Guide to the John R. Kiely papers M0907

Tim Noakes
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2009
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: John R. Kiely papers
creator: Kiely, John R.
creator: Bechtel Corporation.
creator: Bechtel Power Corporation
Identifier/Call Number: M0907
Physical Description: 33 Linear Feet (53 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1945-1956
Abstract: Project management files, personal project files, and correspondence documenting John Kiely's years as Vice-President of Bechtel Corporation's Power Division.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Margaret Lee Kiely, 1996.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], John R. Kiely papers (M0907#). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

John Keily was an executive VP and director at Bechtel. He started in paper & pulp with Crown Zellerbach and joined Bechtel during World War II to run Calship in Los Angeles. He led Bechtel's power division during their early atomic energy days, managed Jubail, and later managed many hydroelectric projects in the 1950s. Keily oversaw BART politics in the 1960s, and retired around 1978. Keily passed away in January 1996.
The papers span 1947 through 1952, the period that Keily was the Division Manager of the Power Division of Bechtel Corporation. They are an ideal snapshot of four years in the life of a Power Division executive. A portion deals with his relations up the corporate hierarchy and with his boss Ed Garbarini, while other parts survey the field of power construction. There are also complete papers on a few big projects - the Big Creek hydroelectric plant, Contra Costa oil-fired plant, and Kyrene steam plant. These records give a very complete picture, including material on design decisions, labor relations, environmental reports, cost accounting, insurance, subcontractor monitoring, certification of drawing and construction quality.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Electric power production
Construction projects
Kiely, John R.
Bechtel Corporation.
Bechtel Power Corporation

box 1

Bechtel Corporation--personnel experience records, organization charts, personnel files, Specifications for Big Creek Office Building and Club House

box 2

Bechtel Corporation--salary classifications, overhead costs

box 3

Bechtel Corporation--design specifications, Station P progress reports, Job 1704 Book 1

box 4

Bechtel Corporation--Job 1704 Books 1-3

box 5

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4: including weekly cost reports, accounting data, core drilling, equipment catalogues

box 6

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4: including schedules, financial & engineering reports, insurance laboratory tests, estimating data, equipment rental

box 7

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4: including tabulations of construction equipment purchases, miscellaneous construction data, daily force reports, costs

box 8

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4 material file, Florence Lake Dam structural analysis, steam station study for Hawaiian Electric, miscellaneous projects (some bid and lost)

box 9

Bechtel Corporation--miscellaneous projects (some bid & lost)

box 10

Bechtel Corporation--miscellaneous projects (some bid & lost), including Hawaiian Electric, Mammoth Pool Dam Site

box 11

Bechtel Corporation--Salt River Power District, Contra Costa project: including progress charts & reports, schedules, studies, wages & hours, safety

box 12

Bechtel Corporation--Contra Costa: including progress reports & charts, equipment, medical services, organization, wages

box 13

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4 Daily Force Reports

box 14

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4: including insurance & safety, medical facilities, organization, procedures, progress report correspondence, quantity reports, wage & labor relations

box 15

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4: including industrial indemnity reports, specifications & studies

box 16

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek #4: including specifications, report on powerhouse structure

box 17

Bechtel Corporation--Acres Canadian Bechtel of Churchill Falls progress photos, Big Creek specifications & costs

box 18

Various trade publications; Bechtel Corporation--loose files, Hamilton Falls Power Project report, Sultan River Project Description, Trip Report for S.D. Bechtel and G.P. Schultz-Indonesia, Chino Mine Progress Report, Caroni River Dam

box 19

Various trade publications; California Shipbuilding--Major Facilities; Bechtel Corporation--Manhour Costs & Employment Data, Big Creek photobook

box 20

Bechtel Corporation--Calship Facilities construction costs, Edison Hydro Project, National Labor Agreements, Insurance Manual, Salary Brackets and Classification, Names and Addresses of Directory Personnel; California Shipbuilding Corporation--Production & Cost Trends, Ship Repair Procedure

box 21

Edison News; USMC Cargo Vessels General Info & Instructions for Operating Engineering Systems; Bechtel Corporation--Personnel files

box 22

John Kiely planners, 1949, 1951; trade publications; Engineering Data, TVA; Steam Electric Plant Construction Cost and Annual Production Expenses, 1938-1947; United States Marine Commission, operations and construction manuals; Job 1704-Kyrene Steam Plant Installation Schedules

box 23

Bechtel Corporation-miscellaneous proposed projects, Big Creek Nos. 1 & 2; Acres Canadian Bechtel Churchill Falls-progress photographs, publications, loose files, Policy Board Meeting 9/16/68

box 24

Acres Canadian Bechtel Churchill Falls-Capital Cost Estimate, Engineering Report, Confidential Info for S.D. Bechtel Jr, Board of Directors tour folder; Job 1704 Labor Cost Reports

box 25

Bechtel Corporation--Churchill Falls; New Don Pedro Project Data & Maps; Power Outlook Reports, 1951 - memoranda by region regarding utility executives' near term building plans

box 26

Bechtel Corporation--Power Outlook Reports, 1951, memoranda regarding utility executives near term building plans; Hydro-Electric Misc. Technical Data; Steam Plants Misc. Technical Data

box 27

Bechtel Corporation--Electrical Power Outlook; Kyrene Steam Plant project files, Job #1789 and 1704

box 28

Bechtel Corporation--Kyrene Steam Plant project files, Job #1789 and 1704

box 29

World Energy Conference, Detroit 1974; World Energy Conference VIII, Bucharest, Romania 1971; World Power Conference, Moscow 1968

box 30

Beaver Awards Dinner, files and Programs

box 31

Beaver Awards Dinner seating lists; Engineers Joint Council; Cooling Water Cost Files

box 32

John Kiely personal business file; Bechtel Corporation--Job 1484, Utah Power & Light

box 33

Bechtel Corporation--Job 1484 files, including budget and progress reports

box 34

World Energy Conference files, including Conservation Commission

box 35

Bechtel Corporation--various project files, including Bougainville Copper, Churchill Falls, James Bay Project, BART

box 36

Bechtel Corporation--Job 1484, Southern California Edison Steam Station, Etiwanda Pipeline

box 37

Bechtel Corporation--Pittsburgh Plant files & photos, Big Creek, miscellaneous photos

box 38

Bechtel Corporation--various project files, Contra Costa

box 39

Bechtel Corporation--Contra Costa, including progress reports, Architecture, Electrical, "Cost of Job" File

box 40

Bechtel Corporation--Contra Costa Construction Reports & Estimating Data

box 41

Bechtel Corporation--Contra Costa Steam Plant

box 42

Bechtel Corporation--Contra Costa Steam Plant, including Progress Reports

box 43

Bechtel Corporation--Contra Costa

box 44

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek & Contra Costa

box 45

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek No. 4

box 46

Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek No. 4

box 47

John Kiely Personal Correspondence; Bechtel Corporation--Big Creek No. 4

box 48

Bechtel Corporation--John Kiely correspondences; expense reports; Statistical Information on Corporations

box 49

John Kiely miscellaneous correspondence and dues; Bechtel Corporation--various project files, organization charts

box 49, folder 1

Misc. correspondence and dues

box 49, folder 2

New construction (personal)

box 49, folder 3

Specifications (original) and approval - Big Creek #4

box 49, folder 4

1488 Contract data - Big Creek #4

box 49, folder 5

Utah Power and Light Company Contract - Job 1484

box 49, folder 6

Job 1861: Maui Electric Co., LTd. - Contract

box 49, folder 7

Contract# 1430: Contra Costa - PG&E

box 49, folder 8

Contract agreement for Engineering and Construction service

box 49, folder 9

Contract: job 1430, Contra Costa

box 49, folder 10

Contract: job 1488, Big Creek #4

box 49, folder 11

Contract: job 1304, Edison Substation Project

box 49, folder 12

Jobs: bid and lost, power division

box 49, folder 13

Three Steam plants, Alaska: E. Ford Richardosn, Whittier, Erelson

box 49, folder 14

Power Division Engineering Organization charts

box 49, folder 15

A Study of the Pulp and Paper Industry as a potential customer for Engineering and Construction services

box 49, folder 16

Korean Steam plant

box 49, folder 17

Power Work: foreign countries

box 49, folder 18

E.C.A. work

box 49, folder 19

Atomic Energy Commission: bids and future

box 49, folder 20

Sales Effort and Control Charts

box 50

Bechtel Corporation--typical contracts, Power Division Overhead Labor Distribution, organization charts, miscellaneous photographs

box 50, folder 1

Power Division Overhead Budget and Capital Expenditures Committee

box 50, folder 2

Typical: contracts, general procedures and specifications, part 1

box 50, folder 3

Typical: contracts, general procedures and specifications, part 2

box 50, folder 4

Organization charts

box 50, folder 5

Power division overhead labor distribution: Vernon office, part 1

box 50, folder 6

Power division overhead labor distribution: Vernon office, part 2

box 50, folder 7

Anchorage Diesel Plant: job 1748

box 50, folder 8

Miscellaneous photographs

flat-box 51

Eagle Mountain Pumping Plant, Colorado River Aqueduct, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California request for bids

box 52

John Kiely ephemera: glass slides, 35 mm negatives, miscellanesous notebooks, check stubs

flat-box 53

Flat Box Items

flat-box 53, folder 1

Hydro-Quebec Tower Collapse

flat-box 53, folder 2

Property of J.R. Kiely: reports- Millie and Severson, Incorporated

flat-box 53, folder 3

Hamilton Falls River Project, Canada: photographs