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Selma Johnson Niemi photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6062

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

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

Abstract

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.

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.

Title
Guide to the Selma Johnson Niemi photographs
Author
Finding Aid Authors: P. Maus.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Collecting Area Details

Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area

Contact:
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526