Guide to the Gene Nelson collection

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Box 1, Folder 1

Military photos of Marine Corps career in WWII 1940-1944

Box 1, Folder 2

Professional and business photos 1944-1985

Box 1, Folder 3

Wedding day photos 1954

Box 1, Folder 4-7

Personal photos 1919-2003

General

Photos show family events, barbeques, Christmas, outings, vacations, homes, friends, pets and automobiles. Consists of 500-1,000 unsorted photos.

Box 1, Folder 8

Negatives ca.1940-2000

General

Includes photos of professional career and personal life.

Box 1, Folder 9

Schoolwork 1935-1939

Box 1, Folder 10

Military discharge papers 1945

Box 1, Folder 11

Professional/business papers 1953-1989

General

Includes contracts, speech, newspaper clippings.

Box 1, Folder 12

Personal, real estate contracts and reports 1954

Box 1, Folder 13

Wedding 1954

General

Includes receipts, plane tickets, postcards, newspaper clippings, church materials and wedding cards.

Box 1, Folder 14

Correspondence 1957-1989

General

Includes letters concerning Salon, Rotary Club, KCCC-TV Channel 40, and American Guild of Variety Artists.

Box 1, Folder 15

Membership cards 1944

General

Includes ephemera from Gene Nelson’s "Alarm Clock Club" and "Breakfast with Gene."

Box 1, Folder 15

KCCC-TV Christmas card 1944

Box 1, Folder 15

Programs for "Queen for a Night" and "Breakfast with Gene" 1954

Box 1, Folder 15

Magazines 1955

General

Includes "TV Radio Mirror" magazine with article about Nelson on page 16.

Box 1, Folder 16

Postcards 1948-2002

Box 1, Folder 17

Greeting cards ca. 2000

Box 2, Object 1

"Applause" (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 2

"Gene Nelson O/CIS 1-60" (¼" audiotape) 1970-05-13

Box 2, Object 3

"Sacto Variety Show" (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 4

"Rod & Gene KOAC" (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 5

"Pat... Hollywood... Gail Storm" (illegible title, ¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 6

"Hollywood Bob Mary Max Mitch M." (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 7

"Breakfast With Gene" (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 8

"Sacto Varieties" (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 9

"Sacto Varieties/Gene Singing" (¼" audiotape) undated

Box 2, Object 10

"Locals Breakfast Party" (¼" audiotape) 1958-02-20

Box 2, Object 11

"Gene Nelson Horse Race" (videotape) undated

Box 2, Object 12

"Island Etc." (8mm film) undated

Box 2, Object 13

Untitled 8mm film undated

Box 2, Object 14

"Horse Race at Golden Gate Fields" (VHS) undated

General

Guest presented by Gene Nelson

Box 2, Object 15

"Angel Island Re-Visited" (VHS) 1985-08-11

General

"Hosted by the 'Honorable' Gene Nelson. Produced and Directed by his Friend Don Batten."

Box 2, Object 16

"Alcatraz, the Inside Story" (VHS) undated

General

Hosted by Gene Nelson with guest Frank Heaney. Produced by Don Batten.

Box 2, Object 17

Handkerchief box undated

Box 2, Object 18

Silk banner, Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club undated

Box 2, Object 19

Garter belt undated

Box 2, Object 20

Framed photo of woman undated

Box 2, Object 21

Photo booklet undated

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