Gus and Mathilda Johnson Nurmi Photograph Collection, ca. 1910
Scope and Contents
Photographs, circa 1910. Possibly gillnetters associated with Libby, McNeill, and Libby cannery at Taku Harbor. Subjects include Taku Harbor (Alaska), Taku Glacier, gillnetters, Alaska fishing, fishing boats, setting nets, repairing boats, cannery workers, fish netting, fishermen and families.
Dates
- ca. 1910
EAD
PCA0330Conditions Governing Access
The photographs may be viewed. However because the photographs are fragile, they may not be photocopied.
Conditions Governing Use
Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.
Biographical
Mrs. Nurmi was born in Finland in 1883. In 1902, Mrs. Nurmi came to Alaska to live with her cousin, Mr. George Oja. She married Charles Johnson in 1905 and had three children, Daisy, Leonard and Violet. In 1933, Charles Johnson died and she married Gustiv V. “Gus” Nurmi a year later. Gus was born in Finland in 1888. Mathilda worked for various businesses in Douglas including the Douglas Steam Laundry. Gus Nurmi was a fisherman and later worked as a carpenter for the Alaska Juneau Mine.
Extent
56 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The photographs were donated by Roberta Fraser Johnson, of Douglas, Alaska, daughter-in-law to Mathilda Johnson Nurmi. The photographs were discovered in a trunk owned by Gus and Mathilda Nurmi (Acc. No. 1991-48).
Existence and Location of Copies
The whole collection has been digitized and is available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Processing Information
The photographs were numbered and placed in Mylar. They are housed in an acid free folder and an archival box.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Gus and Mathilda Johnson Nurmi Photograph Collection, ca. 1910
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: India Spartz July 1994 ; Inventory by: Sandy Johnston, Feb. 2017 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, Aug. 2017 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 June ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
- Date
- 2020 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov