Bill Christofferson papers, 1944-2005.

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Bill Christofferson papers, 1944-2005.

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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 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.

0.4 c.f.,68 tape recordings,1 videorecording, and1 DVD.

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Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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