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Paul R. Elliker Papers, 1934-1973
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Elliker, P. R. (Paul Reuben), 1911-
- Title
- Paul R. Elliker Papers
- Dates
- 1934-1973 (inclusive)19341973
- Quantity
- 1.2 cubic feet, (The materials are housed in one cubic foot box and in two document boxes.)
- Collection Number
- Consult repository.
- Summary
- These papers were created during Elliker's tenure at Purdue University and as chairman of the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University. They document his research interests and career in teaching. The collection consists of professional correspondence, laboratory notes and tests, teaching curriculum notes, memorabilia, and a published paper.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Paul Reuben Elliker was born in 1911 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. He received his B.S. (1934), M.S. (1935), and Ph.D. (1937) degrees in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of Purdue University's Dairy Husbandry Department in 1940. During the years 1944-1945 Elliker served at Fort Detrick, Maryland in the United State Army's Biowarfare Group. In 1947 he was appointed a member of the faculty in the Bacteriology Department at Oregon State College. He taught at Oregon State until his retirement in 1976, serving as department chair from 1952-1976. His areas of research included germicides, bacterial viruses, aerobiology, nutrition of lactic acid bacteria, and psychrophilic bacteria.
Elliker received numerous awards for teaching and research, including the OSC Sigma Xi All Campus Research Award in 1952 and the American Dairy Science Borden Award in Dairy Manufacturing in 1954. He authored over 136 articles in publications such as the Journal of Dairy Science and the Journal of Milk and Food. He wrote several technical papers for the OSU Agricultural Experiment Station and was the author of Practical Dairy Bacteriology, published in 1949.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Series I contains correspondence between Elliker and colleagues at Purdue and other universities, companies for which he conducted research, professional organizations and editors of scientific publications. It also includes office files and correspondence related to the Department of Microbiology generated during the time Elliker served as department chair. Series II includes curriculum materials for dairy courses, exams from dairy husbandry classes taught by Elliker, proposed lectures for a dairy technology extension course, and laboratory exercises for food bacteriology courses.
Series III consists of research records pertaining to fat hydrolysis, germicide research, and research that Elliker conducted for Klenzade Products, a Beloit, Wisconsin manufacturer of sanitation chemicals and equipment. Also included in series III is Elliker's research notes on Swiss cheese starter cultures (1934-35). Series IV contains two papers, "Practical Scientific Approach to Cream Quality Improvement," which Elliker presented to the American Butter Institute in 1946 and "The History of the Department of Microbiology", compiled by the faculty and staff of Oregon State University's Department of Microbiology. Series V contains a photograph of a Klenzade products display at a trade show.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection consists of five series: I. Correspondence; II. Teaching and Curriculum; III. Research Records; IV. Papers; and V. Photograph.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Correspondence, 1935-1973Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Miscellaneous,
A-Z 5 folders
|
1941-1947 |
| 1 | Letters to file |
January-March 1947 |
| 1 | Correspondence |
January 1947-January 1948 |
| 1 | Personal correspondence, to
Gertrude Elliker? |
ca. 1945 |
| 1 | Office
correspondence 4 folders
|
1960-1961; 1966-1973 |
| 1 | Marine Microbiology Training Grant |
1958-1963 |
| 1 | University of Wisconsin
memorabilia |
1935-1936 |
Series II: Teaching and Curriculum Records, 1935-1946Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Plant Science
curriculum |
1941 |
| 1 | Curriculum -- Dairy
courses |
1942-1946 |
| 1 | Exams (Dairy Husbandry
109) |
1941 |
| 1 | Proposed lectures for
Extension course in Dairy Technology |
ca. 1946 |
| 1 | Dairy Bacteriology 121, Lab
exercises |
ca. 1935 |
| 1 | Exams prepared for Food
Bacteriology |
1939-1940 |
Series III: Research Records, 1934-1947Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Food poisoning, comparative
procedures and fat hydrolysis data |
1943 & undated |
| 1 | Germicide research
results |
1945-1946 |
| 1 | Klenzade Products,
Inc. |
|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Correspondence 3 folders
|
1945-1947 |
| 2 | Handbook of Dairy
Sanitation (drafts) |
1947 |
| 2 | Klenzade miscellaneous
research records |
1946-1947 |
| 2 | Dairy Seminar on bacteria of
Swiss cheese |
1936 |
| 2 | Studies on activity of
starter cultures |
1935 |
| 2 | Report on observations of
Swiss cheese starter cultures
1934 |
|
| 2 | Laboratory test
records |
1941-1959 |
Series IV: Papers, 1946-1967Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | "Practical Scientific
Approach to Cream Quality Improvement," presented at American Butter Institute,
Chicago |
Nov. 25, 1946 |
"History of the Department of
Microbiology" |
1967 |
Photograph, ca. 1946Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 | Klenzade Products, Inc.
display at trade show |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Bacteriology--Laboratory manuals.
- Dairy plants--Sanitation--Wisconsin.
- Dairy microbiology.
- Dairying--Study and teaching.
- Microbiology--Research--Indiana.
- Microbiology--Research--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State University. Dept. of Microbiology.
- Purdue University. Dept. of Dairy Husbandry.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs.
