Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1894-1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
11.7 m of textual records.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Charles Wilderman Trigg, American engineer, mathematician and educator, born 1898 in Baltimore, Maryland. Educated in engineering, mathematics and education at University of Pittsburgh, University of Southern California and University of California at Los Angeles. Worked as an industrial chemist and engineer, 1917-1943, and as an educator and administrator, 1946-1963. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. Book review editor of the Journal of Recreational Mathematics. Considered one of the foremost recreational mathematicians of the twentieth century. Further biographical information available at the repository.
Repository
Archival history
Donated by Avetta Trigg in 1989.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists 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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.