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Charles W. Trigg Papers

Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Names:
Carnegie-Mellon Institute (Pittsburgh, Pa.)  Search this
King Coffee Products Corporation  Search this
Extent:
4.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Notes
Clippings
Laboratory notebooks
Reprints
Patents
Publications
Reports
Correspondence
Pamphlets
Abstracts
Typescripts
Notebooks
Place:
Detroit (Mich.)
Date:
1834-1961
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.
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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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.
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.
Topic:
Caffeine  Search this
Chemists  Search this
Coffee, Instant  Search this
Tea  Search this
Coffee  Search this
Coffee -- Processing  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Notes
Clippings
Laboratory notebooks
Reprints
Patents
Publications
Reports
Correspondence -- 1930-1950
Pamphlets
Abstracts
Typescripts -- 1910-1920
Notebooks
Citation:
Charles W. Trigg Papers, 1834-1961, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c6e81410-2759-497b-a3ce-d0779b44dc3e
EDAN-URL:
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Coffee, general laboratory notebook

Collection Author:
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.
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 1: C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8db937dc3-cdb2-42c2-a2f8-abcdcc5903f4
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Coffee, general laboratory notebook

Collection Author:
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
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 1: C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ef4606ad-ff11-4cd9-9902-dcfb05e11316
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Coffee fellowship laboratory notebook, II-2

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1918-05-27 - 1918-07-02
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 1: C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d4c7d09f-fae0-4378-9442-e65c05eb1249
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref106

Chemical Abstract, volume 32: non numbered cards

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1937 - 1938
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80979dfa9-d0ed-4866-a013-8e6b57da88d4
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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref108

U.S. Patents: cards 10001-10700

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1858 - 1884
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e786d9ec-5fea-45e9-8fd2-167e3cd59072
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref109

U.S. Patents: non numbered, 150 cards

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922 - 1937
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83655b251-3daa-46f1-953e-8d13e32fcc69
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref110

C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute

Collection Author:
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
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
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411, Series 1
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8632ed955-363a-4c19-bfbf-6a77274d2e06
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref14

Personal Data and patents of C.W. Trigg

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1917 - 1948
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
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411, Series 2
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a566e000-3b0d-4867-8d05-94b9904df6ee
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref15

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.
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
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411, Series 3
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep818cbe615-3927-47cf-a78b-c0d9850a35f4
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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
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411, Series 4
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep834382fb9-bda8-4887-8ddc-bc4961782607
EDAN-URL:
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Technical Publications

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
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411, Series 5
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a2d77f08-f2d9-4053-8143-605b76760aa4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref18

Trigg Card File

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1857 - 1939
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
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0411, Series 6
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8bd3c25e2-6f2f-4270-85d6-afb079d93573
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref19

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

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 9
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1905 - 1925
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8101a5359-dd26-4798-b2c4-de55554b08c7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref20

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

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1926 - 1933
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f275164f-c1bc-452e-808a-3cd7c8840712
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref21

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

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1934 - 1937
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8eb306975-8f83-41de-84a6-680edb695923
EDAN-URL:
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U.S. Patents: cards 10701-11462;

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1884 - 1922
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d50b9895-fe10-4512-95d5-a92e3614f359
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Index Medicus

Collection Author:
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.
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 6: Trigg Card File
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d9a0f23a-ddbf-4f1a-bdca-152200237cd7
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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref24

Coffee, preliminary work, laboratory notebook

Collection Author:
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.
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 1: C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep877bde885-5bef-4703-a3e7-aa2160df5884
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ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref25

J.E. King Industrial Fellowship reports

Collection Author:
Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1916 - 1917
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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Charles W. Trigg Papers
Charles W. Trigg Papers / Series 1: C.W. Trigg Work at Mellon Institute
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c5fa1d17-c782-4491-8946-fd23f2472b7f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0411-ref26

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