Series: Press and Publicity Files, 1954-1980

Indexes and logs

Congressional Record reprints, by subject, 1963-1980
Scope and Content Note: Card index for Congressional Record reprints, press articles, and legislative memos all sent out as mass mailings. Cards are organized by subject and chronologically within each subject.

A-P

P-Z

Environmental, 1963-1979
Scope and Content Note: Card index to all press releases, statements, and writings by Gaylord Nelson relating to conservation and environmental preservation. The cards are arranged by subject and thereunder in reverse chronological order. Some items listed in this index may not be found in the Gaylord Nelson Papers.

Apostle Islands-Environmental Education

Environmental Warfare-Wildlife

Mass mailing logs and files, 1979-1980
Scope and Content Note: Logs of mass mailings sent out from December 1978 through December 1979. Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder by recipient group (i.e. pharmacists in Wisconsin).

Press logs (all types of press), 1966-1980
Scope and Content Note: Logs of all press activity including press releases, public statements, and writings by Nelson. Organized by date, the logs note what type of document was sent out, the subject of document, and to whom it was distributed. The logs also note who wrote or “produced” the item. Some items listed in this log may not be found in the Gaylord Nelson Papers.

1966-1969

1970-1974

1974-1980

Press releases (on 5 small rolodex), 1975-1980
Scope and Content Note: Card index for bound press release volumes, 1975-1980. Cards are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each subject. Each card contains a brief description of a press release, the date of release, and the corresponding press release unique number. The bound press release volumes prior to 1977 also contain their own index.

Subjects, By, 1963-1979
Scope and Content Note: Card index to all press releases, statements, and writings relating to Gaylord Nelson.

Articles mentioning Nelson

1963-1972

1972-1979

Article reprints, 1964-1979

Congressional Record reprints

1963-1976

1977-1980

Grant announcements-special releases, 1963, 1967-1969, 1972, 1980, undated

Grant announcements, by county

1972-1973

1973-1974

Legislative memos, 1963-1972

Media spots (TV/ Radio scripts)

1964-1965, 1967

1967-1971, 1973-1974

Newsletters

Gaylord Nelson Newsletter, undated, 1963-1980

Legislative War on Poverty, 1971 April-1972 May

Newspaper columns, 1966-1979, undated

Press releases

Loose, 1963-1980, undated

1963-1970

1971-1976

1977-1980

Audio-Radio spots

ABC Radio: Issues and Answers, 1972 December 21

Radio clip - contamination in wildlife, 1970 February 6

Council for a Livable World, radio forum, 1964 May 1

Earth Week (copy of 1173A/57), 1973 March 21

Milwaukee Reports-WISN, 1963 July 7, 1966 March 25

National Farmers Organization, “Here's Allen,” Family Farm Act Anti-Trust Bill, 1973 March 5

Prescription Drugs: A Look at the Record, 1972 March 18

WSUS Stevens Point Urgent: for immediate action. Nelson on the Environment: Land, Air, and Water Pollution (copy of 1173A/9), undated

Wisconsin Heart Association, Heart Fund Ad (duplicates of same ad), undated

Car registration, nuclear ban, auto prices, detergents, civil rights, defense, draft, dairy, environment, Darvon, FDA, the pill, war, economy, Vietnam, youth vote, 45-second spots, 1968, 1972

Campaign spots with Edward Kennedy, 1968

Campaign spots with Vince Lombardi, 1968

Campaign spots with Nelson, 1974 October 21

Films

Nelson filling in for Robert Kastenmeier on Kastenmeier's Weekly Report from Washington, 1965 December
Physical Description: 1 film reel (circa 200 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Nelson fills in for Kastenmeier and discusses the upcoming Congressional session, Vietnam appropriations, the budget, and his own programs including the Teacher Corps, the St. Croix River, and the Apostle Islands.

Senator Gaylord Nelson recording studio programs, 1964-1966
Alternate Format: User copy available.

Physical Description: 1 film reel (982 feet); sound; black and white; 16 mm archival negative 
Scope and Content Note: Various programs featuring Gaylord Nelson, including endorsements for John Reynolds and Pat Lucey for governor of Wisconsin, a campaign to save lakes and rivers from pollution, and a promotion to redesign automobiles to make highway driving safer.

Gaylord Nelson-Public Service Announcements, 1970, undated
Physical Description: 1 film reel (242 feet); sound; black and white and color; 16 mm archival negative 
Scope and Content Note: Nelson gives PSAs for the Heart Association, National Engineers' Week, and withholding taxes. Tom Lehrer sings about pollution. PSAs produced by Lehrer apot-Astrafilms Inc., Environmental spot-Alpert Productions, and unknown.

Gaylord Nelson on the Wolf River, circa 1973
Alternate Format: User copy available.

Physical Description: 1 film reel (444 feet); silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Scenes of white water rafting and kayaking in the Wolf River of Wisconsin. Nelson is shown having a ride on the rapids, greeting people on the shore, and dining in the park service cafeteria. Probably produced by the Nelson for Senate Committee.

Namekagon Canoe Trip-1967, 1967
Alternate Format: User copy available.

Physical Description: 1 film reel (287 feet); silent; color; 16 mm archival positive 
Scope and Content Note: Nelson and friends canoe down the Namekagon River in June 1966 to raise funds to save the river.

Gaylord Nelson: Apostle Islands, 1970 September
Physical Description: 1 film reel (64 feet); silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Senator Nelson tours (by boat and on foot) the Apostle Islands Lakeshore in Northern Wisconsin which he helped make into a National Recreation area. Maybe filmed in 1967.

Gaylord Nelson at the Apostle Islands, undated
Alternate Format: User copy available.

Physical Description: 1 film reel (255 feet); silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Nelson and other politicians take a motor boat tour of the Apostle Islands, possibly in 1970.
Note: Sticky

News clippings, Scrapbooks

Set 1: Subjects, 1963-1972

Apostle Islands, 1963

Apostle Islands, 1963-1970

Civil rights, 1964

Conservation, 1967-1972

Conservation, 1967-1972 (continued)

Consumerism, OEO, mining, farming, taxes, 1966-1972

Drugs, 1966-1972

Drugs, 1966-1972 (continued)

Earth Day, 1970

Earth Day, 1970 (continued)

General issues, 1963

Meat, dairy, mink, 1966-1972

Oral contraceptives, 1964-1971

Personal, 1959, 1965-1972

Politics, 1966-1972

Pollution (air and water), 1966-1972

Presidential nominations for senate confirmation, Youth Corps, housing, Indians, Teacher Corps, education, 1965-1972

2, 4, 5-T and Grant County, 1972-1973

Set 2: 1966-1974, 1972-1976

Manpower, revenue sharing, postal rates, employment, etc., 1966-1975

Corporate secrecy, education, Indians, 1967-1976

Watergate, wiretaps, enemy list, 1973-1975

Consumerism, campaign reform, pesticides, feedlots, 1971-1975

Vice Presidential choices, 1972; Vice President, , 1975; 1976 presidential choices, slush funds

State politics/ elections, 1967-1976

State politics/ elections, 1967-1976 (continued)

OEO tax reform, banking, pension plan, taxes, 1972-1976

Seafarer, 1975-1976

Energy, 1972-1976

Energy, 1972-1976 (continued)

International affairs, Southeast Asia, amnesty, Vietnam, foreign aid, arms sales, 1967-1974

Votes and national views, national elections, presidential appointments, 1972-1977

Votes and national views, national elections, presidential appointments, 1972-1977 (continued)

Social security, pension, economy, 1974

Health, food additives, cancer, child labor, malpractice, and more, 1969-1975

Small business and taxes, 1975-1980

Drugs, 1973-1977

Environment, 1968-1976

Environment, 1968-1976 (continued)

Earth Day/ Earth Week, 1973-1975

Pollution, Sanguine, land use, Kickapoo, and more, 1972-1977

Pollution, Sanguine, land use, Kickapoo, and more, 1972-1977 (continued)

Wyngaard articles, 1972-1976

Wyngaard articles, 1972-1976 (continued)

Nelson campaign and election results, 1974

Nelson campaign and election results, 1974 (continued)

Petri campaign, 1974

Set 3: , 1974-1979

Agriculture, 1978-1979

Arms sales, 1974-1979

Budget, 1976-1979

Constitutional rights, Indians, poverty, 1977-1979

Employment, labor, 1977-1979

Energy, 1976-1979

Environment, 1976-1978

Ethics, education, 1977-1978

Foreign affairs, education, 1975-1978

Health, 1976-1979

Economy, government spending, urban development, 1978

Kickapoo, 1978

Military, 1975-1979

Personal (appearances/ dinners), 1978-1979

Politics, 1977-1978

Small business, 1978-1979

Taxes, 1976-1977

Social Security, pension, retirement, 1976-1979

Wisconsin (grants and other), 1977-1979

Wyngaard articles, 1977-1978

Set 4: Miscellaneous issues, 1979

Civil liberties, abortion, Indian affairs

Dairy, energy

Employment, labor, poverty, welfare, elderly, education

Energy/ transportation

Environment

Farming/ agriculture

Foreign affairs, international trade

Government issues, press campaign

Inflation, government spending, taxation

Natural resources, environment

Senate campaign, 1980

Small business, Chrysler, American Motors Corporation

Wisconsin issues and events

Set 5: Campaigns

Nelson versus Davis, 1954; Re-election, , 1968

Re-election, 1968

General

Whistle stop tour

Re-election, 1974

Re-election, 1980 January-June

Earth Day

Set 6: Small Business and taxes, 1975-1980

Diabetics and antibiotic drugs

Drugs-Darvon

Equal access, etc.

Family farms

Farms

General taxes

Milwaukee Railroad

Miscellaneous

Nelson re-election, energy, Small Business Administration and innovation

Paperwork

Product liability

Small business

Solar energy

White House Conference

Loose clippings and pages, 1974-1980

Agriculture

Dairy/ farm

Environment

Miscellaneous

Parks

State

Vietnam

News clippings, subjects, 1964-1980

Clip file index, circa 1975

Agriculture, 1980

Airline strike, 1966

Apostle Islands, 1965-1967

Campaign

Endorsements, 1968

Feature stories, 1980

McGovern/ Eagleton, 1972

Nelson, 1974

Quote file, 1980

Senate, 1980

1980 January-October

1980 October-November

Dairy/ farmers, 1971-1975

Defense/ foreign affairs, 1980

Drugs, 1968

Earth Day, 1970

ELF, 1980

Energy, 1980

Environment, 1972, 1974, 1980

Housing, 1972-1974

Housing/ Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), 1980

Indians

Legal Services, 1972-1976

Miscellaneous, undated, 1964-1980

Nelson, general, 1974

Nelson, personal, 1972-1976

No-knock/ Government spying, 1973-1974

Shortages, 1974

Small Business, 1980

State, 1965-1974

State elections, 1966-1974

Taxes, 1980

Teacher Corps, 1968

Transportation, 1972-1974

Vietnam, 1964-1968

Wiretaps, 1973-1975