Register of the M. T. (Mikhail Trofimovich) Zarochentsev papers
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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-
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[Identification of item], M. T. (Mikhail Trofimovich) Zarochentsev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
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Location of Originals
Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Chronology
| 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 |
Biography
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.
Scope and Content Note
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
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, .
1918-1959
General note
See also CAREER FILE for materials relating to Z's professional activities in this field
box 1, folder 7
General.
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings, poems and speeches read at the jubilee celebration
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence, .
1949-1950
Scope and Contents note
Letters of congratulation
box 1, folder 10
Voloshin, A.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and clippings relating to his conflict with Zarochentsev
CORRESPONDENCE, .
1943-1950 and undated
General note
See also BIOGRAPHICAL FILE/Subject file for correspondence relating to Zarochentsev's jubilee and conflict with A. Voloshin
box 1, folder 11
General
1943-1947 and undated
box 1, folder 12
Kotomkin, Aleksandr
1949-1950
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, .
1910-1957
General note
See also CAREER FILE for scientific notes and business reports and promotional materials, and scientific reports and patents
box 1, folder 13
Interviews, .
1933-1950
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles citing Z's words and opinions
box 1, folder 14
Scrapbook.
Scope and Contents note
Includes primarily clippings of newspaper articles and some typescripts
box 2, folder 1
Volume of Zarochentsev's pre-Revolutionary books, articles, and reports to scientific congresses.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
Kholodil'noe dielo (Moscow, 1911),
Kholod v plodovodstvie (Simferopol', 1911),
Ledniki (Moscow, 1912), and other works
box 2, folder 2
"Kholodil'noe delo, ego printsipy i znachenie,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 2, folder 3
"Nasha pishcha
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 2, folder 4
"Tatianin den',"
Novaia zaria
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 2, folder 5
"Tekhnika khraneniia i perevozki baraniny," and "Osnovnye voprosy kommercheskoi eksploatatsii kholodnykh skladov,"
Trudy VI-go s'iezda po kholodil'nomu dielu v Moskvie, .
1913
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy (includes entire conference proceedings)
box 3, folder 1
Kholod - drug cheloveka," public lecture, .
1925 October 15
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. Includes advertisements and programs for the lecture from 1932 to 1951
box 3, folder 2
"Precooling Stations in Russia,"
Refrigerating World, .
1927 October
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 3
"Chilling in Bacon Factories,"
Ice and Cold Storage, .
1927 December-1928 January
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 4
"Schnellkühlprozess geschlachteter Schweine bei der Herstellung von Bacon,"
Zeitschrift für Eis- und Kälte-Industrie, .
1928
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 5
"Congélation rapide de viande et de poisson à l'entrepôt frigorifique de Paris-Vaugirard,"
Et des industries frigorifiques, .
1929 February-March
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 6
Between Two Oceans, .
1930
Scope and Contents note
Promotional leaflet
box 3, folder 7
"Quick Freezing of Various Meat Cuts and Edible Offals,"
Meat Trades' Journal, .
1930 April 17
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 8
"Rapid Chilling and Freezing of Fish and Meat in Atomised Brine,"
Ice and Cold Storage, .
1930 August
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 9
"Latest Achievements in Rapid Freezing and Chilling Methods," paper read before a meeting of the British Association of Refrigeration,
at the Hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W., England, .
1930 December 4
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy and abstract from proceedings
box 3, folder 10
"Conservation of Fish on Trawlers,"
The Fish Trades Gazette, .
1931 April 25
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 11
"Preservation of Fish on Trawlers,"
The Fish Trades Gazette, .
1931 June 27
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 12
"Quick-Freezing Opening New Perspectives in the Fish Industry," paper presented at the International Fisheries Congress, Paris,
France, .
1931 July 20-25
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 13
"Dry and Wet Freezing in the Meat Industry,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1932 February
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 14
"Neues vom 'Z'-Schnellgefrier-Verfahren in Amerika,"
Die Kälte-Industrie, .
1932 November
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 15
"The Z Process on Packaged Food Manufacturing,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1932 November
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 3, folder 16
"Quick Freezing Abroad," letter to the editor,
Refrigeration, .
1933 July
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 17
"Refrigeration of Fish in Newfoundland,"
Refrigeration, .
1933 October
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 18
"Preservation of Poultry,"
Refrigerating Engineering, .
1933 December
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 19
"Quick Freezing Poultry,"
The National Provisioner, .
1933 December 9
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 20
"Fischgefrieranlage nach dem 'Z'-Verfahren,"
Die Kälte-Industrie, .
1934
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 21
"Refrigeration of Fish in Newfoundland,"
Cold Storage and Produce Review, .
1934 February 15
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 22
"Problems in Quick Freezing of Spinach,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1934 March
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 23
"Fish Freezing Advances in Newfoundland,"
Fishing Gazette, .
1934 July
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 24
"Old Problems in the Fishing Industry and New Ways of Solving Them,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1934 October
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 25
"El Sistema 'Z' en Norteamerica,"
Industrias pesqueras, .
1934 December 15
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 26
"Want to Be Van Winkle? Try Freezing Process,"
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, .
1935 August 18
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 27
"The Practical Application of Refrigeration in the Fishing Industry,"
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, .
1935 September
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 28
"The Quick Freezing and Marketing of Ducks,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1936 July
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 29
"Advances in Quick-Freezing During Past Four Years,"
Distribution and Warehousing, .
1936 September
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 30
"Four Years Progress in Quick-Freezing,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1936 September
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 31
"Schnellgefrieranlage für Enten in Amerika,"
Die Kälte-Industrie, .
1936 September
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 32
"How 'Z' Quick-Freezing Process Is Used By the Long Island Duck Industry,"
Refrigeration News, .
1936 September 2
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 33
"Quick Freezing in England,"
Quick Frozen Foods, .
1938 August 1
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 34
"Quick Frozen Foods for the World Armies,"
Quick Frozen Foods, .
1938 October 15
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 35
"World Wide Development of Quick Freezing,"
Quick Frozen Foods, .
1938 December 15
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 36
"Frosted Foods Today: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Fishing Gazette, .
1939 February
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 37
"How Quick Frozen Foods Came Into Being - And Stayed,"
Quick Frozen Foods, .
1939 February 15
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 38
"The Altek System of Refrigerated Transport in Europe,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1939 April-May
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 39
"Quick Freezing Shows Progress in Foreign Fisheries,"
Quick Frozen Foods, .
1939 May 15
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 40
"Quick-Frozen Meat Supplies: Efficient Distribution for the Forces and Civilian Population,"
Modern Refrigeration, .
1939 December 21
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 41
"'Flexible Froster' Experiments,"
American Egg and Poultry Review, .
1940 March
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 42
"New Plan for Wartime Meat Handling,"
The National Provisioner, .
1940 March 30
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 43
"Frosted Foods in the Ice and Cold Storage Industry,"
Ice and Refrigeration, .
1941 February
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 44
"Sovremennoe miasnoe snabzhenie armii i naseleniia," .
1941 December 2
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 45
"Ot Labradora do Ognennoi zemli," .
1942 February 1
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 46
"La congelación rapida en el progreso argentino,"
Revista argentina del frio, .
1942 May-June
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 47
"Cutting Patagonian Lamb,"
Butcher's Advocate, .
1942 September 9
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 48
"Quick Freezing Lamb in Tierra del Fuego,"
The National Provisioner, .
1942 September 12
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 49
"South America Looms Big as Seafood Production Source,"
Fishing Gazette, .
1942 November
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 50
"Quick Freezing,"
Butcher's Advocate, .
1943 January 6
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 51
"Quick Freezing of Meats in South America,"
Refrigerating Engineering, .
1943 August
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 52
"Sovremennoe polozhenie sushki pishchevykh produktov v S. Sh. Severnoi Ameriki," .
1943 October 15
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 53
"Will Argentine Imports Spur Quick Freezing in the U.S.?"
Meat, .
1944 January
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 54
"Sterilization of Meat By Electronic Heating,"
Quick Frozen Foods, .
1944 May-June
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 55
"Will Dielectric Heating Pave the Way for South American Meat?"
Meat, .
1944 December
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 56
"Nasha pishcha segodnia i posle voiny,"
Novaia zaria, .
1945 August 7-8
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 57
"Quality Control: A 1946 Problem,"
Frosted Food Field, .
1946 January
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 58
"Aeromobil',"
Novaia zaria, .
1946 January 10
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 59
"Frozen Berries in Alaska,"
Western Frozen Foods, .
1947 January
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 60
"Posledniaia para liudei na zemle,"
Novaia zaria, .
1948 January 23-27
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 61
"Fingalova peshchera,"
Novaia zaria, .
1948 January 28
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy. Includes English translation
box 3, folder 62
"Sud'ba cheloveka," .
1948 February 24
Scope and Contents note
Holograph. Includes background materials
box 3, folder 63
Fakty moei zhizni,"
Novaia zaria, .
1949 May 18-28
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 64
"Iubilei V. G. Mamul'ian,"
Novaia zaria, .
1949 September 22
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 65
"Bud'te dobry,"
Novaia zaria, .
1951 March 16
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 66
"Revoliutsiia na kukhne,"
Novaia zaria, .
1957 May 7
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 67
"Desiat' zapovedei morali,"
Novaia zaria, .
1957 June 19
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
CAREER FILE, .
1912-1950
General note
See also SPEECHES AND WRITINGS for articles on refrigeration and food processing
Scope and Contents note
Includes scientific notes and business-related interviews and promotional materials authored by M. T. and W. M. Zarochentsev.
box 4, folder 1
General, .
1935-1944
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles about or mentioning Zarochentsev and son and their discoveries, inventions and business activities, and
scientific memoranda and reports
Business records
1926-1950
A/S "Külmetus."
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports of the general manager (Zarochentsev), clippings, correspondence, instructions, regulations, and price lists
box 5, folder 1-2
American Z Corporation, .
1929-1942
Scope and Contents note
Also known as International Z Corporation
box 5, folder 3
National Frosted Foods Sales Corp., .
1938-1950
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles by Zarochentsev's son, W. M. Zee, correspondence, and promotional materials
box 5, folder 4
Z-Pack Corporation, .
1936-1938
Scope and Contents note
Includes brochures, clippings, and promotional materials
Patents, .
1923-1939
Scope and Contents note
Patents on methods and equipment for freezing food products, arranged alphabetically by author
box 6, folder 2
Zarochentsev.
Scope and Contents note
Includes patents and lists of those applied for and granted, as well as diagrams of refrigeration equipment
Scientific notes
1931-1935 and undated
box 6, folder 3
General.
Scope and Contents note
Calculations, diagrams, notes and sketches
box 6, folder 4-5
"Z" Process.
General note
For its implementation and industrial use, as well as for articles about it, see American Z Corporation
box 7, folder 2-5
Subject file - Refrigeration.
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles by W. M. Zarochentsev and issues of
Quick Frozen Foods, on whose advisory board M. T. Zarochentsev served
box 7, folder 8
Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov'
box 8-9
PRINTED MATTER
1914-1951
General note
Not filmed.
Scope and Contents note
Primarily works on refrigeration, food processing, fox breeding, and meat- and fish-packing not directly related to Zarochentsev
or his work
PHOTOGRAPHS, .
1929-1951
General note
Not filmed.
Scope and Contents note
Albums and loose prints depicting Zarochentsev, frozen foods and food processing operations, places he visited and various
individuals
box 10, folder 3
Altek refrigerated freight cars
box 10, folder 4
Frigorifico Conference
1944
