Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Bendixen, Hans
Cage 849
Hans Bendixen papers
1919-1982
8.0 linear feet of shelf space
13 containers and 1 oversize folder
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.
Collection materials are in English and German.
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.
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.
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.
This collection is open and available for research use.
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[Item description]. Hans Bendixen Papers, 1919-1982. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Hans Bendixen Papers were donated to Washington State University by Bendixen's daughter, Helen Maurer in 1991 (MS 1991-49).
This collection was processed by Cody Leander, Megan Bridge, and Steven Bingo in 2016.
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
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
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Bendixen, Hans -- Archives.
Dairy products industry -- History –- Sources.
Scientists--Washington (State) –- Archives.
Washington State University -- Faculty –- Archives.
Agriculture
Washington (State)
Series 1
Autobiographical notes
1919-circa 1965
1 1 Autobiographical notes 1930-1939
1 2 Autobiographical notes 1940-1944
1 3 Autobiographical notes 1945-1949
1 4-5 Autobiographical notes 1950-1954
2 6 Autobiographical notes 1960-1964
2 7 Autobiography notes on certain dairy events. circa 1965
2 8 Autobiographical notes undated
2 9 Autobiographical notes undated
2 10 Biographical sketch circa 1955
10 65-67 Speeches, poems, and clippings 1919-1930
9 103 Ruth Bendixen travel diary from 1932 trip to Germany. 1932
9 104 Ruth Bendixen travel diary from 1937 trip to Germany. 1937
9 105-107 Travel diaries (Hans and Ruth Bendixen) from trips to Germany and other European destinations (3 volumes).1959-1966 \
9 108 Address books (2 volumes).undated
Series 2
Research and professional papers
1925-1972
2 11 Biographies 1944
2 11 Biographies 1944
2 12 Butter talks 1940-circa 1955
2 13 Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation 1930-1939
2 14 Cheese 1959-1960
3 15 Constitution 1950-1954
3 16 Course notes 1959
3 17 Cows: Milk and personnel talks circa 1955-circa 1965
3 18 Cultured buttermilk circa 1950
4 19 Dairy education in Europe circa 1960
12 Dairy necktie undated
4 20 Dairy photographs 1939
4 21 Education 1926-1936
4 22 Enzymes undated
4 23 Ephemera 1930-1958
4 24 Foreign correspondence 1925-1972
4 25 Fulbright correspondence 1959-1963
5 26 History of cheese circa 1925-circa 1935
5 27 History of dairy circa 1920-circa 1950
5 28 History of ice cream 1978
5 29 Ice cream talks undated
5 30 International agricultural education correspondence 1932-1935
5 31 International dairy circa 1965
5 32 International Dairy Federation 1951-1952
5 33 Jokes: Serious more or less circa 1955
5 34 Letters of congratulations, speeches, notes 1939-1979
5 35 Loose materials circa 1955-circa 1975
5 36 Miscellaneous correspondence circa 1965
6 37 Dick Nowadnick D.H. 2 lab reports 1955-1959
6 38 On-the-job training circa 1955
6 39 Photographs circa 1927
6 40 Photographs circa 1929
6 41 Photographs undated
oversize Portrait of H.E. Schuknecht undated
6 42 Presidential address 1952
6 43 Publications 1920-1929
6 44 Reaching for Tomorrow and International Dairy Federation circa 1955
6 45 Spain file circa 1965
6 46 A Study of The Streptococci 1920
6 47 Washington state dairy department 1938-1939
6 48 World's Dairy Congress: Berlin 1937
6 49 World's Dairy Congress: Berlin photographs 1937
12 Washington State University paper hats undated
Series 3
Retirement and Kiwanis
1957-1980
7 50 Alaska file circa 1965
7 51 Animal Science newsletters, Kiwanis, Council on Aging circa 1975
7 52 Animal Science newsletters, Kiwanis, Council on Aging circa 1980
7 53 Community Beautification 1966
7 54 Community Council on Aging 1980
7 55 Council on Aging 1975
7 56 Event notes 1970-1980
8 59 Exodus bridge club 1960-1978
7 57 Goodwill delegation 1965-1966
7 58 Loose correspondence 1966
9 60 Meetings and events 1975-1979
9 61 Photograph of Art Nelson and Hans Bendixen 1982
9 62 Student addresses 1957-1977
9 63 Whitman County Notice of Election 1968
9 64 Yard of the Month 1975-1979
Series 4
Moving images and audio recordings
1932-1947
11 68 1st European Trip: Tape #1 1932-1933
11 69 1st European Trip: Tape #2 1932-1933
11 70 1st European Trip: Tape #3 1932-1933
11 71 1st European Trip: Tape #4 1932-1933
11 72 1st European Trip: Tape #5 1932-1933
12 73 2nd European Trip: Tape #1 1937
12 74 2nd European Trip: Tape #2 1937
12 75 2nd European Trip: Tape #3 1937
12 76 2nd European Trip: Tape #4 1937
13 77 Berlin undated
13 78 Boulder/Rocky Mountain National Park undated
13 79 Coulee Dam-Helen 11 Years Old 1938
13 80 Dinosaurs-Durs and Other Boys on Spring Trip undated
13 81 First Coulee Dam Spring Trip undated
13 82 Fred and Mrs. Olsen-The Boards-Coulee Dam-Ron and Ede in Color undated
13 83 Glacier National Park 1940
13 84 Helen's Birthday undated
13 85 Hells Canyon-Victoria Footage undated
13 86 Luella, Ron, and Ede at Coulee Dam undated
13 87 Magnetophonband BASF undated
13 88 Mt. Rainier undated
13 89 Moscow people undated
13 90 Notebook Journal: Trip to Europe 1937
13 91 Olympia/Rainier/Tacoma/Shelton undated
13 92 Orofino/Wonagin 1939
13 93 Priest Lake undated
13 94 Rainier undated
13 95 Shirley-Grandmother 1947
13 96 Smokies-Lake Overholser-Dale undated
13 97 South Dakota undated
13 98 Spring Trip to the Coast undated
13 99 Steamboat Rock-Banks Lake undated
13 100 Twin Lake, Georgia undated
13 101 White Salmon and Coulee Dam undated
13 102 Will Rogers-Pikes Peak-Garden of Gods undated