Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
Mss 1020	Series: Personal and Biographical Files, 1957-2006
	Subseries: Biographical material, 1962-2005
	Audio recordings
Audio 1173A/71	Apostle Islands interview, WIBA “Viewpoint,” 1965 October 9
Audio 1173A/57	Earth Week interview, 1973 March 21
Audio 1173A/76	“Grassroots,” WUWM Radio, Milwaukee, circa 1966
Audio 1173A/61	History of Gaylord Nelson, 1972 May 8
Audio 1173A/60	Interview by Guy Nunn of UAW, 1963 May 8
Audio 1173A/22	Nelson-Knoll interview, 1970 February 16
Mss 1020 Box 1 Folder 1	Awards, certificates, and tributes, 1964-2006
Box 1 Folder 2	Awards, press office award scrapbook, 1962-1974
Box 1 Folder 3-4	Biographical material
	Films
DE 835	Face the Nation, Gaylord Nelson and Paul McClosky / CBS, 1970 April 19 Physical Description: 1 film reel (circa 1000 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm print Scope and Content Note: Panel of guests interview Nelson and Paul McClosky, Congressman from California, regarding their expectations of the Earth Day Teach-In.
AC 432	Senator Nelson on: Vietnam, the Apostle Islands, and the St. Croix River, 1966 Alternate Format: User copy available. Physical Description: 1 film reel (168 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm archival positive Scope and Content Note: Nelson is interviewed about his opinion on United States involvement in Vietnam, and conservation of the Apostle Islands and of the St. Croix River.
CB 019	Gaylord Nelson Receives Award, undated Physical Description: 1 film reel (730 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print Scope and Content Note: Nelson receives an outstanding citizen award from the Allied Council of Senior Citizens of Wisconsin. Includes speeches by Nelson and the President of the Allied Council. Note: Buckled
AC 430	Interview on the Apostle Islands Proposal, undated Alternate Format: User copy available. Physical Description: 1 film reel (298 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm print Scope and Content Note: Senator Gaylord Nelson discusses his proposal to designate the Apostle Islands a national recreation area. Note: Sound is fuzzy.
AC 440	Scott Paper Company Film / John Secondari Productions Ltd., 1971 Physical Description: 1 film reel (54 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print Scope and Content Note: This film discusses the problem of pollution by industry and municipalities. Gaylord Nelson is interviewed and points out that more preventative legislation is needed. Note: This is the same or related to DD 639.
DD 639	Is Anybody Listening? / John H. Secondari Productions, Corporate Communications Division, Scott Paper Company, 1971 Physical Description: 1 film reel (1,027 feet); sound; color; 16 mm print Scope and Content Note: Uses interviews to examine Scott Paper Company's corporate practices. Specific topics include finances, pollution, community relations, and employee relations. Senator Gaylord Nelson is interviewed about pollution. Note: This film is the same as or related to AC 440.
Mss 1020 Box 1 Folder 5	Gaylord Nelson Room, Clear Lake Area Historical Museum, 1978-1980
Box 1 Folder 6	Interviews, printed, 1970, 1973-1974
Box 1 Folder 7-9	Legislative initiatives and accomplishments, 1959-1980
	Memberships
Box 1 Folder 10	Committee requests, 1978, 1980
Box 1 Folder 11	Correspondence, 1966-1975
Box 1 Folder 12-14	Father Marquette Tercentenary Commission, 1967-1973
Box 1 Folder 15	Harvard Board of Visitors, 1970-1972
Box 1 Folder 16	Humane Society, 1970-1973
Box 1 Folder 17	Members of Congress for Peace through Law, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 18	Membership cards
Box 1 Folder 19	President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties, 1979-1980
Box 1 Folder 20	Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System, 1976
Box 1 Folder 21	Senate Democratic Task Force on the Economy, 1980
Box 1 Folder 22	Senate Rules Committee, 1978
Box 1 Folder 23-24	Senate Steering Committee, 1976-1977
Box 1 Folder 25	Senate Steering Committee, appointment requests, 1979 January
Box 1 Folder 26	Small Business Task Force, 1980
Box 1 Folder 27	Sponsorships, 1970-1973
Box 1 Folder 28	Washington Policy Council, International Management and Development Institute, 1978
Box 2 Folder 1-2	Memorabilia
Box 233 Folder 1	Memorabilia, oversize
Box 2 Folder 3	Memorials and obituaries, 2005
Box 234 Folder 1	Memorials and obituaries, oversize
Box 2 Folder 4	Nelson, Cynthia
Box 2 Folder 5-8	“Nelson Record,” Bills, Speeches and statements, press releases, audio and film indices, 1963-1974
	Subseries: Correspondence, 1958-1980	⇧
Box 2 Folder 9-11	Acknowledgments, 1973-1977
Box 2 Folder 12	Business, 1963-1969
Box 2 Folder 13	Campaign, regarding fundraising, 1974
Box 2 Folder 14	Carter administration, recommendations
Box 2 Folder 15	CBS regarding Earth Day, outgoing, 1971 April
Box 2 Folder 16	Condolences, 1965-1966, 1968-1971
Box 2 Folder 17-27	Congratulations, 1967-1976, 1978
Box 2 Folder 28	Endorsements, 1980
Box 2 Folder 29	Environment/ Teach-In, 1969-1970
Box 2 Folder 30	Federal judgeship, 1965-1966
Box 2 Folder 31	Forms for future use
Box 2 Folder 32	Forms, miscellaneous outgoing, 1974-1975
Box 2 Folder 33	Get-well wishes, 1971
Box 2 Folder 34	Kennedy, Edward, drug reform bill, hearings, 1972-1977
Box 2 Folder 35	Kennedy, John F., conservation tour, 1963
Box 2 Folder 36	Miscellaneous
	Nelson, personal
Box 3 Folder 1-23	1963-1976
Box 4 Folder 1-10	1977-1980
Box 4 Folder 11	Patronage, 1967
Box 4 Folder 12-13	Post-election, “well wishers,” 1980 November-December
Box 4 Folder 14	Questionnaires, incoming, 1974-1975
	Recommendations and Federal appointments
Box 4 Folder 15-27	1963-1978
Box 5 Folder 1-2	1977-1979
Box 5 Folder 3	Recommendations, United States Information Agency, 1975
	Requests
Box 5 Folder 4-10	General, 1966, 1974-1979
Box 5 Folder 11-13	For other speakers, 1965-1971
Box 5 Folder 14	Special “bucks”
Box 5 Folder 15	Senator Williams, hearing dispute
Box 5 Folder 16	Special, Nelson personal interest (Carley, Fromstein), 1976
Box 5 Folder 17-18	Testimonial messages, 1969, 1971
Box 5 Folder 19-24	Thank-you letters, 1966-1978, 1980
Box 5 Folder 25	Thank-you, to and from colleagues, 1970-1971
	VIP Note: Originals of some letters have been moved to the autograph file.
Box 5 Folder 26	Carter, Jimmy, 1974, 1977-1980
Box 5 Folder 27-29	Congressman and others, 1963-1979
Box 6 Folder 1	First Ladies, Roosevelt, Johnson, 1959, 1964
Box 6 Folder 2	Ford, Gerald, 1974-1976
Box 6 Folder 3	Humphrey, Hubert H., 1959, 1964-1970, 1974, 1976
Box 6 Folder 4	Johnson, Lyndon B., 1962-1963, 1965-1966, 1968
Box 6 Folder 5	Kennedy, John F., 1958-1960, 1962-1963
Box 6 Folder 6	Kennedy, Robert and Edward, 1963-1974
Box 6 Folder 7	Miscellaneous, 1960, 1963-1965, 1972-1975, 1977
Box 6 Folder 8	Mondale, Walter F., 1977-1980
Box 6 Folder 9	Nixon, Richard, 1969-1970, 1974
Box 6 Folder 10	Reagan, Ronald, 1969
Box 6 Folder 11	Rockefeller, Nelson, 1975
Box 6 Folder 12	Stevenson, Adlai, 1959, 1963-1965
Box 6 Folder 13	White House, outgoing, 1966-1969, 1979-1980
Box 6 Folder 14-15	Year end, 1980 (early)-1981
	Subseries: Subject files, 1957, 1964-1980 Note: Not comprehensive; other subject files maintained by administrative assistants can be found in STAFF FILES under staff members' names.	⇧
	Agents
Box 6 Folder 16	American Program Bureau, 1970-1971
Box 6 Folder 17	Midwest Program Services, 1972
Box 6 Folder 18	Speaking Bureau, 1970
Box 6 Folder 19	Harry Walker Inc., 1970-1971
Box 6 Folder 20	Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, committee appointments, Wisconsin, 1965-1969
Box 6 Folder 21	Bohrod, Aaron, art, 1978-1979
Box 6 Folder 22	Career Academy, Nelson scholarship, 1968
Box 6 Folder 23	Certificate of election to Congress, 1968
Box 6 Folder 24	Country Beautiful, Nelson conservation book material, 1967
Box 6 Folder 25	Davis, Glenn R., nomination opposition, 1971
Box 6 Folder 26	Drug hearings, SERC, 1968-1969
Box 6 Folder 27	Dueholm, Harvey, eulogy, 1980
	Environmental Teach-In Inc.
Box 6 Folder 28	Contributions, 1970
Box 6 Folder 29	Organization and dissolution, 1970-1971
Box 6 Folder 30	Newsletters, fact sheets, 1970 Notes and press release used for Nelson's speech in Denver during the first Earth Day Teach-In tour are available online.
Box 6 Folder 31	Federal Drug Administration laboratory, 1969
Box 6 Folder 32	Franking privileges, Common Cause versus Bailar, 1968-1978
Box 6 Folder 33	Media Productions, agreement and film script on pollution, 1971-1972
Box 6 Folder 34	“Missing Link” Waterway, Paulucci, Jeno, 1972-1976
Box 6 Folder 35	Nelson, Carrie Lee, biographical information
Box 6 Folder 36	Nelson, James Gaylord, imposter file, 1973-1976
Box 6 Folder 37	Nobel, Claes, Earth Aid Society “Nobel Project,” 1974-1975
Box 6 Folder 38	NRT?, 1973-1974
Box 6 Folder 39	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) letter to Williams, 1980
Box 6 Folder 40	Oral interview for JFK Library, transcript and correspondence, 1964-1965
Box 6 Folder 41	Permission to reprint, 1970-1972, 1978
Box 6 Folder 42	Playboy article, memo, 1969
Box 6 Folder 43	Post Office closings, 1975
Box 6 Folder 44	“Problems” with Wisconsin residency, 1969, 1972, 1975
Box 6 Folder 45	Re-election congratulations, 1974
Box 6 Folder 46	Relation to Nelson inquiries, 1970
Box 6 Folder 47-48	State legislation (and Lake Access bill), 1957
Box 6 Folder 49	Supreme Court admissions, 1969
Box 6 Folder 50	Supreme Court admissions, Wisconsin lawyers, 1966-1972, 1980
Box 6 Folder 51	Tongsun Park questionnaire, 1977
Box 6 Folder 52	Trip notes, 1968-1969
Box 6 Folder 53-55	U.S. District Court judgeships, 1978-1979
Box 6 Folder 56	What are You and Me Gonna Do?, 1970-1971
Box 6 Folder 57	Wilderness Society appointment, 1980
Box 6 Folder 58	Wisconsin photographers' project, 1972
Box 6 Folder 59	Zeitlin, Maurice, file, 1970-1971