Gustav A. Hedman papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S6031

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains two folders of papers, one of personal papers (1905-1964) itemized below, and one of employment records, local and state health department reports, and correspondence (1904-1941). Folder two holds December 30, 1927 letters about "disposal of dairy products from the Louis Jacobson farm in Cotton Township where a typhoid fever case developed."

There is one scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Milk Inspection and milk regulations (1904-1955).

Folder 1: one photograph of Hedman in his office; a July 1905 pay roll record; employee Classification Questionnaire [not dated, about 1912]; business card; September 27, 1929 Civil Service Board form; 1937 letter from co-workers about gift and good wishes for trip to Sweden; letter of apology from his supervisor on missing a family funeral; undated text of speech to dairymen in consul chambers Duluth; July 15, 1949 letter from co-worker on occasion of Hedman's retirement; July 19, 1949 cover letter by city clerk and July 18th Resolution by City of Duluth on occasion of his retirement; July 6, 1955 letter from Hubert H. Humphrey about newspaper article by Hedman on milk regulations; undated poem by Health Department Employees; 1964 obituary

Dates

1904-1964
Majority of material found in 1904-1955

Creator

Hedman , Gustav A., 1874-1964 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Grand Rapids Herald-Review July 9, 1964 obituary described him as an ardent outdoorsman and conservationist.

Gust Hedman was born in Falun, Sweden May 26, 1874, and came to Duluth in 1897. He first worked for the Alger Smith Logging company. He was hired March 1, 1906 as Sanitary and Contagious Inspector of the health department reporting to the Director of Public Health, Dr. L. A. Sukeforth, M.D. He was promoted to Milk & Dairy Inspector in April 1912, a post he held 47 years until his retirement. In a 1934 Minnesota Department of Health Division of Sanitation Report on the Milk Laboratory at the Duluth Health Department, Novebmer 22, 1934, he is also referred to as Deputy Inspector or the State Department of Agriculture, Dairy and Food. Hedman was considered an authority on sanitation for dairy products, and his program and laboratory techniques were used throughout the nation.

He was President of the Swedish American League and returned to Sweden in 1937 for a holiday. A poet and author, Mr. Hedman wrote and produced several plays in Swedish depicting the rural life in Sweden and Minnesota.

He was buried in Oneota cemetery near his wife Anna who preceded his death by about twenty years. They had seven children.

Extent

2.00 Linear Inches

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains two folders of papers, one of personal papers (1905-1964), and one of employment records, local and state health department reports, and correspondence (1904-1941). Folder two holds December 30, 1927 letters about "disposal of dairy products from the Louis Jacobson farm in Cotton Township where a typhoid fever case developed."

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.