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Charles W. Nagel
Papers, 1964-1991

The papers of Charles Nagel, specifically those concerning the grape and wine industry, were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1993 by Dr. Nagel (MS93-39). Zhou Baodi processed the papers in June 1996.

Number of containers: 6
Linear feet of shelf space: 7

BIOGRAPHY

Charles W. Nagel, commonly known as Chas Nagel, was employed in the Agronomy Department at Washington State University until 1993. He received degrees from the University of California and joined the faculty of Washington State University as a microbiologist in about 1960. Beginning in 1964, his work at WSU included studies of aspects of wine production, which he continued for the next three decades.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The papers of Professor Charles W. Nagel consist of correspondence, publications, working papers, and wine tasting records, along with test, laboratory and research data on grape and wine production, all spanning a period from about 1964 to 1990. The arrangement is adapted from the filing system in place when the papers were received by the libraries. This system was informal. The papers were maintained as five alphabetical series of subject folders and 80 numbered computer diskettes. These divisions were not named or labeled individually. The first series consists of subject files concerning research on wine production, especially at Prosser. The second series is centered on academic work at the university and Nagel's publications on wine. The third series consists of records of project proposals and the fourth of wine taste panels' data. The fifth series concerns with test and experiment data on Cold Creek fertilizer trial project and various wine analysis. The computer diskettes in series six contain data on wine research, wine inventory and wine taste panels. For further records of the research projects at Prosser, users may consult Archives 214, Irrigated Agriculture and Experiment Center (Prosser), Grapes / Wine Research Records, 1940 -1984.

CONTAINER LIST

BOX FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

         Series 1.  Subject Files, Charles W. Nagel, Part 1.
 1   1     Acid Adjustment
     2     Acreage
     3     Aging
     4     American Society for Enology and Viticulture
     5     Analysis, Grape,  1963 and before
     6     Budget Statement 1989-1990
     7     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
     8     Climate (data)
     9     Colville Reservation
    10     Clore Merit Award
    11     Color
    12     "Concord" Grapes and Wines
    13     Coolers
    14     Correspondence, Aug. 1989-1990
    15     Correspondence, Wine
    16     Crop Load
    17     Deacidification
    18     Enological Society
    19     Extension
    20     Fermentation
    21     French Wine
    22     Fruit Wine
    23     Glycerol
    24     Grape Culture
    25     Grape School
    26     Growers
    27     Hardiness
    28     Home Wine Making
    29     H2 S
    30     Idaho
    31     Inventory
    32     Ion Exchange
    33     Judging
    34     Legislation
    35     1990 Newsletters
    36     Malo-lactic Fermentation
    37     Manuscripts and Reports
    38     Maturity
    39     Meetings
    40     New Zealand
    41     Nutrition
    42     Wine Seminar
    43     Wine Talk
    44     1964 Wines
    45     1965 Wines
    46     1966 Wines
    47     1967 Wines
    48     1968 Wines
    49     1969 Wines
    50     1970 Wines
    51     1971 Wines
    52     1972 Wines
    53     1973 Wines
    54     1974 Wines
    55     1975 Wines
    56     1976 Wines
    57     1977 Wines
 1  58     1978 Wines
    59     1979 Wines
    60     1980 Wines
    61     1981 Wines
    62     1982 Wines
    63     1983 Wines
    64     1984 Wines
    65     1985 Wines
    66     1986 Wines
    67     1987 Wines
    68     Wine Regulation
    69     Wineries and Personnel
    70     Wines on Hand
    71     Wine Statistics
    72     Wine Tasting Panels, Names and Year
    73     Yeast

BOX FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

         Series 2.  Subject Files, Charles W. Nagel, Part 2.
 2  74     Advisory Board
    75     Consulting
    76     Correspondence
    77     France
    78     Environment
    79     Graduate Affairs Committee
    80     Knights of the Vine
    81     History
    82     Wine History
    83     Honors
    84     Maceration Studies
    85     Merger
    86     Moving
    87     News Articles, Announcements, etc. Wine
    88     Oregon Research
    89     pH and TA score
    90     "Pop" Wine
    91     Procedures
    92     Processing and Production
    93     Project Proposals
    94     Publication, Nagel (1)
    95     Publication, Nagel (2)
    96     Ranking Taste Panel
    97     Research Ideas (Wine)
    98     Ribereau-Gayon
    99     Short Courses
   100     Soils
   101     Stability
   102     Site Studies
   103     Talks
   104     Talk "Composition of Wines", HA 350
   105     Taste Panel Data
   106     Taste Panel Paired
   107     Taste Panel, Wines
   108     Tasters, Evaluation
   109     Taste Results (others)
   110     Temperature Data, Cold Injury 1964
   111     Tri-Cities Festival
   112     Urethane
   113     Ste. Michelle
   114     Viticulture

BOX FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

2  115     Wahluke Slope
   116     Washington Agriculture Experimental Station
   117     Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers
   118     Washington State Grape Society
   119     Washington Wine Grapes, Bulletin
   120     Washington Wine Commission, Advisory Board
   121     Washington Wine Industry
   122     Washington Wine Institute
   123     Washington Wine Society
   124     Western Washington
   125     Wine Advisory Board

         Series 3. Projects 
   126     Economic Development Administration
   127     Low Water Activity White Bread
   128     Pacific Northwest Regional Commission
   129     pH
   130     Project 0050
3  131     Project 1578, 0199
   132     Project 4744
   133     Project 4744, Instructions 
   134     Project 0485, 0486, 60537
   135     Project Proposal 4744
   136     Project Reports
   137     Research Plans

     Series 4.  Wine Tasting Records
   138     Agreement of Judges with Mean Results of Wine Taste 
             Panels 1980-1984 Wines
   139     Davis Score Cards
   140     Judge List
   141     Scores Normalized Between Judges
   142     1980 Taste Panel, Score Sheets
   143     1981 Taste Panel, Score Sheets
   144     1981-1987 Taste Panel, 7 years data
   145     1982 Taste Panel, 1981 Wines
   146     1983 Taste Panel, 1982 Wines
   147     1984 Taste Panel, Score Sheets
   148     1984 Taste Panel, 1983 Wines
   149     1984 Taste Panel, Wine, Results data
   150     1985 Taste Panel
   151     1985 Taste Panels
   152     1985 Taste Panel, 1984 Wines
   153     1985 Taste Panel, 1984 Wines, Score Cards
   154     1985 Taste Panel, Lemberger Wine, Results
   155     1985 Taste Panel, 1984 White Varietal Wines
   156     1986 Taste Panel, 1985 Wines
   157     1987 Taste Panel, 1986 Wines
   158     1988 Taste Panel, Aug. 26, 1987 Varietal Wines
   159     1989 Taste Panel, March 8, Riesling Adjusted ML-control Wines
   160     1989 Taste Panel, March 9, Pinot Noir, Aging Study
   161     Training Session, April 24, 1987

BOX FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

         Series 5.  Research Data and Records
4  162     1991 Apple Taste Panel, Controlled Atmosphere, STAT Report
   163     Benloic Acid. HPLC Analysis 1990
   164     1986 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, Fermentation Chromatograms
             ETOH Giv. Sept. 1987
   165     Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, 1986-88, STAT Graphs
              1990 Maceration Experiment, pH-TA Adj. Red Wines
              1991 Methyl Anthranilate
4  166     1986-87 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, Wines, Inventory Data
               Analysis UREA Assay, ETHYL Carbonate,  . Method
               1986 Cold Creek Musts: Argiwine, Organic Acid
   167     1988 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, Musts and Harvest,
              Fermentation Study  HPLC-Glycerol-ETOH, Chromatograms, 
              Organic Acid
   168     1987-88 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial Analysis, Musts
   169     1987 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, Musts, Chromatograms, S.WW.
              June 1990
   170     1988-89 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, Musts Fermentation Study,
              K+, H2T, H2M, FAN, Pro., Dissociation Constants Study,
              model Solution
   171     1988 Cold Creek Fertilizer Trial, Musts maturity, Organic Acid,
           HPLC; Chromatograms
   172     1986 Cold Creek Musts,  Riesling Juliette, pH/TA Study 86-87,
              Yeast NUTR 1987, FAW
              1986 Wines, M-Canelli Prosser, Results, Taste Panel analysis 
   173     1987 Cold Creek Musts, Fertilizer Trial, 86, 87  HPLC Malate
              Wines, Chromatograms
   174     1986 Cold Creek Musts-Organic Acids, Walt's Data
   175     1988 Cold Creek Wines, Organic Acids K+, 1987 Cold Creek Musts,
              Repeat Analysis 1990 K+ Tartrate, pH Adjustment, Effect
               malic
   176     Effect Malate Cone on pH+TA, Savinon Blnc. + Chardonay.  
             .MAL.ETON.
             P43449 CWN notebook, 1986 wines, WSU, 1987 Taste Panel
              ETON, Sugars -PHLC, Chromatograms
   177     Experiment 1
   178     Experiment 2
   179     Experiment 3
   180     Fermentation 200c, glucose Tolerance, EC 1118+"BCY" yeasts
   181     1988-89 Fermentation, yeast production of UREA
   182     Flavonoids, PH-HPLC Hg Analysis, Pear collection Pollens
   183     Flavonoids-Petunia Pollen, Oct.-Nov. 1991, HP-HPLC
   184     Flavonoids, Pollen, Pear, 1991
   185     GC Chromatograms, Ethyl Carbonate on Sapelco 10
   186     Glucose-ETOH, HPLC Analysis, Yeast Cultures- J. Anderson,
           ETOH Tolerance 1987, 1986, Chromatograms
   187     Grape Sample Analysis for Dr.Ahmedullah, 1985
5  188     PHLC, Amino Acid, Organic Acid 1985-86, Proanthocy-Hops, 
             Phenyiala Wine
   189     Ideas on Hold
   190     1982 K+, Maturity study
   191     1983 K+
   192     1984 K+
   193     K+ 1985 Wines and Musts, 1986 Wines and Musts
   194     K+ Prosser 1985, Pure=Dil Juice 85 Musts
   195     K+ Standard Curves, Oct. 1985
   196     Malic / Tartaric, Concord Grapes
   197     Maturity 1982, Musts K+, -unreliable
   198     Maturity 1983, Musts K+
 
   199     1987 ML Wines, HPLC Chromatogram, UV vs RI, for Succinic 
             detection
   200     1983 Musts, Total Anion
   201     Old Must study, Graphs and data, worthless?  
   202     Must+Wine Analysis, Variety+Clone, 1984, 1985,
              data brought from Prosser 21 Oct. 1985

BOX FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

5  203     Nitrite Analysis, Canadian Bacon for Dr. Brekke, Jan. 1990 
   204     Nutrition pH-TA, Publications -Reference
   205     Nutrition Requirements, Yeast Fermentation, Oct. 1987
   206     1984 Organic Acid
   207     Organic Acid Analysis
   208     pH Adjusted Merlot Wines, Model Solutions, CWN/KW 1992
   209     pH-HPLC Chromatogram, Model Solution, Maletoh, June 20 1990
   210     pH-TR Model Solution CWN, Jan. 89 -HPLC, Chromatograms
   211     Pork Chop Data, Aug. 1982, A.O.V., MSUSTAT, Longhand KW
   212     1991 Red Wine Maceration, pH Adjustment, ION Balance
   213     1990 Red Wines, Organic Acids, HPLC, Svoans, ETPH Chromatograms
   214     1987 Riesl. M-L Wines, pH Adjust, Organic Acids, HPLC,
             Chromatograms
   215     Succinic Aid Assays Comparison, HPLC vs Enzyme 1988
   216     1989 UREA Forms
   217     1987 UREA Survey, Musts - Cl Crest, G. Hill
              Sugars - ETOH, Fermentation Test
   218     1989 UREA Survey
   219     1989 UREA Survey, Winery Information, Laboratory Analysis       
              Reports
   220     1989 UREA Survey Wines, Sugars+ETOH, Chromatograms
   221     1989 UREA Survey, 1988 Wine, 1988-89 Argiwine Assay
   222     1989 UREA Survey, Information sent to Wineries
   223     1990 UREA Survey
   224     1987 Varietal Musts+Wines Analysis (Taste Panel)
   225     1990 Wine Color Graphs, sig-plot 3.1
   226     Wine Analysis for Besty McCann 1985
   227     10 Year Summary 1974-1984
   228     Yeast Culture Studies, TEMP, Glucose, YNB,Juices, 1986-87
   229     Yeast Nutrient Study, M. Stravens, 11/86, Chromatograms
   230     Yeast TEMP Studies, 1984-86 Juices, YNB, JDA notebook
   231     Yeast TEMT study, 8 Jan. 87 - 17 Jan. 87
             Riesling 1986, M. Canelli 1986, Chromatograms, Glucose - 
             ETOH
  
         Series 6.  Source Data  on Computer Diskettes

This series consists of 5¼" floppy disks.  Most of the files were created using Lotus 1-2-3.
Please contact the Manuscripts librarian regarding access.