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| Title | Sod home on Mary Clauson's homestead claim, Mountrail County, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1907 |
| Description | Mary Clauson standing in front of her sod house. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Women
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Sod buildings
Homesteading
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| Subject (LCSH) | Sod houses
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Uran, Mary Clauson, 1884-1971
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| Location | Brookbank (N.D.)
Mountrail County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2008.116.367 |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Mary Uran Sod house about 1907" - Handwritten on slide mount. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original gelatin silver print.
Completed questionnaire in Lindgren's research papers (292.1.30). |
| Biography/History | Mary Clauson was born in Opstryn, Norway in 1884. She came to America with her brother at the age of 19. She homesteaded in Section 9, of Township 153N, Range 93W in 1907, near Brookbank, N.D. In 1909 she married Samuel Uran and swapped claims with her brother-in-law William Uran. They had eight children. In the 1940's Mary and Sam Uran moved first to Sanish, N.D. and then to New Town, N.D. Sam died in 1961 and Mary died in 1971. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection 2008
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1059 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2008.116.367) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010372 |
| Original Source | Slide |
