Finding Aid for the Dr. Alvin H. Nielsen Collection, 1962-1999
MS-2459 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 14, 2006.
Summary Information
Dr. Alvin H. Nielsen Collection
Date/Date Range : 1962-1999
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This addition to the Nielsen Collection (MS-1012) contains articles related to reapportionment and redistricting, a revised essay on reapportionment in Tennessee, and a brief biographical sketch of Dr. Alvin H. Nielsen.
MS-2459
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Jane Ann Evans Nielsen (Mrs. Alvin H. Nielsen) donated parts of this collection in 1993, 1994, and 2000.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Dr. Alvin H. Nielsen Collection, MS-2459. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Jane Ann Evans Nielsen, wife of UT Physics professor Dr. Alvin H. Nielsen, was in the League of Women Voters of Tennessee and state chairperson of the League of Women Voters committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting. From 1958 through the 1970s, Mrs. Nielsen collected and stored newspaper clippings, court rulings, articles, and League of Women Voters publications concerning Reapportionment and Redistricting, especially in Tennessee. Mrs. Nielsen was secretary for a citizens' committee pushing for constitutional reapportionment, which started in 1962.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This is an addition to the Nielsen Collection, c. 1957-1979 (MS-1012). This collection contains articles from 1962, 1987, 1993, and 1994 related to reapportionment and redistricting. There is also a 1991 revised essay on reapportionment in Tennessee and a 1999 brief biographical sketch on UT Physics professor, Alvin H. Nielsen.
Subject Terms
- Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- League of Women Voters (U.S.)
Contents List
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The Nashville Tennessean article, "Strict Remap Formula Urged," about a statewide group pushing reapportionment with a picture of Mrs. A.H. Nielsen, Martin Ochs, and Thomas Wardlaw Steele, 1962 May 19
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Knoxville News-Sentinel article, "General Assembly dances to the tune of rural fiddler" by Bill Rawlins, about metropolitan and rural state legislators, 1987 March 2
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Essay entitled "Constitutional Reapportionment in Tennessee" (1966) Revised, 1991
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Time article, "Snakes or Ladders?" by David van Biema about Supreme Court decision on racial redistricting, 1993 July 12
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Knoxville News-Sentinel article, "State told to redraw Senate districts / Court: Voting rights violated in West" by Tom Humphrey, 1993 November 5
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Knoxville News-Sentinel article, "Former Nashville chancellor dies," on Thomas Wardlaw Steele, 1994 July 27
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Knoxville News-Sentinel article, "Judge whose decision foreshadowed historic high court case praised," on Thomas Wardlaw Steele, 1994 August 10
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The Nashville Tennessean article, "Physicist created UT-Oak Ridge link," on Dr. Alvin H. Nielsen, 1999 December 10
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