Some citations for sod houses from the Vernacular Architecture
Newsletter bibliography database:
Fuller, Wayne Edison. _One-Room Schools of the Middle West:
An Illustrated History_. Lawrence, KS: University Press of
Kansas, 1994. [includes photos of log and sod schools]
Goranson, Rita. "Sod Dwellings in Iowa." _Palimpsest_ 65
(1984): 124-134.
Gulliford, Andrew. "Sod Houses: Cool in Summer and Warm in
Winter." _Fine Homebuilding_ No. 31 (February/March, 1986):
54-57.
Leeke, John. "Vernacular Houses--Prairie Sod Houses of
Nebraska." _Old-House Journal_ 22, No. 1 (January/February,
1994): 84 [back cover].
Noble, Allen G. "Pioneer Settlement on the Plains: Sod
Dugouts and Sod Houses." _PAST: Pioneer American Society
Transactions_ 4 (1981): 11-19.
Noble, Allen G. "Sod Houses and Similar Structures: A Brief
Evaluation of the Literature." _Pioneer America_ 13, No. 2
(1981): 61-66.
Richards, Lynne. "Homes of Sod in the Oklahoma and Indian
Territories." _Mid-American Folklore_ 19, No. 2 (Fall, 1991):
127-137.
Robbins, Peggy. "Soddies: Homes on the Range." _Wild West_
(April, 1997): 38-44.
Thurman, Melvena. "The Soddy." _Of the Earth: Oklahoma
Architectural History_. Howard L. Meredith and Mary Ellen
Meredith, eds. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Historical
Society, 1980.
Widner, Ronna Lee. "Sod Houses of Rawlins County, Kansas."
Thesis. Washington, DC: George Washington University, 1987.
Marty Perdue
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