About donors to this website

The Nelson Collection, 2010 exhibits and this web site are made possible through the generous support of numerous donors, including:

The Walter W. Mitchell Foundation
Jay and Carlyn Carlson
Carrie Lee Nelson
John and Gisela Brogan
Ernest Hollings
Joseph Miller
Dan and Pat Cornwell
Thomas Eagleton

and many others. The Wisconsin Historical Society, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies,
and the Nelson family gratefully acknowledges this support.

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Gregg Mitman
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
550 N. Park Street, 122 Science Hall
Madison, WI 53706-1491
Phone: (608) 265-5296

start here Gaylord Nelson biograpical sketch growing up in Clear Lake new Governor, new Party for Wisconsin joining the liberal revolution in DC redefining environmentalism in the 1960s Earth Day: simple idea, world of change building the 'Environmental Decade' a former Senator fights on the Nelson legacy: for us and our future

start here Earth Day: an introduction modest beginnings: Nelson's idea proposal printed across the U.S. choosing not to be in charge a diverse coalition of supporters organizing at the grassroots April 22, 1970 Earth Day critics the living tradition of Earth Day

index of Nelson Collection documents things you need to know video links to resources quotes Earth Week events

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