Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0247 Title A name given to the resource Clara Monson papers, undated Description An account of the resource 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.<br /><br />Content:<br /><span>Clara Monson Papers: Correspondence &amp; 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."<br /><br />Digital Collection:<br /><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1uw7A">Family sitting in parlor, circa 1890</a><br /></span> Location: 1/B/4 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monson, Clara Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights undetermined Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 folder Language A language of the resource Norwegian English Subject The topic of the resource La Fayette County (Wis.) Monson, Clara Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Monson, Clara (1960s). Monson, John C. "My life…" given in 2001