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Lyle M. Nelson collection of Big Little Books and Pulp Magazines
APC-2022-10
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Title: Lyle M. Nelson collection of Big Little Books and Pulp Magazines
Dates: 1930 - 1950
Collection Number: APC-2022-10
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 19 cartons, 228 Linear Feet
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Repository:
California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Fullerton, California 92834-4150
Abstract: Acquired from the Estate of Lyle M. Nelson in 1991 as part of a donation that included approximately 856 Big Little Books
and 2,747 pulp magazines.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Lyle M. Nelson collection of Big Little Books and Pulp Magazines. Collection Number: APC-2022-10.
California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Biography/Administrative History
Lyle M. Nelson was the former Vice President for University Relations in 1957 at the University of Michigan. He left the U-M
in 1961 to join Stanford University as Director of University Relations. He created the John S. Knight fellowship for professional
journalists at Stanford and served as its director in 1969-85. He also was the Thomas M. Storke Distinguished Professor of
Communication and head of the communications department there.
He was well known as both a professor of journalism and an expert on the uses of television for educational purposes. He came
to Ann Arbor in 1953 as assistant to the president and general secretary of the corporation
of the Educational Television and Radio Center, which evolved into the Public Broadcasting Service.
Nelson was born Feb. 28, 1918, in Yamhill, Ore., and graduated from the University of Oregon.
“Former Vice President Lyle Nelson Dies.” University of Michigan News, 11 Sept. 1997,
https://news.umich.edu/former-vice-president-lyle-nelson-dies/.
Scope and Content of Collection
Acquired from the Estate of Lyle M. Nelson in 1991 as part of a donation that included approximately 856 Big Little Books
and 2,747 pulp magazines.
Big little books
Illustrated books
Pictorial works
Popular culture -- American influence
Pulp literature