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Clara Monson papers, undated
- Title
- Clara Monson papers, undated
- Identifier
- P0247
- Date
- Undated
- Creator
- Monson, Clara
- Description
- Correspondence, family histories, and memoirs of a La Fayette County, Wisconsin, housewife. The letters, written from the Wiota and Luther Valley settlements, deal with farming, housing, dress, epidemics, school, church and social activities in pioneer days. The histories are of the Synstelien, Tollefsrude, and Brenum families. The memoirs (21 typescript pages) were written primarily for her family. See also Knud Knudsen papers (P0199) for her correspondence about Knudsen. Included are Mrs. Monson's letters to Beulah Folkedahl discussing the families.
Content:
Clara Monson Papers: Correspondence & Family Histories. Includes "My life: growing up in a Norwegian American community; the collected writings of Clara Brenum Monson (1888-1971). John C. Monson, editor." Green River, Wyoming, Monson Familie Forlagbokshandel, 1995. 176 p. "Intended to be the second volume of a continuing series ... the second to be completed, following the third volume of the series, "My life as I saw it, an autobiography," by Cecil M. Monson" (copy in library collection) "This book is the collected and edited writing/of Clara Brenum Monson. Clara wrote various bits and pieces of her memories and history over the years. For many major events I have at least three different, though quite similar, accounts that need to be blended."
Digital Collection:
Family sitting in parlor, circa 1890 - Location: 1/B/4
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Language
- Norwegian
- English
- Rights
- Rights undetermined
- Type
- Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Monson, Clara, “Clara Monson papers, undated,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9992.