Rivard family papers, 1900-2005.

0.4 cubic feet (.5 archives box)

Genealogical information, 1570-2000, on descendants of Thomas Rivard of Ige, Perche, France, born about 1570. His grandson Nicholas came to Quebec Province, Canada before 1651. Materials focus on the portion of the family that immigrated to the United States from Canada and resided in St. Croix and Polk counties in Wisconsin starting 1864, with a particularly pronounced presence in Somerset, Wisconsin. Consists of family histories of the Rivards in English and French; materials such as correspondence, biographies, and ephemera related to individual family members; photographs, many of which are labeled; and a plat map of Rivard Park on Wapogasset Lake, Wisconsin.

COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Presented by Francis Rivard, River Falls, Wisconsin, 1976.

Originally RF SC 367. The collection was sent to WHS for re-cataloging and additions in 2016.