Title: Bill Christofferson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1944-2005

Creator:

• Christofferson, Bill

Call Number: M2010-122; Audio 1512A

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 68 tape recordings, 1 videorecording, and 1 DVD

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Bill Christofferson's research materials accumulated during his writing of The Man From Clear Lake, a biography of Gaylord Nelson. The bulk of the collection consists of cassette tapes of interviews with Gaylord Nelson and other individuals associated with Nelson, including Senators George McGovern and Walter F. Mondale. Also included are summary notes for 18 of the taped interviews, as well as notes for a few non-taped interviews with both Nelson and others. Also present is a transcript of a Columbia University oral history interview with Nelson (1981), a manuscript entitled “Honorable Governor Gaylord A. Nelson” by Gertrude C. Nelson, Nelson's military records and FBI files, a VHS tape of Nelson on Sunday Night with Mike Gousha, and a DVD of Nelson's memorial service.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2010122

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Bill Christofferson, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M2010-122

M2010-122	Series: Research Files, 1944-2001
Box   1 Folder   1	Christofferson's correspondence with the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), 1999
Box   1 Folder   2	Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files, 1962-1999
Box   1 Folder   3-4	“Honorable Governor Gaylord A. Nelson” by Gertrude C. Nelson, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	Military records, 1944-1998
Box   1 Folder   6	Nelson's Christmas letters, 1992-1998
Box   1 Folder   7	Summary notes of interviews, 1993-2001
Box   1 Folder   8-9	Transcript of Columbia University oral history interview with Nelson, 1981
	Series: Visual Materials, 2002-2005	⇧
DVD   1	Gaylord Nelson Memorial Service on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), 2005 July 13 Physical Description: DVD  Scope and Content Note: Speakers include Bill Meadows of the Wilderness Society, Congressman Thomas Petri, Congressman David Obey, [former Vice President] Walter Mondale, Governor Jim Doyle, and Tia Nelson.
Video   1	Sunday Night with Mike Gousha, interview program, 2002 Physical Description: VHS tape
Audio 1512A	Series: Cassette Tapes, 1993-2000	⇧
	Interviews, 1993-2000 Note: Tapes with an asterisk * have typed summary notes.
1512A/18	Ben Gordon - staff member and economist, 1993 March 3
1512A/15	Bernie Koteen - communications attorney and close friend, 1993 March 2
1512A/13	Bill Cherkasky - Nelson's administrative assistant, 1993 March 1
1512A/28	C. Allan Benson - Clear Lake friend, 1993 July 1
	Carrie Lee Nelson, 1993-1999
1512A/14	, 1993 March 1*
1512A/53	, 1999 March 25*
1512A/54	1999 March 25
	Charles T. Clark, 1993
1512A/30	1993 July 2
1512A/26	Conversations at a party at his home, 1993 June 30
1512A/16-17	David Carley - Director of the Department of Resource Development, 1993 March 2
1512A/34-35	Edwin R. Bayley, 1993 July 15
1512A/25	Erland Hanna - Clear Lake friend, 1993 June 30
1512A/11	Frank Wallick, 1993 February 27
1512A/24	Fred Booth - Clear Lake friend, 1993 June 30
	Gaylord Nelson, 1993-1999
1512A/1	, 1993 January 9*
1512A/2-3	, 1993 January 10*
1512A/4	, 1993 January 11*
1512A/5	, 1993 January 12*
1512A/6	, 1993 January 14*
1512A/31	, 1993 July 3*
1512A/36-37	, 1993 July 15*
1512A/40	, 1993 July 16*
1512A/43	, 1993 July 17*
1512A/44	, 1993 July 18*
1512A/46	1994 June 25
1512A/47	, 1995 May 3*
1512A/48	1995 May 3
1512A/49-50	1997 September 28
1512A/51	1999 March 23
1512A/52	, 1999 March 23*
1512A/56-59	1999 June 24
1512A/60-61	1999 October 6
1512A/22	George McGovern - Senator, 1993 June 11*
1512A/55	Henry Reuss - Congressman, 1999 June 22
	Janet Lee - Nelson's sister, 1993
1512A/7	1993 February 3
1512A/8	1993 February 24
1512A/41-42	John Brogan, 1993 July 17
	Kevin Gottlieb - Nelson's executive assistant in the Senate, 1993
1512A/9	1993 February 26
1512A/10	1993 February 27
1512A/32-33	Martin Hanson - conservationist and friend of Nelson, 1993 July 4
1512A/39	Monica Bayley, 1993 July 16
1512A/27	R.L. (Rusty) Peirson - Clear Lake friend, 1993 July 1
1512A/21	Robert G. Lewis - Nelson's agricultural advisor, 1993 June 10
1512A/12	Robert Kastenmeier - Democratic congressman, 1993 March 1
1512A/19-20	Stannard Nelson - Nelson's brother, 1993 May 12
1512A/62	Thomas Eagleton - Senator, 2000 August 11*
1512A/28	Tom Nilssen, Jr. - Clear Lake friend, 1993 July 1
1512A/45	Walter F. Mondale - Senator, 1993 September 9
1512A/29	William Barthman - Clear Lake friend, 1993 July 2
1512A/23	William Bechtel, 1993 June 11
1512A/38	William Korbel - Milwaukee campaign manager, 1993 July 16
	Speeches, presentations, and other, 1971-1973
1512A/63	Around Wisconsin with Governor Gaylord Nelson, undated
1512A/64	Civil War Roundtable with Adlai Stevenson, undated
1512A/68	Democratic State Convention keynote address regarding foreign policy, 1971 June 18
1512A/66	Earth Week, 1973
1512A/67	Ecological War in Vietnam Presentation, Dr. Pfeiffer and Dr. Westing, 1972 January 28
1512A/65	Senator Nelson, Florida Audubon society speech in Miami, Florida, 1972 January 17