Mira Southworth photograph album

Collection — Box: SC

Identifier: S2228

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one photograph album containing travel photographs of many locations and Duluth, Minnesota area photographs including Duluth’s Lincoln, Congdon, and Chester parks. The album also includes northern St. Louis County photos, photos of Isle Royale from 1925, two photos of commercial fishermen, and additional photographs of Lake Superior's North Shore area. Loose photos are of the North and South Shores of Lake Superior. Most photographs are captioned and dated by the album’s compiler and photographer Mira Southworth. (This collection was originally misattributed to Henry B. Roberts)

Images, as described by Mira Southworth, include

Burntside Lake, lodge, islands, woods, 1923

Rock Harbor lighthouse

"Ogania tepee, Belle Isle, August 1925"

Washington Harbor, Isle Royale; fog bell, 1925

Lutsen, Minnesota, Copper Cove, 1925

Tofte, Minnesota, Labor Day, 1925

Great Palisade Head, cliff, 1936

Lake Vermilion, 1927

Log jam and sawmill on Poplar River, 1933

Gorge of Temperance River, 1933

Grand Portage, Minnesota, 1933

Grand Marais Harbor, 1933

Angelique's Cottage and Lake Helen, 1933

Mission Church

Kakabeka Falls, 1933

Farland Trail

Ft. Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba (upper & lower)

Indian burials, Chippewa National Forest, near Cass Lake, Minnesota

Indian burials, at Bena

Pine City, Minnesota, Portia Huber house, grade and high schools, 1919

Skiing and toboggans, not dated

Dates

Creation: 1914-1936

Creator

Southworth, Mira M., 1883 May 14-1975 February 14 (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

Mira Southworth was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts. She received a bachelor of arts from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree from Harvard University. She came to Duluth, Minnesota in 1918 and became an English teacher at Central High School, teaching there for 33 years. She was well-regarded and remembered by her students.

Mira Southworth, owned a house at 4242 1/2 Minnesota Ave on Duluth's Park Point, which she called "Outermost House." She was an amateur photographer, capturing many scenes of Duluth, Lake Superior, and Park Point.

Extent

1.00 Volumes

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.

Physical Description

one volume and 46 loose 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.