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Title: M. T. (Mikhail Trofimovich) Zarochentsev papers
Date (inclusive): 1910-1959
Collection Number: 2001C52
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian
Physical Description:
7 microfilm reels
(1.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, patents, business records, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the meat and
fish refrigeration industries.
Creator:
Zarochent͡sev, M. T. (Mikhail Trofimovich), 1879-
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001.
[Identification of item], M. T. (Mikhail Trofimovich) Zarochentsev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
| 1879 September 18 | Born, Stavropol', Russia |
| 1907 | Graduated, Institut putei soobshcheniia, Moscow, Russia |
| 1910 | Graduated, Moskovskii kommercheskii institut, Moscow, Russia |
| 1911 | Author, Kholodil'noe dielo |
| 1912 | Author, Ledniki |
| 1922-1927 | General Manager, A/S "Külmetus" |
| 1930 | Author, Between Two Oceans |
| 1932 | Founder, American Z Corporation |
M. T. Zarochentsev, a prominent specialist in refrigeration, was born on 18 September 1879. His career in refrigeration engineering
began even before graduation from the Institute of Transportation in Moscow in 1909. He participated in the work of the International
Congresses of Refrigeration in Paris (1908), Vienna (1910), London (1924), and Rome (1928), and was one of the founders of
the Russian Refrigeration Association. Editor of a scientific periodical on refrigeration in Russia, he also authored numerous
books on the subject, such as Kholodil'noe dielo (Moscow, 1911), Kholod v plodovodstvie (Simferopol', 1911), and Ledniki (Moscow,
1912).
During the First World War, as consultant to the Ministries of Agriculture and Transportation, he oversaw the construction
of numerous packing houses, cold storage facilities, and thousands of refrigerated railway cars. Following the Revolution,
he spent two years in France before becoming general manager of the Estonian packing house A/S Külmetus from 1922 to 1927.
Continuing scientific work on refrigeration in France and Great Britain in 1928-1930, he saw that without larger capital investment
than that available in Europe, his plans would remain unrealizable. In 1931 he proceeded to America to interest investors
in what would become known as the Z process of quick freezing. As vice-president of the American Z Corporation, and an official
of Z-Pack Corporation and National Frosted Foods Sales Corporation, Zarochentsev became one of the leading figures in refrigeration
into the early 1950s, when he retired.
Mikhail Trofimovich Zarochentsev (Zarotschenzeff) was a specialist in meat and fish refrigeration, a prolific inventor in
the field and holder of a number of patents on methods of quick-freezing. The CAREER FILE contains information related to
Zarochentsev's scientific work (notes, reports and calculations) and business activities, including his meat-packing operations:
A/S "Külmetus"(Estonia), American Z Corporation, National Frosted Foods Sales Corp. and Z-Pack Corporation. It also includes
articles, notes, patents, and promotional materials relating to the "Z" process of quick-freezing and related refrigeration
issues.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum
of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available
at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Engineers
Meat -- Preservation
Fishery products -- Preservation