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| Title | Marie Holen Nelson portrait |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Studio portrait of Marie Holen as a young woman. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | People
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Portrait photographs
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Nelson, Marie Holen, 1882-1956
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| Location | Alamo (N.D.)
Williams County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2008.116.97 |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Marie Holen (Nelson)" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Marie Holen's brother built her eight-by-ten shack and ten-by-ten barn. Courtesy Mabel McLellan" - Caption with image in Land in Her Own Name, p. 93. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original gelatin silver print.
Completed questionnaire and additional biographical information in Lindgren's research papers (Mss 292.1.99). |
| Biography/History | Marie Holen came with her parents to America circa 1892 from Lesje, Norway where she was born in 1882. In 1902 she and several sisters came to North Dakota and in 1905 she homesteaded in Rock Island Township, Williams County, near Alamo. She proved up her claim in 1907 and married Adolph Nelson. He was born in Sweden in 1882. They lived on her homestead and raised three children. They retired from farming in 1944 and moved to Williston, N.D. where Marie died in 1956. |
| 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 (2008.116.97) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010102 |
| Original Source | Slide |
