worked until his retirement.

BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1:
1 Genealogical information: Girard-Loving, ca. 1940-1985
2 Genealogical information: Loving-Tuttle, ca. 1850s-1890s
3 Genealogical information: Barnes-Parks, n.d.
4 Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1975-1989
5 History of the 9th Minnesota regiment, ca. 1862-1915
6 Diplomas, graduation programs and certificates, 1919-1951
7 Newspaper clippings, ca. 1946-1950          
8 Miscellaneous, 1920-ca. 2016

Box 2:              Photographs: 00105-00144
Box 3:              Photographs: 00145-00191
Box 4:              Photographs: 00192-00245
Box 5:              Photographs: 00246-00322
Box 6:              Photographs: 00323-00409
Box 7:              Photographs: 00410-00411
(loose) Scrapbook/photo album with images 00001-00104

PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY

11299-00001   Portrait of Bernard Girard in Navy uniform, 1944-1945
11299-00002   Portrait of Bernard and Helen Girard, Bernard in uniform, 1944-1945
11299-00003   Japanese woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00004   Unidentified men outside of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00005   Building in landscape, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00006   Unidentified men in trench, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00007   Four unidentified men smoking, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00008   Three unidentified men holding rifles, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00009   Unidentified men outside of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00010   View of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00011   Two unidentified men holding rifles, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00012   Three unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00013   Two unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00014   Cemetery, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00015   Shrine, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00016   Unidentified men with children, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00017   Unidentified man holding woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00018   Shrine, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00019   Unidentified man with woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00020   Machinery viewed through window, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00021 – 00022 Ruins viewed through window, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00023 – 00024 Unidentified group of men in front of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00025   View of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00026   Men carrying litter, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00027   Unidentified group of men in front of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00028 – 00029 Unidentified man, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00030   Unidentified man receiving haircut, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00031 – 00032 Unidentified man, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00033   Unidentified man receiving haircut, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00034 – 00035 Two unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00036   Unidentified man, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00037 – 00038 Unidentified man receiving haircut, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00039   Two unidentified men with children, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00040   Unidentified man smoking, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00041   Three unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00042   Tents, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00043   Tents, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00044   Unidentified man holding small animals, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00045 – 00046 Three unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00047 – 00048 Kushi Hospital, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00049   Jeep covered with men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00050   Group posed in front of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00051   Unidentified woman grinding beans, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00052   Group of women in front of water tank, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00053   Unidentified woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00054   Seven unidentified women in front of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00055   Interior of medical tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00056   Unidentified woman in front of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00057   Unidentified woman seated in front of tents, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00058   Unidentified man and woman in kimono in front of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00059   Unidentified woman seated in front of tents, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00060   Bullet wound in hip, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00061   Unidentified woman in field, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00062   Baby in a bucket, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00063   Unidentified woman sitting on cot, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00064   Wound on leg, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00065   Unidentified boy sitting on bucket, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00066   Unidentified woman standing in field, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00067   Facial bullet wound, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00068   Baby in gown, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00069   Corpsman holding a baby, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00070   Burn injury, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00071   Unidentified man weaving sandals, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00072   Two unidentified women, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00073   Large group carrying bundles, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00074   Shrine, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00075   Cemetery, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00076   Unidentified men digging graves, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00077 – 00078 Unidentified woman mourning at grave, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00079   Grave, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00080   Grave, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00081   Unidentified man plowing a field, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00082 – 00084 Rice cultivation, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00085   Women washing laundry under a bridge, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00086   Women washing laundry on rocks, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00087   Laying laundry out to dry, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00088   Flying airplane, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00089   Unidentified woman and child collecting sea life, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00090   Unidentified person at edge of large tidal flat, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00091   Gate at shrine, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00092   Two unidentified children carrying basket, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00093   People walking down a road, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00094   Row of houses, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00095   Unidentified woman carrying tray on head, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00096   Unidentified woman carrying bundle on head, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00097   Navy base on bay, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00098   Building supplies, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00099   Three unidentified men holding rifles, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00100   Unidentified men in brush, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00101   Trees, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00102 – 00104 Portrait of B. A. Girard in Navy uniform, 1944-1945
11299-00105   Bernard with students, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00106   Bernard with basketball team, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), 1928-1929
11299-00107 – 00108 Northern Pacific locomotive, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00109   Crowd of people at depot, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00110   Depot, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00111 – 00114 Train wreck, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00115   Unidentified people on a hill, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00116   Cattle in corral, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00117   Helen Girard, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00118   Bernard and Helen Girard with six unidentified people, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00119   Helen Girard, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00120 – 00122 Airplane on snow skis, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00123   Beryl and Persis Girard with Merle Girard, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00124   Merle Girard, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), ca. 1930
11299-00125 – 00126 Bernard Girard with Sentinel Butte basketball team, Sentinel Butte (N.D.), 1928-1929
11299-00127   Bernard Girard family, ca. 1950
11299-00128   Bernard Girard in Navy uniform, 1944-1945
11299-00129   Bernard Girard in Heartview office, Bismarck (N.D.), 11/14/1969
11299-00130   Bernard Girard with snowmobile outside of his office, ca. 1970
11299-00131   Bernard Girard holding proof set of coins, ca. 1980
11299-00132   Bernard Girard and unidentified man holding shotguns, ca. 1980
11299-00133   Bernard Girard and large buck deer, ca. 1970
11299-00134   Bernard Girard, ca. 1960
11299-00135   Alfred Bernard and family, ca. 1910
11299-00136   Large family reunion photo, Amboy (Minn.), 1934-1935
11299-00137   Bert, Walter, Elmer, Ray, and Roy Parks, ca. 1920
11299-00138 – 00140 Beryl Girard, ca. 1918
11299-00141   Bernard and Merle Girard, ca. 1910
11299-00142   Beryl or Persis Girard, ca. 1920
11299-00143   Beryl and Persis Girard, ca. 1920
11299-00144   Beryl and Persis Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00145   Four unidentified men wearing paper beards, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00146   Two rows of unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00147   Unidentified men sitting on truck, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00148   Damaged church, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00149   Five unidentified men holding guns, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00150   Five unidentified men doing road work, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00151   Two unidentified men wrestling in crowd, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00152   Unidentified man holding beaker, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00153   Five unidentified men outside of barber shop, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00154   Four unidentified men in front of machinery shed, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00155   Large group of men assembled for picture, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00156   Three unidentified men in front of machinery shed, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00157   Ten unidentified men holding rifles, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00158   Unidentified men playing table tennis, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00159   Unidentified man in garrison hat, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00160   Group of men and women with laundry, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00161   Cemetery, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00162   Unidentified man holding sign in public area, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00163   Unidentified men getting hair cut, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00164   Muddy road, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00165   Jeep crossing sea flats, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00166   Unidentified man in front of fishing boats, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00167   Damaged building, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00168   Building rubble, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00169   Two unidentified children, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00170   Partially decomposed body of soldier, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00171   Two men on water tank, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00172   Man at microscope, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00173   Unidentified women doing laundry under bridge, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00174   Unidentified child sitting on crate, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00175   Unidentified men getting onto Jeep, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00176   Line of vehicles and unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00177   Unidentified woman and baby, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00178   Unidentified man and woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00179   Two unidentified women, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00180   Military Government Hospital sign, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00181   Group of men posed for photo, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00182   Six babies in poor health, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00183   Two unidentified women, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00184   Unidentified men repairing building, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00185   Aircraft in debris, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00186   Terraced hillsides, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00187   Beached seaplane, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00188   Unidentified man seated in doorway, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00189   Unidentified man weaving a fence, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00190   Unidentified woman in grass hat, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00191   Unidentified women carrying bundles on their heads, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00192   Unidentified boy in doorway with sewing machine inside, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00193   Unidentified man carrying woodworking tools, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00194   Unidentified child carrying another child, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00195   Two unidentified women seated on tomb, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00196   Human bones in tomb, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00197   Unidentified woman mashing potatoes with her feet, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00198   Beached naval ship, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00199   Beached ships, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00200   Group of unidentified sailors and women, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00201   Dance performance, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00202   Children's choir, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00203   View of village, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00204   Unidentified woman with bundle on her head, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00205   Unidentified man carrying fishing spears, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00206   Unidentified men sitting on collapsed tents, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00207   Unidentified man attending to woman in bandages, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00208   Work party erecting a tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00209   Unidentified men with injured people, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00210   Large tents in a field, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00211   Two unidentified women carrying children in their backs, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00212   Unidentified woman cooking over fire, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00213   Unidentified man carrying pieces of wood, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00214 – 00215 Damaged and collapsed tents, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00216   Unidentified woman holding child in poor health, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00217   Unidentified men leading large group of people down a road, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00218   Unidentified injured man on stretcher, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00219   Two unidentified women, one with facial wound, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00220   Unidentified woman lying on stretcher, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00221   Unidentified child with facial wound, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00222   Unidentified child with facial burn, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00223   Unidentified child on stretcher with woman comforting, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00224   Unidentified man with burn victim, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00225   Unidentified man on steps to shrine, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00226   Unidentified woman with head bandage, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00227   Jeep driving through mud, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00228   Unidentified woman with tattooed hands, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00229   Tents and guard tower, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00230   Unidentified men working on road, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00231   Sunken ships, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00232   Unidentified children on steps of shrine, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00233   Office and post office, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00234   Unidentified man on machinery, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00235   Tall, unidentified man next to woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00236   Fields with mountains in background, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00237   Two men carrying woman on sling, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00238   Unidentified men outside of tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00239   Generals Doolittle and Patterson in Jeep with two unidentified men, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00240   Unidentified men thatching a roof, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00241   Unidentified person being carried on a litter, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00242   Unidentified woman holding ball of rice, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00243   Unidentified women cooking in a tent, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00244   Unidentified men showering outdoors, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00245   Unidentified woman, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1944-1945
11299-00246   Bernard Girard as small boy, ca. 1907
11299-00247   Portrait of Bernard Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00248   Bernard Girard as a boy, ca. 1910
11299-00249 – 00251 Portrait of Bernard Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00252   Bernard Girard's high school graduation photo, ca. 1920
11299-00253   Bernard Girard baby photo, ca. 1904
11299-00254   Bernard Girard leaning against a tree, ca. 1930
11299-00255   Bernard Girard in football uniform, ca. 1940
11299-00256   Bernard Girard, ca. 1970
11299-00257   Bernard Girard in Navy uniform, ca. 1945
11299-00258   Bernard Girard holding silver platter award, Reno (Nev.), ca. 1970
11299-00259   Bernard Girard holding a shotgun and case, Bismarck (N.D.), ca. 1975
11299-00260   Bernard Girard holding a shotgun, Bismarck (N.D.), ca. 1975
11299-00261   Bernard Girard in graduation gown, 1950
11299-00262   Bernard Girard with unidentified boy, ca. 1970
11299-00263   Bernard Girard holding shotgun, Bismarck (N.D.), ca. 1970
11299-00264   Bernard Girard with four unidentified people, ca. 1980
11299-00265   Bernard Girard in large group of award winners, 1977
11299-00266   Bernard and Merle Girard leaning on railing, Bismarck (N.D.), 1976
11299-00267   Grandmother with children, ca. 1910
11299-00268   Bernard and Merle Girard, ca. 1910
11299-00269   Alfred, Bernard, and Scott Girard, ca. 1932
11299-00270   Bernard, Scott, and Ferol Girard on porch, ca. 1950
11299-00271   Bernard, Scott, and Ferol Girard in front of stack of antlers, 1947
11299-00272   Bernard Girard with four medical people, Temple graduation, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1950
11299-00273   Bernard Girard with five medical people, Temple graduation, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1950
11299-00274   Bernard and Helen Girard outdoors, ca. 1930
11299-00275   Bernard and Helen Girard on opposite sides of a fence, ca. 1930
11299-00276   Bernard and Helen Girard in front of a house, ca. 1930
11299-00277   Bernard and Helen Girard seated on a porch, ca. 1930
11299-00278   Bernard and Helen Girard outside a house in the snow, ca. 1930
11299-00279   Bernard and Helen Girard in front of a porch, ca. 1930
11299-00280   Bernard and Helen Girard in graduation gowns, 1948
11299-00281   Bernard and Helen Girard in front of trees, ca. 1930
11299-00282 – 00284 Bernard and Helen Girard in graduation gowns, 1948
11299-00285   Bernard and Helen Girard, Bernard in Navy uniform, ca. 1945
11299-00286   Bernard and Helen Girard outdoors with potted plants, ca. 1940
11299-00287   Bernard and Helen Girard in front of fireplace with numerous trophies, ca. 1970
11299-00288   Bernard and Helen Girard seated on a couch, 1970
11299-00289   Bernard and Helen Girard on a snowmobile, ca. 1970
11299-00290   Bernard and Helen Girard in matching clothing for Rough Rider shoot, ca. 1970
11299-00291   Bernard and Helen Girard at diner counter, ca. 1970
11299-00292   Bernard and Helen Girard at table with trophy, Grand Forks (N.D.), ca. 1970
11299-00293   Bernard and Helen Girard in front of fireplace with trophies, ca. 1970
11299-00294   Bernard and Helen Girard wedding photo, ca. 1930
11299-00295   Bernard and Helen Girard in front of fireplace with numerous trophies, ca. 1970
11299-00296   Bernard, Helen, Scott, and Ferol LaRae Girard, 1948
11299-00297   Bernard, Helen, Scott, and Ferol LaRae Girard, ca. 1940
11299-00298   Bernard and Helen Girard with two unidentified boys, ca. 1970
11299-00299   Bernard, Helen, Scott, and Ferol LaRae Girard by car, ca. 1936
11299-00300   Bernard and Helen Girard with four unidentified people, 1977
11299-00301   Bernard and Helen Girard with unidentified boy, 1977
11299-00302   Bernard and Helen Girard with four unidentified people, ca. 1975
11299-00303   Bernard and Helen Girard with two unidentified children, ca. 1975
11299-00304   Bernard and Helen Girard with two unidentified children, 1967
11299-00305   Bernard and Helen Girard with two unidentified women, ca. 1935
11299-00306   Bernard and Helen Girard in graduation gowns with unidentified man, 1948
11299-00307   Bernard and Helen Girard with unidentified baby, ca. 1935
11299-00308   Bernard and Helen Girard with two unidentified men, 1980
11299-00309   Josephine Girard and her husband Rydmond, ca. 1900
11299-00310   Persis Girard Nehring family portrait, ca. 1985
11299-00311   Lauren Elmer Parks, ca. 1900
11299-00312   Lauren Elmer Parks, ca. 1920
11299-00313   Blanche Parks and a horse, ca. 1915
11299-00314   Marcel Girard, ca. 1900
11299-00315   Scott and Ferol LaRae Girard in a yard, ca. 1945
11299-00316   Scott and Ferol LaRae Girard in a doorway, ca. 1945
11299-00317   Scott Girard in a uniform, ca. 1945
11299-00318   Scott Girard outdoors in a suit, ca. 1950
11299-00319   Scott Girard in a uniform, ca. 1950
11299-00320   Scott Girard seated on stairs in a suit, ca. 1950
11299-00321   Scott Girard in a uniform, ca. 1950
11299-00322   Scott, Helen, and Ferol Girard outdoors, ca. 1950
11299-00323   Scott Girard in a uniform, ca. 1950
11299-00324   Scott and Ferol LaRae Girard with a cat, ca. 1945
11299-00325   Scott and Ferol LaRae Girard in front of a window, ca. 1940
11299-00326   Scott and Ferol LaRae Girard, portrait, ca. 1945
11299-00327   Alfred A. and Isabelle Girard, ca. 1900
11299-00328   Alfred A., Bernard, Merle, and Isabelle Girard, ca. 1910
11299-00329   Alfred A., Bernard, and Merle Girard, ca. 1915
11299-00330   Alfred A. Girard family portrait, ca. 1920
11299-00331   Unidentified man on horseback, ca. 1920
11299-00332   Bernard's Grandfather Loring holding a cat, ca. 1930
11299-00333   Isabelle Girard outdoors, ca. 1950
11299-00334   Two unidentified children playing outside log cabin, ca. 1930
11299-00335   Beryl and Persis Girard with a saddled pony, Buster, ca. 1930
11299-00336   Unidentified people having lunch in a field, ca. 1930
11299-00337   Two unidentified adults and one child in a car, ca. 1930
11299-00338   Girard farmhouse, ca. 1930
11299-00339   House, ca. 1930
11299-00340   Harvesting machinery, ca. 1930
11299-00341   Harvesting machinery driven by unidentified men, ca. 1930
11299-00342   Milner Girard farm, ca. 1930
11299-00343   Merle Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00344   Bernard, Merle, Persis, and Beryl Girard, ca. 1920
11299-00345   Bernard Girard with milk cans, ca. 1930
11299-00346   Bernard Girard with sled, ca. 1930
11299-00347   Bernard, Isabelle, Merle, Beryl, and Persis Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00348   Bernard, Isabelle, Alfred, Merle, Beryl, and Persis Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00349   Bernard Girard in field with eight other family members, ca. 1930
11299-00350   Helen Girard with unidentified woman and child, ca. 1930
11299-00351   Blanche Parks with a mule, ca. 1920
11299-00352   Bernard Girard's grandparents on the Loring side, ca. 1930
11299-00353   Unidentified people in a car outside of Helen Girard's schoolhouse, ca. 1935
11299-00354   Helen Girard's first school and students, ca. 1935
11299-00355   Unidentified children in sleigh used as school bus, ca. 1935
11299-00356   Helen Girard, ca. 1935
11299-00357   Helen Girard's schoolhouse, ca. 1935
11299-00358 – 00360 Helen Girard baby photo, ca. 1902
11299-00361   Helen Girard with horse and dog, ca. 1930
11299-00362   Helen Girard sitting on a porch, ca. 1930
11299-00363 – 00364 Helen Girard with unidentified woman sitting on a porch, ca. 1930
11299-00365   Helen Girard with a dog, ca. 1930
11299-00366   Helen Girard, ca. 1930
11299-00367 – 00368 Helen Girard sitting on a porch, ca. 1930
11299-00369   Helen Girard sitting in a wagon, ca. 1930
11299-00370   Helen Girard standing next to a wall, ca. 1930
11299-00371   Helen Girard standing next to a tree, ca. 1930
11299-00372   Helen Girard leaning against a wall, ca. 1930
11299-00373   Helen Girard standing next to a wall, ca. 1930
11299-00374   Helen Girard standing near a house, ca. 1930
11299-00375 – 00376 Portrait of Helen Girard, ca. 1935
11299-00377   Helen Girard on a swing, ca. 1930
11299-00378   Helen Girard on a porch with a dog, ca. 1930
11299-00379   Helen, Scott and Ferol LaRae Girard, ca. 1945
11299-00380   Helen Girard in front of porch, ca. 1930
11299-00381   Helen Girard with a dog, ca. 1930
11299-00382   Helen Girard with flag on schoolhouse, ca. 1935
11299-00383   Helen Girard with sheep, ca. 1930
11299-00384 – 00385 Portrait of Helen Girard, ca. 1935
11299-00386   Portrait of Helen Girard, ca. 1945
11299-00387   Portrait of Helen Girard, ca. 1950
11299-00388   Helen Girard in front of tree, ca. 1930
11299-00389   Portrait of Helen Girard, ca. 1990
11299-00390   Helen Girard in front of a car, ca. 1980
11299-00391 – 00392 Portrait of Helen Girard, ca. 1990
11299-00393   Helen Girard and her sister Blanche, ca. 1905
11299-00394   Isabelle, Helen, and Ferol LaRae Girard, ca. 1936
11299-00395 – 00397 Helen Girard and unidentified child, ca. 1935
11299-00398 – 00400 Helen Girard and unidentified woman, ca. 1935
11299-00401   Helen Girard and unidentified woman with horses, ca. 1935
11299-00402   Helen Girard and unidentified woman, ca. 1935
11299-00403   Helen Girard and unidentified woman hugging a pole, ca. 1935
11299-00404   Helen Girard and unidentified woman on a cart, ca. 1935
11299-00405   Helen Girard's high school graduation photo, ca. 1920
11299-00406   Helen Girard and unidentified woman in front of fireplace, ca. 1990
11299-00407   Helen Girard and two unidentified men outdoors, ca. 1990
11299-00408   Helen Girard and unidentified man in a living room, ca. 1980
11299-00409   Helen Girard and unidentified man with a cake, ca. 1970
11299-00410   Lauren Elmer Parks, ca. 1870
11299-00411   Bernard Girard's grandparents on the Loring side, ca. 1870

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