Trowbridge

P. F. TROWBRIDGE (1866-1937) PAPERS

1925-1934

Biographical Sketch
Perry Fox (P.F.) Trowbridge was born on April 25, 1866 in Three Rivers, Michigan. In 1891, he earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan. His first teaching position was as an instructor of Mathematics and Science at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. He married Grace Hall on September 4, 1894. In 1905, he earned his masters degree from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in 1906 from the University of Illinois. From 1907-1918, Trowbridge worked as a professor of Agricultural Chemistry at the University of Missouri. He then became the director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and served in this position from 1918-1934. Trowbridge died on May 15, 1937 in Fargo, North Dakota.

Scope and Content
The papers of P.F. Trowbridge consist primarily of records associated with his work as the Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from 1918-1934. The records date from 1925 to 1934.

The collection contains a great deal of correspondence between the North Dakota Experiment Station and other state stations. In this correspondence, employees discuss different agricultural trials they are working on as well as requests for assistance with their work.

There is also extensive documentation about cattle. There are documents concerning meat investigations in North Dakota and other areas. The findings from many of these investigations are included. There are also papers on meat cooking separated by the type of meat. This includes information about the temperature the meat should be cooked at and different ways to prepare it. There is information regarding cattle and how they are slaughtered. A few papers written by Experiment Station faculty that deal with beef are also included.

1 North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Reports
2 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
3 Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1928
4 California Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
5 Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 1928-1931
6 Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
7 Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1926-1930
8 Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
9 Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1928
10 Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1931
11 Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, 1925-1930
12 Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1930
13 Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, 1926-1930
14 Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1928-1931
15 Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, 1926-1931
16 Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1928
17 Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, 1926-1927
18 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
19 New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
20 North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1929
21 South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
22 Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
23 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
24 Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1930
25 West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1930

26 Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927-1928
27 Reports to Cooperative Meat Investigations Conferences
28 Cooperative Meat Investigations, Progress Report, R.B. Hinman
29 National Cooperative Project on Quality and Palatability of Meat, 1926
30 Special Committees on National Cooperative Problems, 1926
31 Cooperative Meat Investigations, 1930-1931
32 Conference of Representatives of Institutions Engaged in Cooperative Meat Investigations, 1931
33 Conference on Cooperative Meat Investigations, 1934
34 Soft Pork Investigations
35 Conference of U.S. Department of Agriculture and State Experiment Stations, Soft Pork Investigations, 1929
36 Quality of Meat
37 Meat Cooking
38 Meat Cooking, 1927
39 Meat Cooking, 1928-1929
40 Meat Cooking, Bacon
41 Meat Cooking, Hams
42 Meat Cooking, Lamb
43 Meat Cooking, Pork
44 Meat Cooking, Veal
45 Cattle Slaughter
46 Pork Cutting Yields
47 Lard Studies
48 Production of Wiltshire Sides, Albert Severson and D.J. Geiken
49 Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest, 1926
50 National Livestock and Meat Board, Grading and Stamping Beef, 1927-1928
51 Mandan Grazing Experiment
52 Flax Statistics
53 The Western Freight Rate Advance Case, Summary of General Railway Testimony, 1925