Summary Information

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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