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Title: Karl R. Bendetsen papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1989
Collection Number: 75100
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
718 manuscript boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 2 album boxes, 2 motion picture film reels, 6 sound cassettes, 1 videotape cassette,
1 framed certificate
(315.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, studies, interview transcripts, minutes, statements, orders, printed matter,
scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials relating to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, American military
organization and military policy during World War II and the Korean War, subsequent American defense policy, the Strategic
Defense Initiative, American foreign policy, and the Champion International Corporation. Digital copies of select records
also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Bendetsen, Karl R.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 391 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
[Identification of item], Karl R. Bendetsen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
American business executive; assistant and under secretary of the Army, 1950-1952; special United States representative to
West Germany, 1956; special ambassador to the Philippines, 1956; chairman, Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense,
1962; president and chairman of the board, Champion International Corporation, 1952-1973.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, studies, interview transcripts, minutes, statements, orders, printed matter,
scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials relating to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, American military
organization and military policy during World War II and the Korean War, subsequent American defense policy, the Strategic
Defense Initiative, American foreign policy, and the Champion International Corporation.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Motion pictures
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Korean War, 1950-1953
United States -- Military policy
United States -- Defenses
Strategic Defense Initiative
United States. Army
United States. Department of Defense
Champion International Corporation