Summary Information

Title: John Mandt Nelson Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1890-1977

Creator:

• Nelson, John Mandt, 1870-1955

Call Number: Wis Mss WK; PH 2814; PH 6047; PH 5-1558

Quantity: 4.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes), 0.3 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 folder), and 1 poster (1 oversize folder)

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:

Papers of John Mandt Nelson, a Progressive Republican congressman (1906-1919/1921-1933), consisting of constituent and personal correspondence (mainly 1928-1932); speeches and writings concerning religion, the Philippines, and political topics; minutes, notes, and material gathered on the House Rules Committee as part of the Insurgent revolt of 1908-1910; a lengthy biography by his daughter Grace Nelson; other biographical material; and photographs. Prominent correspondents include Louis Brandeis, Champ Clark, L.W. Claude, Thomas Alva Edison, William T. Evjue, James Frear, Zona Gale, Samuel Gompers, Ada James, Belle Case La Follette, Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert M. La Follette Jr., Louis P. Lochner, Nicholas Longworth, Michael V. O'Shea, R.T. Rawleigh, Theodore Roosevelt, Edward A. Ross, and Edwin Witte.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000wk