Harden Franklin Taylor papers, 1920-1965.
Collection Number: 2567
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Harden Franklin Taylor papers, 1920-1965.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2567
Abstract:
Included are correspondence, clippings, notes, and published and printed materials
relating to such topics as the fishing industry, frozen food technology, and his assessment
of the contribution of Clarence Birdseye to the development of frozen food technology.
Creator:
Taylor, Harden Franklin, 1890-1966.
Quanitities:
81 items.
Language:
Collection material in English
Biologist, frozen food technologist.
Included are correspondence, clippings, notes, and published and printed materials
relating to such topics as the fishing industry, frozen food technology, and his assessment
of the contribution of Clarence Birdseye to the development of frozen food technology.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Harden Franklin Taylor papers, #2567. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956.
Subjects:
Biologists.
Frozen foods.
Fisheries -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Miscellaneous Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Taylor to Hon. Frank Oliver
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1927-04-06 |
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Scope and Contents
(3 pp. typescript carbon copy) Congressman from the Bronx, concerning a claim the
writer (unsigned, but Taylor) had against the federal government for services rendered
in connection with a publication on fish refrigeration and comment by H.F.T.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Unsigned to S. A. Goldblith and B. E. Proctor
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1958-05-31 |
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Scope and Contents
(1 p. typescript carbon copy) (Authors "From Test Tube to Table," Technology " Review,
March 1958), M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, concerning an alleged misstatement
in the above noted paper concerning the origin of the frozen food industry; recipients
are referred to Harden F. Taylor's study, "The Refrigeration of Fish," Appendix VIII
to Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1926, p. 501-633 (1927). Unsigned,
but may be L. V. Burton (see below).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
L. V. Burton to Miss Nan Ickeringill
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1960-03-07-1960-03-13 |
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Scope and Contents
Miss Nan Ickeringill is the New York Times Food Editor. On the contributions of Taylor
and Birdseye. Refuting notion that Birdseye the father of frozen food industry, writer
states that he believes that Birdseye was "the victim of a plausible legend that grew
so large he feared to deny it," that C.B. failed in the frozen fish business in New
York City, then chanced to meet Taylor who "told him what he ought to have done,"
and that later C.B. became associated with General Sea Foods Corporation in Gloucester,
Massachusetts. Suggests recipient get the correct story of the origin of quick freezing
from Taylor. "He has all the documentary evidence you may want. I should warn you
however that he does not claim priority for himself, but ascribes it to Plank, Erenbaum
& Reuter in Germany, many years ago." (see clipping folder).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Taylor to William G. Wing
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1961-03-29 |
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Scope and Contents
William G. Wing is from the New York Herald Tribune. (1 p. typescript carbon copy)
On Wing's article on New England fishing industry.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
"L.V.B." to J. F. Thomas
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1962-06-25 |
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Scope and Contents
(1 p. typescript carbon copy) Concerning this writer's article in The American Weekly;
states "I don't know how it comes about that all you feature writers on food topics
persist in giving credit to Clarence Birdseye. . . he did a lot to popularize food
freezing, but. . .did not originate the method, nor was he the first to preserve foods
commercially by freezing." Goes on to suggest he contact Taylor, ". . .who is the
one who gave - Clarence Birdseye his first successful idea." (see below for American
Weekly feature in question).
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Series II. Information Regarding Mammoth Carcasses and Related Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
H. E. Anthony to Taylor
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1931-01-14 |
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Scope and Contents
H. E. Anthony is the Curator, Department of Mammalogy, The American Museum of Natural
History, New York City. (1 p. typescript) Re: edibility of the flesh of mammoths which
have been preserved in ice or frozen ground.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Richard S. Lull to Taylor
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1931-01-17 |
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Scope and Contents
Richard S. Lull is the Director, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale. (1 p. typescript)
Referring him to certain studies on mammoth collecting in Siberia and discussing the
edibility of mammoth flesh.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
William R. Farrand, "Frozen Mammoths and Modern Geology,"
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1961-03-17 |
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Scope and Contents
Clipped from Science, Vol. 133, No. 3455, pp. 729-735.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Extracts from travel accounts, scientific journals , etc.
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
With comments of compiler, presumably Taylor. 13 pp. typescript.
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Series III. Biographical and Bibliographical Information on Taylor
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Biographical outline
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
1 p. Typescript on heavy paper
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
List of publications
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1916-1936 |
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Scope and Contents
3 pp. Typescript on heavy paper.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
List of publications
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1916-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
3 pp. Typescript carbon.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Department of Commerce Fisheries Service Bulletin, Washington
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1924-01-02 |
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Scope and Contents
No. 104; Contains news note on the resignation of Taylor from the post of assistant
in charge of the fisheries industries division
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Selected pages from various lists of Bureau of Fisheries publications, with those
of Taylor checked
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
5 pcs.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
One photograph of Taylor and another man.
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1920-10-03 |
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Scope and Contents
(approx. 4 1/4" w., 3 1/3" h.) Autographed on reverse: "With many thanks Yours Trochkintz
[spelling uncertain]
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Series IV. Monographs by Taylor
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
"Brine Freezing of Fish"
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1921-11-26 |
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Scope and Contents
Dept. of Commerce Bureau of Fisheries, Economic Circular No. 53, 8 pp. (2 copies)
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
"Refrigeration in the Preservation of Food."
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1929-10 |
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Scope and Contents
(Paper No. 319). Notation in pencil, "World Engineering Congress Tokyo, Japan. 9 pp.
+ 3 pp. illus.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Proceedings of the Divisional Meetings of the Institute of American Meat Packers Held
at Chicago, February 29, 1930. and at New York, March 6, 1930
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1930-02-28-1930-03-06 |
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Scope and Contents
Issued by the Institute: Chicago 71 pp. Includes paper by Taylor, "Our Experiences
with Quick Freezing Methods," 17-44.
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Series V. Patent Papers
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Taylor's packaging (mainly for frozen fish fillets) patent.
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1929-04-23 |
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Scope and Contents
4 Xerox pp. (3 pcs.). No information as to location of original.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Taylor's patent, for process of treating comestibles
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1933-08-01 |
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Scope and Contents
("Particularly to treating fish, meats, poultry, etc. to improve their quality and
prevent certain undesirable changes which may occur, especially while the foods are
frozen or during storage in the frozen condition.") 4 pp. negative photostat with
New York Public Library stamp
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Series VI. Origin or 'Invention' of Quick Freezing as Represented in the Popular Press
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Quotations and Excerpts from Newspapers and Magazines
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1945-1962 |
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Scope and Contents
15 pp. Typescript carbon + title p. Note attached: "This exhibit was not submitted
with the MS of the New Orleans Meeting. H.F.T."
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Series VII. Magazine Article reprints or clippings
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
R. Heiss, "Gegenwartsfragen der Konservierung von Lebensmittelr. durch Kalte,"
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1931-09-12 |
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Scope and Contents
From Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, pp. 1145-1154
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Harold T. Meryman, "Mechanics of Freezing in Living Cells and Tissues,"
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1956-09-21 |
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Scope and Contents
Science, Vol. 124, No. 3221, pp. 515-521. Also a commentary on this paper, "Mechanism
of Freezing in (Plant. or Animal?) Living Cells and Tissues," by J. Levitt, Science,
February 1, 1957. p. 194
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Series VIII. Clarence Birdseye, 1886-1956. Clippings and Notes Apparently Collected
by H.F.T.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Article on Birdseye
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1945-11-10 |
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Scope and Contents
Clipped from Newsweek, pp. 72-73.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Don Wharton,"'Birdseye' Also Means a Man"
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1946-08 |
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Scope and Contents
Reader's Digest, pp. 71-74.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Fragment beginning "The industry accepts July 31, 1923, as its birthday. It was then
that Clarence Birdseye. . .started the first fish-freezing plant in New York. . ."
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1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Note on Birdseye in "The Periscope" column
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1956-01-30 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsweek, p.18
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Obituaries
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1956-10-08-1956-10-09 |
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Scope and Contents
From the Times, Tribune, World Telegram & Sun, Journal-American, and Wall Street Journal.
5 items.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Article on Birdseye,
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1950-10-16 |
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Scope and Contents
Clipped from Time, pp. 86, 88-89
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Brief section on Birdseye
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1962-06-24 |
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Scope and Contents
In The American Weekly, Sunday supplement of The Journal American, p. 9.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Miscellaneous notes on Birdseye and his enterprises
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Written in part on 3x5's, apparently by H.F.T. 11 items.
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Series IX. Miscellaneous Publications
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
2 pp. clipped from Moody's Manual of Investments
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1930 |
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Scope and Contents
General Foods Corporation (p. 3014) and Frosted Food Company (p. 3015).
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
John A. Zapp, Jr., "The Anatomy of a Rumor."
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1965 |
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Scope and Contents
14 pp. pamphlet defending the use of Teflon in cooking utensils.
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Bulletin, Silicate P's & Q's
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1965-05 |
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Scope and Contents
Vol. 45, No. 5, by Philadelphia Quartz Company. 2 pp. (1 pc.)
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Newspaper clippings
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1950-1963 |
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Scope and Contents
22 items, mainly from the Times and Tribune, concerning the frozen food industry,
fisheries, and various persons and subjects of interest to H.F.T.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Bibliographical references and miscellaneous notes
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
10 items
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