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Title: Samuel Taylor Kelly papers
Date (inclusive): 1958-2019
Collection Number: 2021C34
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Samuel Taylor Kelly (1934-2019) was an electronic engineer who spent most of his career in the Oceanic Division of Interstate
Electronics, involved in deep-sea operations and recovery. This collection relates primarily to Kelly's involvement in technology
transfer and various joint projects with the USSR between 1975 and 1989, in part using a "front" company called International
Instruments and Electronics.
Creator:
Kelly, Samuel Taylor
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Samuel Taylor Kelly papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Samuel Taylor Kelly was born in Long Beach, California in 1934; he passed away in 2019. He served in the 73rd Tank Battalion
with the United States Army from 1954 to 1955. Following his military service, he attended the California Polytechnic State
University. He became an electrical engineer and joined the Oceanics Division of the Interstate Electronics Corporation, where
he worked on subsea instrumentation and remote pilotless vehicles. While at Interstate, he worked on a joint research project
with the Soviet Union to study a US-recovered Soviet submarine, which was lost near Hawaii in 1968.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection relates primarily to Kelly's involvement in technology transfer and various joint projects with the USSR between
1975 and 1989, in part using a "front" company called International Instruments and Electronics. It includes photographs,
correspondence, and other documentation relating to official visits, trade negotiations (sale of US technology to USSR) and
various commercial contact, and lapel pins.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ocean engineering
Technology transfer
United States -- Commerce -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Commerce -- United States
Technology -- International cooperation
Photographs
Business correspondence
Kelly, Samuel Taylor