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.
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
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.
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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.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Mrs. Charles W. Trigg, 1991, May 8.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1915-01-11 - 1919-09-12
Scope and Contents:
pages 1-100
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1919-09-12 - 1920-06-20
Scope and Contents:
pages 101-200
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1918-05-27 - 1918-07-02
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1937 - 1938
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1858 - 1884
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Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922 - 1937
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1916 - 1920
Scope and Contents:
Triggs laboratory notebooks document his work as a Mellon Institute fellow. The notebooks are bound, paginated, dated and in some instances witnessed with signatures. They contain detailed descriptions, calculations, sketches, testing data, and bibliographic and patent data related to his work on coffee technology, especially soluble coffee. Trigg studied the difference in coffees, examining aromas, roasting conditions, flavor, and the removal process of caffeine from coffee
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1917 - 1948
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Abstracts from Technical Articles on Coffee, Tea; Correspondence, Clippings
Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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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.
Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Patents and Patent Abstracts re: Coffee Processing
Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1857 - 1939
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Collection is open for research.
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Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 9
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1905 - 1925
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Collection is open for research.
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Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1926 - 1933
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Collection is open for research.
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Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1934 - 1937
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Collection is open for research.
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Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1884 - 1922
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Collection is open for research.
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Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Container:
Box 13
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
, 1st series (1879-1890): approx. 80 cards; Index Medicus, 2nd series (1903-1920): approx. 300 cards; Index Medicus, 3rd series (1921-1925): 17 cards; Cumulative Index (1917 1924): 27 cards; Journal of Society of Chemical Industry (1882-1916): cards 1-35; Miscellaneous publications (1857-1939): approx. 450 cards
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist) Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1916-09-15 - 1916-10-06
Scope and Contents:
pages 2x-20x; includes research done for the Baker Importing Company of Minneapolis. Folder contains one drawing by GLen D. Bagley of August 17, 1918 for a coffee grinding machine.l
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1916 - 1917
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History