Summary Information

Title: Robert K. Olson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1875-2015 (bulk 1944-2015)

Creator:

• Olson, Robert K. (Robert Keith), 1925-

Call Number: Northland Mss 22; PH Northland Mss 22; Audio 1725A

Quantity: 12.4 cubic feet (10 records center cartons, 5 archives boxes, and 1 flat box), 3.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 records center carton, 3 archives boxes, and 3 flat boxes), and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center and the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of Robert K. Olson, a former Foreign Service Officer. The collection contains papers documenting his career, as well as continued work in international relations and environmental issues following his retirement in 1976; correspondence with family, friends, professional, and to legislators and the media; writings on foreign affairs, the environment, and school papers; journals and other papers documenting his experience in Vietnam. Correspondence covers contemporary events such as September 11, 2001 and the aftermath. Also includes yearbooks and commencement programs; Olson and Uhrenholdt family histories; and papers relating to running the Uhrenholdt Farm following his retirement. Photographs and scrapbooks document his family, service during World War II, and Foreign Service years. Papers of Yvonne Olson, Robert's wife, as well as his parents, Sigurd F. Olson and Elizabeth Olson, are also included.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-nort0022

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