MS MSS 5
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Carpenter, Kenneth (Kenneth Lyle), 1921-2006 |
| Title: | Kenneth Carpenter Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1974-1975 |
| Quantity: | 1 Box (0.5 Linear Feet) |
| Abstract: | The Kenneth Carpenter Collection consists of various papers accumulated by Carpenter from 1974 through 1975. Documentation compiled during this period concerns involvement of scientists and others at ASU in efforts by state and local government agencies, educational institutions, and private interests to lobby the federal government for placement of the new National Solar Energy Research Institute (NSERI) in Arizona. The institute had been established by the federal Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). The collection is divided into two series. |
| Identification: | MS MSS 5 |
| Language: | Material in English |
| Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Design and the Arts Special Collections P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
Kenneth Lyle Carpenter was born to Clair William Carpenter (1898-1969) and Vera L. (Dobbs) Carpenter (1900-1997) in Mt. Morris, Michigan, on August 17, 1921 and spent his childhood in Flint and Saginaw, Michigan. In 1939, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as a mechanic crew chief in the 11th pursuit squadron in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands during World War II. After the war ended, he worked as a bush pilot in Alaska before serving two tours of duty as an ordnance officer in the Military Assistance Advising Group in Taiwan (1956-1957) and Iran (1960-1963). He retired from the military at the rank of Major.
After leaving the military, Carpenter began a second career as an academic administrator, serving as a research and grants contract administrator at the University of Texas at El Paso before coming to Arizona State University as an Administrative Assistant in the Office of Research Grants and Contracts in about 1972. He was promoted to Assistant Director of Research Grants and Contracts in 1978 and retired from the University in 1984. Kenneth Carpenter died on March 4, 2006. He was predeceased by his first wife, Alma Hogan, and survived by his second wife, Mireille, and sons Bill and Jeff Carpenter.
The Kenneth Carpenter Collection consists of various papers accumulated by Carpenter from 1974 through 1975. Documentation compiled during this period concerns involvement of scientists and others at ASU in efforts by state and local government agencies, educational institutions, and private interests to lobby the federal government for placement of the new National Solar Energy Research Institute (NSERI) in Arizona. The institute had been established by the federal Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). The collection is divided into two series.
Series I: National Solar Energy Research Institute Files, focuses on cooperative efforts of various agencies, along with ASU, to demonstrate the advantages of placing NSERI in Arizona. Included within ten folders are committee rosters, meeting agendas and minutes, plans of action, state and federal legislation, reports, news clippings, budgets, ERDA data, and miscellaneous papers.
Series II: Solar Energy at ASU, addresses faculty interest in the subject. There are five folders containing faculty vitae, committees' documents, correspondence, reports, and miscellany.
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Design and the Arts Special Collections Reading Room at the Design and the Arts Library on the Tempe campus are available Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
[Identification of item], Kenneth Carpenter Collection, MS MSS 5, Arizona State University Library.
Processed by Paul G. Hubbard in March of 1994; Revised by Harold Housley in June of 2016.
| Series I: National Solar Energy Research Institute Files | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Meetings, 1974 December 19-1975 May 15 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Committees and Task Forces, 1974 December 11-1975 May 23 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Plans, January 9 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Federal Legislation, 1974 March 13-October 26 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Reports, 1974 December 13-1975 March 14 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Clippings, 1975 January 22-June 12 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | ERDA Budget, 1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | ERDA (Dr. Robert Seamans), 1975 January 20 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Miscellaneous, 1974 October 21-1975 July 11 | |||||||||
| Series II: Solar Energy at ASU | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Faculty Information, 1975 | |||||||||
| Includes faculty vitas. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Committee Meetings and Minutes, 1975 June 15-August 27 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence, 1975 March 3-September 18 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Reports, 1974 January-1975 October | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Miscellaneous, 1975 January 22-May 23 | |||||||||