Charles W. Trigg Papers
name: label: Author
content: Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)
label: Names
content: Carnegie-Mellon Institute (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
label: Names
content: King Coffee Products Corporation
place: label: Place
content: Detroit (Mich.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Caffeine
label: Topic
content: Chemists
label: Topic
content: Coffee, Instant
label: Topic
content: Tea
label: Topic
content: Coffee
label: Topic
content: Coffee -- Processing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mrs. Charles W. Trigg, 1991, May 8.
creator: label: Author
content: Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)
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content: Charles W. Trigg Papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles W. Trigg (1898-1989) was born in Baltimore, Maryland.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1834-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0411
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Notes
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Laboratory notebooks
label: Type
content: Reprints
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Publications
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
label: Type
content: Abstracts
label: Type
content: Typescripts
label: Type
content: Notebooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 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
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Don Darroch, Archives Center volunteer.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Laboratory notebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Reprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Publications
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Abstracts
label: Genre/Form
content: Typescripts -- 1910-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: 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.