Henry Kreitzer Benson papers

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Benson, Henry Kreitzer, 1877-1954

Title

Henry Kreitzer Benson papers

Dates

1903-1988 (inclusive)

Quantity

1.98 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
1 oversize folder
1 vertical file

Collection Number

2702

Summary

Professor of chemical engineering, University of Washington, 1904-1947

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Request at UW

Languages

English

Sponsor

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Biographical Note

Henry Kreitzer Benson (1877-1954) was a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Washington from 1904 to 1947. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in 1899 and 1902, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1907. When Benson joined the UW faculty, he was asked to design the program and curriculum for a chemical engineering department, and for this he was known as the "Father of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington." Benson was made head of chemistry in 1919, and became chief executive officer of the dual Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering between 1925 and 1947. His research interests included chemical engineering, the chemistry of soil, and work with the by-products and industrial waste of the pulp and paper industry. The Department of Chemical Engineering is now housed in a building named in Benson's honor.

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Content Description

Speeches, writings, reprinted articles, notebooks and scrapbooks of UW professor of chemical engineering, Henry Kreitzer Benson.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 2702-004, Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951
Accession No. 2702-005, Henry Kreitzer Benson papers, 1903-1970, 1988

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951

1.06 cubic feet (1 box)

1 oversize folder

Scope and Content: The Henry K. Benson personal papers are made up primarily of his speeches, writings, and reprinted articles. Two lab notebooks from his time at Columbia University are also included, along with a file on his patent for a "Process for Making Sulphite Pulp from Douglas Fir and Other Resinous Conifers." The major subgroup documents the UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and contains correspondence, several files of publicity clippings, and information about the opening of the new Daniel Bagley Hall in 1937. A smaller subgroup relates to Benson's work with the American Paper and Pulp Association's National Committee on Waste Utilization and Stream Improvement.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Accession #2702-77-22 transferred from Chemical Engineering Dept. by Courtenay Smith, Dec.3,1977; #2702-2-86-3 transferred from Special Collections, Dec.31,1985; Accession #2702-3, source unknown.

Processing Info: Processed 2003.

Separated Material: Photographs were relocated to Visual Materials collections on Dec.13, 1977.
- Personal Papers
  - Description: Biographical Features (incl. Bibliography)
    
    Dates: 1927
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 2702-004
    
    Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers
  - General Correspondence
    - Description: RE: Paper given at pulp and paper conference
      
      Dates: 1928
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / General Correspondence
  - Speeches and Writings
    - Description: Outline of "Chemical Experiments for Industrial Chemistry"
      
      Dates: n.d.
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Speeches and Writings
    - Description: Miscellaneous
      
      Dates: 1933-1943, n.d.
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4-11, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Speeches and Writings
    - Description: Reprints
      
      Dates: 1922-1947
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Speeches and Writings
  - Description: Speeches and Writings of Others
    
    Dates: 1932-1945, n.d.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 2702-004
    
    Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers
  - Patents
    - Description: Process for Making Sulphite Pulp from Douglas Fir and Other Resinous Conifers
      
      Dates: 1929
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Patents
  - Notes
    - Description: Chemistry lab notes, Columbia University
      
      Dates: 1906
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Notes
    - Description: Chemistry lab notes
      
      Dates: n.d.
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Notes
    - Description: Loose items from chemistry lab notebook
      
      Dates: n.d.
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Notes
  - Description: Diagrams, Process and Mechanical
    
    Dates: n.d.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Accession 2702-004
    
    Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers
  - Description: Diagrams, Process and Mechanical - Miscellaneous
    
    Dates: n.d.
    
    Container: Box:oversize Misc. Oversize Box 7, Accession 2702-004
    
    Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers
  - Certificate
    - Description: Appointment as commercial agent in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
      
      Dates: 1914
      
      Container: Box:oversize 7, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Certificate
  - Subject Series
    - Description: Centralia Coal Conference
      
      Dates: 1951
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / Personal Papers / Subject Series
- UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  - General Correspondence
    - Description: Hoquiam Chamber of Commerce
      
      Dates: 1928
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/20, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering / General Correspondence
    - Description: UW president's office (Suzzallo)
      
      Dates: 1922-1926
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering / General Correspondence
    - Description: Miscellaneous
      
      Dates: 1922
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering / General Correspondence
    - Description: RE: Industrial research and patents
      
      Dates: 1928-1930
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering / General Correspondence
  - Description: Publicity
    
    Dates: 1932-1940, 1942
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/24-29, Accession 2702-004
    
    Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  - Subject Series
    - Description: Dedication of Daniel Bagley Hall
      
      Dates: 1937
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/30-31, Accession 2702-004
      
      Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951 / UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering / Subject Series
- Description: American Paper and Pulp Association, National Committee on Waste Utilization and Stream Improvement
  
  Dates: 1928-1929
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/32, Accession 2702-004
  
  Location: Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951
Description: Accession No. 2702-005: Henry Kreitzer Benson papers, 1903-1970, 1988
0.92 cubic feet (1 box)

1 vertical file

Arrangement: Arranged as received

Scope and Content: 2 scrapbooks; DVD with page-by-page digital photographs (jpeg) of the scrapbooks

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Original scrapbooks are not available for use. Patrons should consult the DVD containing digital photographs of scrapbooks.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Benson family via Mahnaz Sherzoi, Associate Director of Advancement, College of Engineering, March 9, 2010.

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Subject Terms

Chemical engineering--Research--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chemical engineering--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chemical engineers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Chemistry teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Chemists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Paper industry
Wood-pulp industry

Personal Names

Benson, Henry Kreitzer, 1877-1954--Archives

Corporate Names

University of Washington. Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Washington. Department of Chemistry

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives

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Subject Terms

University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Henry Kreitzer Benson papers, 1903-1988

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 2702-004: Henry Kreitzer Benson Papers, 1906-1951

Personal Papers

General Correspondence

Speeches and Writings

Patents

Notes

Certificate

Subject Series

UW Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

General Correspondence

Subject Series

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Other Creators

Corporate Names

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms