Descriptive summary

creator:	Nelson, Victor E. (1888-1954)
title:	Papers
dates:	1920-1954, n.d.
extent:	0.42 linear ft. (1 document box)
collection number:	RS 13/6/63
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Victor E. Nelson Papers, RS 13/6/63, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Victor E. Nelson was born to Peter and Christina Nelson on January 21, 1888, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Professor Nelson received his B.S. (1912) and M.S. (1914) from the University of Wisconsin. He served as Instructor (1914-1917) in agricultural chemistry at the University of Wisconsin before being hired at The Johns Hopkins University as an Associate (1917-1919) in the School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Professor Nelson was hired at Iowa State College (University) as Assistant Professor (1919) in the Department of Chemistry. He was promoted to Associate Professor (1920) and Professor (1923). He resigned in 1944.

Professor Nelson’s primary research interests were in chemical physiology and nutrition in humans. He headed the teaching of physiological chemistry courses at Iowa State and his research included the study of fluorine content in water and the role played by other vitamins and minerals in the diet of humans and animals.

He married Katherine Diana Johnson on June 16, 1917. They had no children and Katherine died in 1939. Professor Nelson later married Estella Drenning Kerr of New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 11, 1950. He passed away on May 17, 1954 in Miami, Florida, and was buried near Stoughton, Wisconsin.

Collection description

The collection (1920-1954, n.d.) includes Victor E. Nelson’s obituary and a number of his published articles.

Organization

The collection is organized alphabetically.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Biographical information: obituary	1954
1	2	Paper: “The Addition of Minerals and Sucrose to Milk as Shown by Growth, Fertility, and Lactation of the Rat”	1934
1	3	Paper: “Blood Pressure in Rats Under Deficient Diets”	1924
1	4	Paper: “Cod Liver Oil as Food”	1927
1	5	Paper: “Cod Liver Oil for Reproduction and Lactation”	1931
1	6	Paper: “Cod Liver Oil for Reproduction”	1928
1	7	Paper: “Diet in Relation to Reproduction and Rearing of Young, I. Observations on the Existence of Vitamin E”	1926
1	8	Paper: “Diet in Relation to Reproduction and Rearing of Young, II.”	1926
1	9	Paper: “Effect of Different Levels of Protein Intake on Reproduction”	1929
1	10	Paper: “Effect of Fluorine on Blood and Respiration”	1934
1	11	Paper: “The Effect of Oral Administration of Amino Acids and Intraperitoneal Injection of Various Elements and Hydrochloric Acid on Regeneration of Hemoglobin”	1932
1	12	Paper: “The Effect of Various Colloidal and Crystalloidal Metallic Compounds in Nutritional Anemia of the Rat”	1934
1	13	Paper: “The Effect of Vitamin Deficiency on Various Species of Animals, I. The Production of Xerophthalmia in the Rabbit”	1920
1	14	Paper: “The Effect of Vitamin Deficiency on Various Species of Animals, II. Observations on the Comparative Vitamin A Requirement of Rabbits, Rats, Swine, and Chickens”	1922
1	15	Paper: “Factors Involved in the Regeneration of Hemoglobin”	1932
1	16	Paper: “Growth, Reproduction, and Lactation on Diets Containing Soy Beans as the Sole Source of Vitamins B and G”	n.d.
1	17	Paper: “The Influence of Certain Vitamin Deficiencies on Gaseous Exchange in Chicks, I. Rachitis”	1928
1	18	Paper: “The Influence of Vitamin D Deficiency on Gaseous Exchange in Chicks”	1928
1	19	Paper: “Metabolism and Vitamin A”	1926
1	20	Paper: “ Milk Powders as Food”	1926
1	21	Paper: “Molasses as a Source of Vitamin B”	1925
1	22	Paper: “Molasses, Sorghum, and Honey as Sources of Vitamin E”	1929
1	23	Paper: “The Multiple Nature of Bios”	1924
1	24	Paper: “The Nutritional Requirements of Yeast, III. The Synthesis of Water-Soluble B by Yeast”	1921
1	25	Paper: “The Occurrence of Mottled Teeth in Iowa”	1932
1	26	Paper: “The Relation of Vitamin Deficiency to Muscle Fatigue”	1925
1	27	Paper: “Role of Copper in Hemoglobin Formation”	1931
1	28	Paper: “The Role of Copper in Hemoglobin Regeneration and in Reproduction”	1931
1	29	Paper: “Some Observations on Ferric Chloride Addition to the Diet”	1930
1	30	Paper: “Some Observations on the Relation of the Composition of the Diet to Lactation”	n.d.
1	31	Paper: “Studies on Yeast, VI. On the Continuous Growth of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae in Synthetic Mediums”	1923
1	32	Paper: “Studies on Yeast, VII. The Dietary Properties of Yeast”	1923
1	33	Paper: “The Vitamin Requirement of Various Species of Animals, III. The Production and Cure of Xerophthalmia in the Suckling”	1922
1	34	Paper: “Water-Soluble B and Bios in Yeast Growth”	1922
1	35	Paper: “Whole and Skimmed Milk Powders as Food: Observations on a New Vitamin for Reproduction”	1925