Selma Johnson Niemi photographs

Collection — Box: SC

Identifier: S6062

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 104 primarily unidentified small photographs, glued to black photo album paper, that depict Selma Johnson as an employee at Nopeming tuberculosis sanitarium casually or on-duty with other people employees or patients residing there for care. Nopeming staff, facilities, and grounds are shown.

Dates

circa 1914

Creator

Niemi, Selma Johnson, 1898 October 29-1991 April 29 (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

Selma Johnson Niemi worked at Nopeming tuberculosis sanitarium in Duluth about 1914 as a cook when she was 16 or 17 years old. She married David Niemi in 1914 who was a recent immigrant from Finland. They lived in Bovey, Minnesota, and David worked for the Oliver Iron Mining Company. They moved to Trout Lake where they bought a farm. In 1976 they moved to Grand Rapids. David Niemi died in 1977. They had five children: Lila (-1916), Art (-1976), Ed (-1989), Clifford, and Evelyn. Selma died at age 92 in 1991, at Itasca Medical Center, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and interment at Lakeview Cemetery in Coleraine, Minnesota.

Extent

104.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

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.

Related Materials:

NEMHC Archival Collections S6046 Nopeming Sanatorium records

NEMHC Archival Collections S6145 Inez M. Torell papers

NEMHC Archival Collections S6159 Joe Markonich photographs

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.

Subjects

Hospitals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nopeming Sanatorium
Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
Tuberculosis--Hospitals--Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Women employees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Women workers Subject Source: Local sources