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Charles W. Trigg Papers

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Author
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)
Names
Carnegie-Mellon Institute (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
King Coffee Products Corporation
Place
Detroit (Mich.)
Topic
Caffeine
Chemists
Coffee, Instant
Tea
Coffee
Coffee -- Processing
Provenance
Collection donated by Mrs. Charles W. Trigg, 1991, May 8.
Author
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)
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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Biographical / Historical
Charles W. Trigg (1898-1989) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. he graduated from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute(1914); B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh (1917); and a M.A., University of Southern California (1931). He was an Industrial Research Fellow at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1916-1920, doing original research on processes for producing instant coffee. In 1920, he joined King Coffee Products Corporation, Detroit, as chief chemist. He later served in various college teaching positions; dean of instruction and lecturer, University of Southern California (1950-1963). During World War II, Trigg served as Lt. Cmdr., USNR. He published numerous articles in trade journals, was granted five patents related to coffee processing and was book review editor of the Journal of Recreational Mathematics. Trigg was considered one of the foremost recreational mathematicians of the twentieth century.
Extent
4.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Date
1834-1961
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0411
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Notes
Clippings
Laboratory notebooks
Reprints
Patents
Publications
Reports
Correspondence
Pamphlets
Abstracts
Typescripts
Notebooks
Citation
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into six series. Series 1: C.W. Trigg Work At Mellon Institute Series 2: Personal Data and Patents of C.W. Trigg Series 3: Abstracts From Technical Articles on Coffee and Tea Series 4: Patents and Patent Abstracts Series 5; Technical Publications Series 6: Trigg Card File
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Don Darroch, Archives Center volunteer.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Photographic prints
Notes
Clippings
Laboratory notebooks
Reprints
Patents
Publications
Reports
Correspondence -- 1930-1950
Pamphlets
Abstracts
Typescripts -- 1910-1920
Notebooks
Scope and Contents
Most material in this collection was generated by Trigg early in his career as an industrial research fellow at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1916-1920. It includes laboratory notebooks; formal weekly reports (typewritten) on his investigations; correspondence with his industrial sponsors; a few personal letters and some correspondence relating to his interest in coffee processing; his patents and correspondence relating to them; clippings and reprints of technical articles on tea and coffee processing and culture, 1883-1963; U.S. patents relating to these subjects, 1834-1921; foreign patents--British, French and German--1855-1918. Pamphlets contain technical articles on coffee and related subjects, including U.S. Department of Agriculture and Canadian government publications. Trigg's personal file of more than 5000 4" x 6" cards (mainly hand-written, arranged chronologically) reflect his extensive reading of technical literature; they contain bibliographical data and Trigg's brief abstractions.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related Materials
Materials at Other Organizations University of Calgary Library Charles W. Trigg fonds,1894-1986, predominant 1940-1986 11.7 m of textual records consisting of correspondence; research material on a broad range of mathematical topics; manuscripts of mathematical articles, notes, calculations and solutions to mathematical problems; and published work.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512977657-1503512977670-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c6e81410-2759-497b-a3ce-d0779b44dc3e

In the Collection

  • Abstracts from Technical Articles on Coffee, Tea; Correspondence, Clippings

  • C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute

  • Coffee, preliminary work, laboratory notebook

  • Coffee correspondence

  • Coffee fellowship, general laboratory notebook, I-3

  • Tea bibliography

  • Laboratory notebooks

  • Coffee, general laboratory notebook

  • Lummus Co. correspondence

  • British patents

  • Photographs of Mellon Institute staff 1917; Diplomas and certificates 1910-1917

  • J.E. King Industrial Fellowship reports

  • The Volatile Principles of Coffee. L. E. Sayre.

  • Coffee fellowship laboratory notebook, II-1

  • Correspondence

  • German patents

  • U.S. patents 700,001-800,000

  • Personal Data and patents of C.W. Trigg

  • U.S. patents 200,001-300,000

  • Index Medicus

  • U.S. Patents: cards 10701-11462;

  • French patents

  • Tea and Coffee: Their Physical, Intellectual and Moral Effects. New York: Fowler and Wells

  • Trigg Card File

  • U.S. patents 900,001-1,000,000

  • Chemical Abstract, vols. 1-19: cards 1-1202,

  • U.S. Patents: cards 10001-10700

  • U.S. patents 1,400,001-1,500,000

  • Original patents, patent assignments, Trigg/King

  • German correspondence

  • How Whisky, Tobacco and Drugs Affect the Eyes. American Medical Association

  • Preparation of Coffee. Kenya Department of Agriculture

  • Tea correspondence

  • U.S. patents 100,001-200,000

  • U.S. patents 500,001-600,000

  • U.S. patents 1,000,001-1,100,000

  • Reprints, Robert Kennedy Duncan Club Bulletin

  • U.S. Patent Office correspondence

  • Chemical Abstract, vols. 20-28: cards 1203-2211

  • Coffee, general laboratory notebook, I-1

  • Coffee, general laboratory notebook

  • U.S. patents 1,300,001-1,400,000

  • Coffee reprints

  • Tea clippings

  • Laboratory notebook, test results

  • Clippings

  • Tea (copies)

  • Progress reports

  • Trigg correspondence

  • U.S. patents 0-100,000

  • Trigg Patent correspondence

  • Trigg Patents

  • Coffee fellowship, general laboratory notebook, I-2

  • Trigg personal

  • Production process, blank forms

  • Patent correspondence (Hamer, Trigg, Barnes)

  • Technical articles (German/English)

  • Coffee (copies)

  • U.S. patents 300,001-400,00

  • U.S. patents 1,100,001-1,200,000

  • Mysore Coffee for The English Market. Fraser Press

  • Tea (copies)

  • U.S. Patents: non numbered, 150 cards

  • U.S. patents 1,200,001-1,300,000

  • Patent applications

  • Coffee tree culture

  • U.S. patents 600,001-700,000

  • Coffee bibliography

  • Chemical Abstract, volume 32: non numbered cards

  • Robusta Coffee. Viehoever and Lepper, 1921

  • Technical Publications

  • Correspondence

  • U.S. patents 400,001-500,000

  • Chemical Abstract, vols. 29-31: cards 2212-2633;

  • Trigg correspondence

  • Article, ideas

  • Tea reprints

  • Tea/coffee clippings

  • Patents and Patent Abstracts re: Coffee Processing

  • Coffee fellowship laboratory notebook, II-2

  • Foods, Coffee

  • Correspondence

  • Oils and essential oils

  • Coffee clippings

  • Laboratory test notes and recordings

  • U.S. patents 800,001-900,000

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