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Wis Mss CA
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Part 1 (Wis Mss CA): Original Collection, 1908-19542.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) The collection consists of three boxes of correspondence, 1908-1954; one box of clippings, financial information, marketing agreements, minutes of meetings and conventions, and similar miscellaneous material; and four volumes concerning operation of the Milltown Co-operative Laundry, 1914-1916. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and is almost entirely letters to Nelson chiefly from men working with him in farmers' organizations. Those from 1914-1917 are mainly about the Milltown Co-operative Laundry Company, the first such company in Wisconsin. From 1917-1919, they concern the Polk County Council of Defense of which Nelson was chairman. The 1921-1922 letters come from constituents urging Assemblyman Nelson's support for or opposition to various bills. Beginning in 1923, letters from fellow members of farmers' groups predominate. Most concern the Society of Equity (mainly 1922-31), the Farmers' Union (mainly 1934-41), and, to a lesser extent, the Co-operative Creameries Association (1920s). All are related to the workings of these organizations rather than to the ideologies behind them. Also of interest are letters from 1931 to 1933 on arrangements for Wisconsin's exhibits at the Chicago Centennial of Progress. There are a few letters about the 1934 campaign when Nelson was Socialist candidate for governor and the 1936 one when he was the nominee for vice-president. The four volumes are all dated within the period from 1914 to 1916 and concern the Milltown Cooperative Laundry. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are account books listing (1) incoming money from customers, (2) daily accounts, and (3) outgoing expenses, respectively. Volume 4 is a record of shareholders.
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Box
1-3
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Correspondence, 1908-1954, undated
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Box
4
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Clippings, 1908-1933
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Box
4
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Co-operative Creameries
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Box
4
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Farmers' organizations
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Box
4
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Milltown Cooperative Laundry
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Box
5
Volume
1
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Account Book (customers), 1914-1916
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Box
5
Volume
2
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Account Book (daily), 1914-1916
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Box
5
Volume
3
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Account Book (outgoing), 1914-1916
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Box
5
Volume
4
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Record of Shareholders
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Box
4
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Social Democratic Party, 1909-1912
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Box
4
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Miscellaneous
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M96-118
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Part 2 (M96-118): Additions, 1889-1990
1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes), and 219 photographs and 183 negatives (in 2 archives boxes)
: Additions include personal correspondence with family members while George Nelson was gold mining in the Yukon (1898-1901; some letters are in Danish); courtship letters as well as later correspondence between Nelson and Christina Larsen; other miscellaneous correspondence with family, friends, and business associates; political correspondence, speeches, and campaign memorabilia concerning Nelson’s political career as a Socialist; various family papers, including autograph albums, a student diary, and school papers and souvenirs; Klondike ephemera and memorabilia and financial records from this period; business records concerning the Milltown Cooperative, the People’s Cooperative, and the Milltown Bank; and photographs of the Nelson and Larsen families, friends, and the Yukon.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Clippings
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Biographical essay on George Nelson by Vicki Nelson, 1965
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Autograph album (George Nelson), 1893-1894
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Patterson Lyceum (club), 1896
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Official Guide to Klondike Country, 1897
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Klondike-Chicago Transportation and Trading Company, 1898
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Financial records, Klondike, 1898-1899
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Klondike newspapers and ephemera
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
9
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1894--George Nelson to Christina Larsen
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Box
1
Folder
10
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1894-1896--Miscellaneous friends to George Nelson (Elkhorn College)
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1898
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Box
1
Folder
11
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George to Christina
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Christina to George
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Box
2
Folder
1
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George to family
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1899
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Box
2
Folder
2
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George to Christina
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Box
2
Folder
3
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George to family
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1900
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Box
2
Folder
4
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George to Christina
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Box
2
Folder
5
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George to family
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1901
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Box
2
Folder
6
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George to Christina
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Christina to George
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Box
2
Folder
8
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1905-1911--George and Christina
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1892-1921 and undated--miscellaneous
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1946-1958--miscellaneous
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1955-1990--with State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Box
3
Folder
4
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1908-1939--political correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Speeches
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Campaign memorabilia
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Testimonial for Nelson, 1921
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Polk County, 1902-1942
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Marie Larsen obituary and funeral, 1949
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Nelson family student records and diary, circa 1897-1922
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous Nelson family papers
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Box
4
Folder
4
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George and Christina Nelson anniversary, 1946 and 1951
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Greeting cards, souvenirs, calling cards, etc.
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Brick schoolhouse on Nelson family property, 1889-1944
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Milltown Cooperative and People's Cooperative, 1929-1949
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Harry Baker correspondence regarding Milltown Bank, 1919-1923
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Miscellaneous legal and business papers (including Milltown Bank)
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Box
5-6
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Photographs and negatives of George Nelson; the Nelson and Larsen families; the Yukon; Frederic, Wisconsin; Luck, Wisconsin; Indians at Pine Lake, etc.
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