Guide to the Hans Bendixen Papers 1919-1982
Cage 849

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Bendixen, Hans
Title
Hans Bendixen papers
ID
Cage 849
Date [inclusive]
1919-1982
Extent
8.0 linear feet of shelf space, 13 containers and 1 oversize folder
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
The Hans Bendixen Papers consist of Bendixen's research materials, autobiographical notes, files on his civic engagement in Pullman, Washington, and his home movies from his travels to Germany in the 1930s and in the United States. Bendixen was a professor of Dairy Science at Washington State College from 1927-1959.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]. Hans Bendixen Papers, 1919-1982. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Historical Note

Hans Adolph Bendixen was born in 1894 in Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1912, and received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in 1919 and 1920, respectively, both from Iowa State College. Bendixen served as an Assistant and later Associate Professor of Dairy Husbandry at University of Idaho from 1920 to 1927. In 1923, Hans married Ruth Locke, a primary school teacher from South Dakota who taught in South Dakota, Idaho, and Minnesota. Bendixen then came to Washington State College where he developed the WSC Institute of Dairying and served as a Professor of Dairy Science from 1927 to 1959. From 1932 to 1933 Bendixen studied dairying at the University of Kiel, Germany, as a Oberlaender Trust fellow. He then received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Dairy Bacteriology at Iowa State College in 1937. He returned to Germany for further research during his career, including a 1959-1960 Fulbright scholarship. Bendixen served as the president of the American Dairy Science Association in 1952. According to an oral history collected by the Whitman County Historical Society, Bendixen won the contest for naming Cougar Gold cheese.

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Scope and Content

The Hans Bendixen Papers consists of materials generated from Bendixen’s research, his involvement in the Pullman community, and his attempt to draft his autobiography. The bulk of this collection concerns Bendixen’s research in dairy sciences. These files include Bendixen’s publications, many of which are on butter, materials from professional associations and conferences, notes on the history of dairy, and photographs from his work at Washington State College and various professional organizations supporting dairy research. The collection also contains documents about Bendixen’s involvement with the Pullman community, including documents from the Community Council on Aging, as well as yearbooks for the Exodus bridge club. In addition, the collection includes documents from a goodwill delegation to the Soviet Union of which Bendixen was a part. Finally, the collection contains dozens of film reels from his travels, notably, 16mm film from his travels to Germany in 1932 and 1937, the latter related to an International Dairy Federation Conference in Berlin.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged into four series: Autobiographical notes, Research and professional papers, Retirement and Kiwanis, and Moving images and audio tape.

Series 1: Autobiographical notes, 1919-circa 1965. This series consists of notes Bendixen wrote about his life and background.

Series 2: Research and professional papers, 1925-1972. This series consists of articles and lecture notes written by Bendixen, professional correspondence, and records of his professional travels and activities. This series also contains photographs from dairy conferences and the WSC dairy science program. Moving images about dairy science may be found in Series 4: Moving images and audio tape.

Series 3: Retirement and Kiwanis, 1957-1980. This series consists of records from Bendixen’s activities following his retirement. These files include documents from the City of Pullman’s committee on community beautification and the Community Council on aging, in addition to a file on a goodwill delegation to the Soviet Union on which Bendixen served in 1966.

Series 4: Moving images and audio recordings, 1932-1947 and undated. This series is almost entirely comprised of 16mm film. There is one reel-to-reel audio recording. The films are recordings of Bendixen’s travels. 4 reels of film were taken during Bendixen’s trip to Europe in 1937 for the International Dairy Congress in Berlin. In addition to recording his international travels, Bendixen recorded local trips to Grand Coulee Dam, as well as travels to Glacier National Park, Pike’s Peak, and other national destinations.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

The Hans Bendixen Papers were donated to Washington State University by Bendixen's daughter, Helen Maurer in 1991 (MS 1991-49).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Cody Leander, Megan Bridge, and Steven Bingo in 2016.

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Related Materials

Related Material

There is an oral history by Hans Bendixen in Whitman County Historical Society Oral Histories at Washington State University Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (Cage 756). A summary is available online at http://cdm16866.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16866coll7/id/29

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Names and Subjects

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Bendixen, Hans -- Archives.

Subject(s)

  • Dairy products industry -- History –- Sources.
  • Scientists--Washington (State) –- Archives.
  • Washington State University -- Faculty –- Archives.
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1 Autobiographical notes 1919-circa 1965 

box folder

Autobiographical notes   1930-1939  

1 1

Autobiographical notes   1940-1944  

1 2

Autobiographical notes   1945-1949  

1 3

Autobiographical notes   1950-1954  

1 4-5

Autobiographical notes   1960-1964  

2 6

Autobiography notes on certain dairy events.   circa 1965  

2 7

Autobiographical notes   undated  

2 8

Autobiographical notes   undated  

2 9

Biographical sketch   circa 1955  

2 10

Speeches, poems, and clippings   1919-1930  

10 65-67

Ruth Bendixen travel diary from 1932 trip to Germany.   1932  

9 103

Ruth Bendixen travel diary from 1937 trip to Germany.   1937  

9 104

Travel diaries (Hans and Ruth Bendixen) from trips to Germany and other European destinations (3 volumes). 1959-1966 \ 

9 105-107

Address books (2 volumes). undated 

9 108

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Series 2 Research and professional papers 1925-1972 

box folder

Biographies  1944  

2 11

Biographies   1944  

2 11

Butter talks   1940-circa 1955  

2 12

Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation   1930-1939  

2 13

Cheese   1959-1960  

2 14

Constitution   1950-1954  

3 15

Course notes   1959  

3 16

Cows: Milk and personnel talks   circa 1955-circa 1965  

3 17

Cultured buttermilk   circa 1950  

3 18

Dairy education in Europe   circa 1960  

4 19

Dairy necktie   undated  

12

Dairy photographs   1939  

4 20

Education   1926-1936  

4 21

Enzymes   undated  

4 22

Ephemera   1930-1958  

4 23

Foreign correspondence   1925-1972  

4 24

Fulbright correspondence   1959-1963  

4 25

History of cheese   circa 1925-circa 1935  

5 26

History of dairy   circa 1920-circa 1950  

5 27

History of ice cream   1978  

5 28

Ice cream talks   undated  

5 29

International agricultural education correspondence   1932-1935  

5 30

International dairy   circa 1965  

5 31

International Dairy Federation   1951-1952  

5 32

Jokes: Serious more or less   circa 1955  

5 33

Letters of congratulations, speeches, notes   1939-1979  

5 34

Loose materials   circa 1955-circa 1975  

5 35

Miscellaneous correspondence   circa 1965  

5 36

Dick Nowadnick D.H. 2 lab reports   1955-1959  

6 37

On-the-job training   circa 1955  

6 38

Photographs   circa 1927  

6 39

Photographs   circa 1929  

6 40

Photographs   undated  

6 41

Portrait of H.E. Schuknecht   undated  

oversize

Presidential address   1952  

6 42

Publications   1920-1929  

6 43

Reaching for Tomorrow and International Dairy Federation   circa 1955  

6 44

Spain file   circa 1965  

6 45

A Study of The Streptococci   1920  

6 46

Washington state dairy department   1938-1939  

6 47

World's Dairy Congress: Berlin   1937  

6 48

World's Dairy Congress: Berlin photographs   1937  

6 49

Washington State University paper hats   undated  

12

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Series 3 Retirement and Kiwanis 1957-1980 

box folder

Alaska file   circa 1965  

7 50

Animal Science newsletters, Kiwanis, Council on Aging   circa 1975  

7 51

Animal Science newsletters, Kiwanis, Council on Aging   circa 1980  

7 52

Community Beautification   1966  

7 53

Community Council on Aging   1980  

7 54

Council on Aging   1975  

7 55

Event notes   1970-1980  

7 56

Exodus bridge club   1960-1978  

8 59

Goodwill delegation   1965-1966  

7 57

Loose correspondence   1966  

7 58

Meetings and events   1975-1979  

9 60

Photograph of Art Nelson and Hans Bendixen   1982  

9 61

Student addresses   1957-1977  

9 62

Whitman County Notice of Election   1968  

9 63

Yard of the Month   1975-1979  

9 64

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Series 4 Moving images and audio recordings 1932-1947 

box folder

1st European Trip: Tape #1   1932-1933  

11 68

1st European Trip: Tape #2   1932-1933  

11 69

1st European Trip: Tape #3   1932-1933  

11 70

1st European Trip: Tape #4   1932-1933  

11 71

1st European Trip: Tape #5   1932-1933  

11 72

2nd European Trip: Tape #1   1937  

12 73

2nd European Trip: Tape #2   1937  

12 74

2nd European Trip: Tape #3   1937  

12 75

2nd European Trip: Tape #4   1937  

12 76

Berlin   undated  

13 77

Boulder/Rocky Mountain National Park   undated  

13 78

Coulee Dam-Helen 11 Years Old   1938  

13 79

Dinosaurs-Durs and Other Boys on Spring Trip   undated  

13 80

First Coulee Dam Spring Trip   undated  

13 81

Fred and Mrs. Olsen-The Boards-Coulee Dam-Ron and Ede in Color   undated  

13 82

Glacier National Park   1940  

13 83

Helen's Birthday   undated  

13 84

Hells Canyon-Victoria Footage   undated  

13 85

Luella, Ron, and Ede at Coulee Dam   undated  

13 86

Magnetophonband BASF   undated  

13 87

Mt. Rainier   undated  

13 88

Moscow people   undated  

13 89

Notebook Journal: Trip to Europe   1937  

13 90

Olympia/Rainier/Tacoma/Shelton   undated  

13 91

Orofino/Wonagin   1939  

13 92

Priest Lake   undated  

13 93

Rainier   undated  

13 94

Shirley-Grandmother   1947  

13 95

Smokies-Lake Overholser-Dale   undated  

13 96

South Dakota   undated  

13 97

Spring Trip to the Coast   undated  

13 98

Steamboat Rock-Banks Lake   undated  

13 99

Twin Lake, Georgia   undated  

13 100

White Salmon and Coulee Dam   undated  

13 101

Will Rogers-Pikes Peak-Garden of Gods   undated  

13 102

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