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| Nicaragua Exchange | Title: Nicaragua Exchange Records, 1983-1987 Quantity: 7.0 c.f. (17 archives boxes and 1 card box), 6 tape recordings, and 2 videotapes Call Number: Mss 829; Tape 1270A; VTA 25; VTA 178 Abstract: Records, mainly 1984-1987, of Nicaragua Exchange, an organization that coordinated brigades of American volunteer harvest workers in Nicaragua and that worked to promote friendship between Nicaragua and the United States. Included are correspondence with potential and former brigade volunteers, Nicaragua Network, and other organizations concerned with the Nicaraguan policy issue; extensive volunteer applications and evaluations; clippings; administrative records; and promotional materials (including film and sound recordings) produced by Nicaragua Exchange and other organizations. The videotapes include a speech by Daniel Ortega to volunteer workers. |
| Fischer, Nicholas Allan | Title: Nicholas Allan Fischer Papers, 1964-1965 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 544 Abstract: Photocopied papers of Nicholas Fischer, a former University of Wisconsin student who worked as an organizer for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in Sharkey County, Mississippi, in 1965. Included is personal correspondence, party papers, flyers, and leaflets. Earlier correspondence concerns fund-raising efforts that Fischer conducted among University of Wisconsin students to support Mississippi civil rights workers. |
| Nichols Family | Title: Nichols Family Papers, 1871-1973 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 54 photographs, and 64 negatives Call Number: M2003-085 Abstract: Papers of Floy and Lulu Nichols, sisters who were born and raised in Berlin, Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago where Floy worked at the University of Chicago transcribing theses and other publications. The papers consist of correspondence between the sisters and with other family and friends, scrapbooks, financial records, recipes, and school notebooks. Also included are photographs depicting family members, family events, and scenes of Wisconsin. |
| Vanoff, Nick, 1929- | Title: Nick Vanoff Papers, 1958-1970 Quantity: 20.0 c.f. (50 archives boxes) and 5 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 144AN; Micro 520 Abstract: Papers of Nick Vanoff, a television producer-director best known for his work with variety shows. Annotated scripts, production records, set designs, photographs, and clippings for Hollywood Palace (ABC), The King Family (ABC), Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (NBC), and other series and specials form the bulk of the collection. |
| Haugen, Nils Pederson, 1849-1931 | Title: Nils Pederson Haugen Papers, 1875-1931 Quantity: 16.0 c.f. (70 archives boxes and 4 volumes); plus additions of 0.4 c.f. Call Number: Wis Mss HK; M89-095 Abstract: Papers, 1875-1931, of Nils Pederson Haugen, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin's Tenth District, 1887-1895, and state tax commissioner, 1901-1921. Papers from the years of Haugen's congressional service consist of correspondence with constituents, principally in regard to patronage and pension claims, but also touch upon other matters, including Scandinavian politics and newspapers, local affairs in Pierce County and Superior, and state campaigns, including his own for the gubernatorial nomination in 1894 and that of Robert M. La Follette in 1896. Papers from the years of Haugen's work as tax commissioner touch upon the income tax law of 1911, and include correspondence from 1919-1920 with officials of the National Tax Association, of which Haugen was then president. Papers also include material on Montana state politics from 1921 to 1923, when Haugen served as advisor to the board of equalization of Montana on revision of the state tax laws. |