JULIA B. NELSON:
An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Nelson, Julia B., 1842-1914, creator. | |
| Title: | Julia B. Nelson papers. | |
| Dates: | 1870-1918, 1997. | |
| Abstract: | Biographical data, correspondence, and writings of a noted Minnesota suffragist and temperance leader. | |
| Quantity: | 1 folder | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Julia Bullard Nelson was born May 13th, 1842 in High Ridge, Connecticut, to Edward and Angeline Bullard. As a small child, Nelson moved to Denmark, Iowa and in 1857 the family moved to Wacouta, Minnesota. She attended Hamline University in Red Wing, Minnesota, and was the first person in Goodhue County to receive a first-grade teaching certificate. Nelson taught in schools around the country, including Minnesota, Connecticut, Tennessee, and Columbus, South Carolina. She became well-known for her work with the temperance and women's suffrage movements, participating in debates and speaking around the country. In 1881 she helped form the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association and in 1886 addressed the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on the issue. She was active as a speaker and an officer in the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Julia married Ole Nelson in September 1866. The couple had a son, Cyrus, in 1868 but the child survived only nine months. His death was followed just five months later by Ole's in January 1869 at age 28. Julia passed away in December 1914 at her home in Red Wing, Minnesota.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
This small collection includes biographical data; correspondence concerning ownership of family land and Julia Bulard Nelson's work with the Freedman's Bureau in Columbus, S.C.; and writings, including two poems and a political cartoon.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Julia B. Nelson Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 15,358: 15,490
Processing Information:
Processed by: Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov, April 1999
Catalog ID number: 990017354320104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| P566 | 1 | Biographical data, correspondence, and writings, undated and 1870, 1874, 1877, 1918, and 1997. | |||||||||
| Biographical data consists of a life chronology compiled by Marian E. Glew in 1997. Correspondence concerns ownership of family land (1870) and Nelson's work with the Freedman's Bureau in Columbus, South Carolina (1877). Writings include two copies of "Song of the New Crusade," written by Nelson in 1874, an undated political cartoon satirizing Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose party, and a poem, "The Dutchman's Equal Rights," revised by William R. Keen and published posthumously in 1918. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Women -- Sufferage.
- Temperance -- Poetry.
- Persons:
- Nelson, John, 1843-1912.
- Nelson Family.
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