Guide to the Harry Charles Kelly Papers, 1882-1995

Collection Number MC 00072

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Collection Information
Abstract:

The Harry Charles Kelly Collection includes correspondence, articles, reports, speeches, awards, photographs, artifacts and other items related to Kelly's career as a scientist and educator.

Harry Charles Kelly (1908-1976) was educated in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1945, Kelly accepted the position of Chief of Science and Technology for the Special Projects Unit of the United States Army. His work helped strengthen cooperative scientific ventures between Japan and the United States.

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Processed by
Maurice Toler and Caroline Weaver; Reprocessed by Cilla Golas
Date Completed
August, 1997
Encoded by
Katherine M. Wisser; Valerie Gillispie

Descriptive Summary

Creator

Kelly, Harry Charles, 1908-1976

Title

The Harry Charles Kelly Papers, 1882-1995

Call Number

MC 00072

Extent

14.5 linear feet , 29 archival boxes

Location

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Harry Charles Kelly Papers, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Copyright Notice

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Biographical Note


Harry Charles Kelly was born on September 3, 1908, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor of Science (1931) and Masters of Science (1933) degrees from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and his Doctorate in Physics (1936) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduating, Kelly worked briefly as a research engineer, taught at Montana State College, and directed laboratory facilities at Saint John's College in Maryland. Later in 1945 while employed at MIT's radiation laboratory, Kelly accepted the position of Chief of Science and Technology for the Special Projects Unit of the United States Army. Although hired to inform the government of Japan's alleged secret scientific advancements in defense, Kelly focused instead on building a trust among Japanese and United States scientists, sharing ideas and cooperative ventures. His success has been well-documented in numerous articles, books, interviews, and a television documentary. Throughout his lifetime, Kelly continued to promote international scientific education and research, serving as head of Naval Research, and filled various prominent posts during his ten years at the National Science Foundation. In 1961, Dr. Kelly became the Chairman of the United States Delegation to the United States-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation. Resuming his academic career in November, 1962, Kelly was appointed as Provost, Dean of Faculty at North Carolina State University. He retired in 1974.

Throughout his career, Dr. Kelly's strong interest in science and education did not go unnoticed. He was awarded numerous awards and honors, and joined several professional and honor societies, including: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Physics Society; American Association of Physics Teachers; American Nuclear Society; Phi Beta Kappa; and Sigma Xi. Other associations included the Pacific Science Board and the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. Dr. Kelly, educator, author, and physicist, husband of Irene Andes Kelly, father of two sons, Henry and Thomas Kelly, died on February 2, 1976.

Recently, a tribute to Harry C. Kelly was written by Hideo Yoshikawa. Published originally in Japan in 1987, translated in English language in 1994, "Science Has No National Borders: Harry C. Kelly and the Reconstruction of Science in Postwar Japan" reflects Kelly's commitment to a world-wide exchange of scientific and cultural ideas between the East and West.

Scope and Content Note


The collection covers Kelly's career as educator, author, lecturer, and physicist. Among the correspondence and collected works, Kelly is also portrayed as an outstanding diplomat and liaison in the international scientific community. The Correspondence series contains a significant amount of personal and business correspondence. The second series, Articles, Reports, and Speeches is the largest part of the collection encompassing educational and scientific articles, reports and speeches. The Awards, Honors, and Certificates is a separate series since Dr. Kelly had a world renowned reputation. He was recognized internationally among scientists and government officials in the United States and Japan and won highest awards and medals. The fourth series, Photograhic Materials is a small part of the collection, however, the photographs, movie reels, slides, and Dr. Nishina's album are fully identified. The collection is divided among several topics: portraits; Kelly with people; family; people; Asian Institute of Technology; equipment and libraries; conferences and meetings; outside photographs; and Kelly's memorial service. The Papers of Dr. Bowen C. Dees, the fifth series, donated by Dr. Samuel Coleman added significant material to the collection, overlapping many historical post-war events in Japan. Kelly's colleague, Bowen C. Dees, participated in Japan's reconstruction of science, education, math and technology.

The Artifacts series provides an important addition to the collection. It contains Japanese color print albums, several honorary medals and Japanese memorabilia. A final series, Associated Materials includes bibliography lists of Japanese, German, French and English language books.

Organization of Collection


The Harry Charles Kelly Collection is divided into six series, arranged in the original order according to subject headings, with only a few exceptions. Journal articles are in order by date. Each photograph is described at the item level.

Online Catalog Headings


The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals

  • Dees, Bowen C.
  • Kelly, Harry Charles

Topics

  • Physicists--Biography
  • Physicists--Japan
  • Physicists--North Carolina
  • Physicists--United States
  • Physics--Congresses
  • Physics--Experiments
  • Physics--Japan
  • Physics--North Carolina
  • Physics--Research--Japan
  • Physics--Study and teaching--Japan
  • Physics--Study and teaching--North Carolina
  • Physics--Study and teaching--United States
  • Physics--United States
  • Physics literature--Japan
  • Physics literature--United States
  • Physics projects

Geographic Locations

  • Japan
  • Raleigh (N.C.)

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • MC 72 Series 01:Correspondence, 1933 - 1975


    6 archival boxes , 3 linear feet

    The Correspondence Series consists of hundreds of letters to Kelly's wife, Irene Andes Kelly written between 1946 to 1954. Other personal correspondence was written from 1951-1974. Additional letters written between 1946 and 1975 are from many Japanese officials and scientists that include some Japanese language items. The remaining letters, a large quantity, relate to the National Science Foundation; the United States-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation; and North Carolina State University. Miscellaneous correspondence is dated from 1939 to 1975.

    • Personal
      • 1933, 1935, 1943, 1945 - 1946 [MC 72 Box 1, Folder1]
      • To Irene
        • 1946 [Folder 1 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder2]
        • 1946 [Folder 2 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder3]
        • 1946 [Folder 3 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder4]
        • 1946, includes one with identified photograph [Folder 4 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder5]
        • 1946 [Folder 5 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder6]
        • 1946 [Folder 6 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder7]
        • 1946 [Folder 7 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder8]
        • 1946 [Folder 8 of 8] [MC 72 Box 1, Folder9]
        • 1947 [MC 72 Box 1, Folder10]
        • 1949 [MC 72 Box 1, Folder11]
        • 1951 - 1954 [MC 72 Box 1, Folder12]
      • 1951 - 1954 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder1]
      • 1955 - 1959 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder2]
      • 1955 - 1959 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder3]
      • 1960 - 1961 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder4]
      • 1960 - 1963 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder5]
      • National Science Foundation, 1962 - 1963 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder6]
      • National Science Foundation, 1962 - 1963 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder7]
      • 1962 - 1963 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder8]
      • 1964 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder9]
      • 1964 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder10]
      • 1965 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder11]
      • 1965 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder12]
      • 1966 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder13]
      • 1966 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 2, Folder14]
      • 1967 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder15]
      • 1968 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder16]
      • 1968 - 1969 [MC 72 Box 2, Folder17]
      • 1970; also "Science" volume no. 169 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder1]
      • 1970 - 1971 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder2]
      • 1972, 1974, [no date] [MC 72 Box 3, Folder3]
    • International - Japan
      • 1946 - 1949 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder4]
      • 1950 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder5]
      • 1970 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder6]
      • 1971 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder7]
      • Seiichi Furitani letters, some Japanese language, 1948-1949, [no date] [MC 72 Box 3, Folder8]
      • Correspondence, 1970; article, "Japan: (I) on the Threshold of an Age of Big Science; (II) University Turmoil is Reflected in Research; (III) Industrial Research Struggles to Close the Gap," Science, vol. 167, January, 1970; promotional article, Japan Industrial Planning Association (JIPA) [MC 72 Box 3, Folder9]
      • 1970 - 1972 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder10]
      • 1973 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder11]
      • 1974 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder12]
      • 1975 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder13]
    • National Science Foundation
      • 1951 - 1953 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder14]
      • 1954 - 1955 [MC 72 Box 3, Folder15]
      • 1956 - 1960 [MC 72 Box 4, Folder1]
      • 1958, includes letters relating to Kelly's trip to Russia [MC 72 Box 4, Folder2]
      • 1959 - 1961, includes letters relating to trip to Russia [MC 72 Box 4, Folder3]
      • 1962 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 4, Folder4]
      • 1962 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 4, Folder5]
      • 1963 [MC 72 Box 4, Folder6]
      • 1964 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 4, Folder7]
      • 1964 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 4, Folder8]
      • 1965 [MC 72 Box 4, Folder9]
      • 1961 - 1966, includes coordinating US-Japan Cooperative Science Program; report on Hurricane and Typhoons Research [MC 72 Box 4, Folder10]
    • US-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation
      • 1966 [MC 72 Box 5, Folder1]
      • 1967, includes "summary of understandings," staff meeting, and conference material [MC 72 Box 5, Folder2]
      • 1967, includes staff meeting and conference material [MC 72 Box 5, Folder3]
      • 1968, includes staff meeting and conference material [MC 72 Box 5, Folder4]
      • 1969, includes staff meeting and conference material [MC 72 Box 5, Folder5]
    • North Carolina State University
      • 1962 - 1964 [MC 72 Box 5, Folder6]
      • 1965 - 1969 [MC 72 Box 5, Folder7]
      • 1970 - 1973 [MC 72 Box 5, Folder8]
      • 1974 [MC 72 Box 5, Folder9]
      • 1975 [MC 72 Box 5, Folder10]
    • Miscellaneous
      • 1939 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder1]
      • 1940 - 1942 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder2]
      • 1943 - 1949 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder3]
      • 1951 - 1959 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder4]
      • 1960 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder5]
      • 1962 - 1963 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder6]
      • 1964 [Folder 1 of 3] [MC 72 Box 6, Folder7]
      • 1964 [Folder 2 of 3] [MC 72 Box 6, Folder8]
      • 1964 [Folder 3 of 3] [MC 72 Box 6, Folder9]
      • 1965 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder10]
      • 1965 - 1969 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder11]
      • 1966 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder12]
      • 1967 - 1969 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder13]
      • 1970 - 1973 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder14]
      • 1974 [MC 72 Box 6, Folder15]
      • 1975, [no date] [MC 72 Box 6, Folder16]

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  • MC 72 Series 02:Articles, Reports, and Speeches, 1926 - 1984


    12 Archival Boxes , 6 linear feet

    This is the bulk of the collection. It includes hundreds of articles, reports, speeches, research material, and agendas relating to science, technology and education in United States and Japan. The series is divided among three headings: National Science Foundation; United States-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation; and Miscellaneous. All have an abundence of reports, articles, agendas, and research material. Some of the text is in Japanese language, most is translated to English and added to the files.

    • National Science Foundation
      • Includes: "Control of Bacterial Ring Rot of Potatoes," "Suggestions for Control of Bacterial Ring Rot of Potatoes," and "Specific Preference to the Untraviolet Light Method for Selecting Disease-Free Seed Stocks," by Kelly and V.E. Iverson, 1940; Study of KC-1:Radiation Laboratory, 1943; "Korea/1949" and "Survey of Japanese Science," 1949; "Commentary: Japanese Science and Technology, Research 3," 1950; "Speech: Science and Technology in Japan," 1950; "National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel," "Science", 1953; "Trends in Supply of Scientists and Engineers in the United States," "Science", 1954; "Teachers of Mathematics and Science," "Science", 1956; "The Programs of the NSF for Education in the Sciences:Important Needs in Graduate Education," 1956 - 1957 [MC 72 Box 7, Folder1]
      • "United States and Far East Conference," 1957; "Roles of Teachers"--Alabama College, 1958; "Midwest Conference of Graduate Studies," 1959; "Investment in Education in the Sciences," ca. 1960s); "The Role of NSF in Course Content Improvement in Secondary Schools," 1962; "Journal of Engineering Education" 1962; "The Use of Laboratory in Learning," 1962; United States-Japan Scientific Cooperative Program 1965; Speech, Harvard University 1968 [MC 72 Box 7, Folder2]
      • Speeches, 1970 [MC 72 Box 7, Folder3]
      • Speeches: "The Emerging Japanese Super State," 1970, "International Cooperative in Science, 1971 [MC 72 Box 7, Folder4]
      • Speeches: "Dr. Harry C. Kelly Speeches"
        • ca. 1950s - 1960s, incomplete index [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 7, Folder5]
        • ca. 1950s - 1960s, incomplete index [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 7, Folder6]
        • 1952 - 1960 with index [MC 72 Box 7, Folder7]
        • 1953 - 1958 with index [MC 72 Box 7, Folder8]
        • 1962 - 1964 with index [MC 72 Box 8, Folder1]
        • 1962 - 1974 with index [MC 72 Box 8, Folder2]
        • 1964 - 1967 with index [MC 72 Box 8, Folder3]
        • 1967 - 1973 with index [MC 72 Box 8, Folder4]
      • Notes from Kelly's trip to Soviet Union--eight notebooks1958 [MC 72 Box 8, Folder5]
      • Soviet Education Reports, 1958 [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 72 Box 8, Folder6]
      • Soviet Education Reports, 1958 [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 72 Box 8, Folder7]
      • Renewal Committee Report, Organization of Science, Japan, 1948, 1962 [MC 72 Box 8, Folder8]
    • U.S.-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation
      • Japanese Research Reports--ten year plan, 1961 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder1]
      • "Observations on Japanese Science" by Paul Doty, May, 1962 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder2]
      • U.S.-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation reports, 1963 - 1964 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder3]
      • "United Nations Economic and Social Council" by Dr. Kankuro Kaneshige, 1965 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder4]
      • U.S.-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation reports, 1965 - 1967 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder5]
      • U.S.-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation reports, 1968 - 1970 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder6]
      • U.S.-Japan Delegation Meeting, 1962 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder7]
      • U.S.-Japan Delegation Meeting (Japanese language), 1962 [MC 72 Box 9, Folder8]
      • U.S.-Japan Delegation Meeting (Japanese language) [MC 72 Box 9, Folder9]
      • U.S.-Japan Delegation Meeting--panel discussion reports, 1963 [MC 72 Box 10, Folder1]
      • U.S.-Japan Delegation Meeting [MC 72 Box 10, Folder2]
      • Preliminary Report--third meeting, Tokyo, May 21, 1963 - May 24, 1963 [MC 72 Box 10, Folder3]
      • Delegation Meeting Report, 1963 [MC 72 Box 10, Folder4]
      • Third Steering Committee Meeting programs, September 12, 1963 [MC 72 Box 10, Folder5]
      • U.S. Panel Discussion, September 25, 1963 [MC 72 Box 10, Folder6]
      • Working Papers for Joint Staff Meeting, October 8, 1963 - October 10, 1963 [MC 72 Box 11, Folder1]
      • Fourth Meeting, June 23, 1964 - June 26, 1964 [MC 72 Box 11, Folder2]
      • Fifth Meeting: "A Brief Summary Report," 1965 [MC 72 Box 11, Folder3]
      • Sixth Meeting, October 10, 1966 - October 13, 1966 [MC 72 Box 11, Folder4]
      • "The United States-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation: The First Five Years, 1961-66"--2 reports, English and Japanese language; one copy of "The Second Five Years, 1966-71" [MC 72 Box 11, Folder5]
      • Status report of U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science Program, March 31, 1967 [MC 72 Box 11, Folder6]
      • Seventh Meeting, July 5, 1967 - July 8, 1967 [MC 72 Box 11, Folder7]
      • Eighth Meeting, July 9, 1968 - July 12, 1968, with invitations and ten photographs [MC 72 Box 12, Folder1]
      • Eighth Meeting--agenda, reports, and photograph of Kelly (unidentified) [MC 72 Box 12, Folder2]
    • Miscellaneous
      • National Science Foundation--Advisory Committee on International Science Activities and Agendas--seventh meeting, 1962 [MC 72 Box 12, Folder3]
      • National Science Foundation--Advisory Committee on International Science Activities and Agendas--eigthth meeting, 1963 [MC 72 Box 12, Folder4]
      • National Science Foundation--Advisory Committee on International Science Activities and Agendas--ninth meeting, 1964 [MC 72 Box 12, Folder5]
      • Fourth U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural/Educational Interchange
        • Agendas and reports, Washington, DC, April 3, 1965 - April 9, 1965 [MC 72 Box 13, Folder1]
        • April 3, 1965 - April 9, 1965 [Folder 1 of 3] [MC 72 Box 13, Folder2]
        • April 3, 1965 - April 9, 1965 [Folder 2 of 3] [MC 72 Box 13, Folder3]
        • April 3, 1965 - April 9, 1965 [Folder 3 of 3] [MC 72 Box 13, Folder4]
      • "Early History of the Science Council of Japan" by Stephen N. Xenakis, a senior thesis, 1970 [MC 72 Box 13, Folder5]
      • Transcribed interview with Dr. Kelly conducted by Charles Weiner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oral History Program, October 27, 1975; other interviews: Barr/Buchanan conversation, August, 1966 (2 audio cassettes); conversation with Dr. Kaneshige at US State Department, July, 1968 (reel to reel tape) [MC 72 Box 13, Folder6]
      • Remarks by Dr. Kelly to Science Council of Japan, 1974 [MC 72 Box 13, Folder7]
      • "Physical Science in Japan," by Ayao Kuwaki, D.Sc., 1926 [MC 72 Box 14, Folder1]
      • "A New Method of Identifying Potato Tubers Free from Bacterial Ring Rot and Other Types of Tuber Decay," by V.E. Iverson and H.C. Kelly, 1940 [MC 72 Box 14, Folder2]
      • Radiation Laboratory Reports--Skiatrons, 1942 - 1944 [MC 72 Box 14, Folder3]
      • "Mathematics in Japan," ca. 1940s [MC 72 Box 14, Folder4]
      • "Science and Technical Divison Handbook," 1946 [MC 72 Box 14, Folder5]
      • "A Short Biography of Japanese Scientists" volumes 1 and 2, Japan Ministry of Education, 1947 [MC 72 Box 14, Folder6]
      • "Ministry of Education," volume 3, 1948 [MC 72 Box 14, Folder7]
      • "Metallurgy," volume 2, [MC 72 Box 14, Folder8]
      • "A Short Biography of Japanese Scientists," volume 4, 1948 [MC 72 Box 15, Folder1]
      • "A Short Biography of Japanese Scientists," volume 3, 1949 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder1]
      • "A Short Biography of Japanese Scientists," volume 4, 1949 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder2]
      • List of Learned Societies of Science and Technology, 1948 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder3]
      • Science and Technology articles: "The Constitution of Japan," Law #121, "A Survey of Japanese Science" by Kelly; Pearl Culture in Japan, 1949; Report of Activities of the Science Council of Japan Since its Inauguration, 1949 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder4]
      • Mission and Accomplishments of the Occupation in the Economic and Scientific Fields, 1949 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder5]
      • "The Scientific Monthly", January, 1949; September, 1954 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder6]
      • The Explanatory Data Concerning Natural Science Research Activities and the Statistics on Researchers in Japan, 1950 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder7]
      • "Atomic Bomb Casualty Comittee Research, Part One," 1951 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder8]
      • "Atomic Bomb Casualty Comittee Research, Part Two," 1951 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder9]
      • Interim Report [MC 72 Box 16, Folder10]
      • Agency of Industrial Technology--report, 1952; "Japanese Inspection Mission for Aeronautical Research (JIMAR)"; "Growing Chlorella for Food and Feed" by Hiroshi Tamiya, 1955; "The Science and Technology Agency," 1956; Japan's Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1960; "The Articles of Endowment of the Nishina Memorial Foundation--What Happened in Japan," 1960 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder11]
      • "Problems in Science Education," National Science Foundation, 1960 [MC 72 Box 16, Folder12]
      • "Snow, Ice, and Permafrost," three reports, 1953 - 1954, 1956 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder1]
      • "The Educational Record," 1957 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder2]
      • "Higher Education in Kansas City" by Kelly, Samuel P. Hayes, Jr., and R. W. Wagenen, 1957 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder3]
      • "Educational Facilities in Japan," 1958; "Present Studies of Vocational Training in Japan," 1959; "Development of Industrial Education in Japan," 1959; Status of Industrial Education in Japan, 1959; Report on Recruiting Scientists and Engineers for the United States Civil Service, 1959 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder4]
      • "Soviet Committment to Education: Report from the First Official Educational Mission to the USSR"; Japan's Administration for Science and Technology, 1959; Laws and Ordinances Relating to Industrial Education in Japan, 1959 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder5]
      • Support for Small Colleges, 1960 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder6]
      • "Checkpoint--A Review for a Look Ahead--Programs for Education in Science," 1960 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder7]
      • Faculty of Engineering--listing from the University of Tokyo, 1960 [MC 72 Box 17, Folder8]
      • List of Japanese Colleges and Universities, [no date] [MC 72 Box 17, Folder9]
      • "Impact of Science on Society--Science Information in Japan," 1962 [MC 72 Box 18, Folder1]
      • Report--Fiber Polymers, 1975 [MC 72 Box 18, Folder2]
      • Reports, articles, and correspondence--including "Outstanding Japanese Physicists," 1970s, [no date] [MC 72 Box 18, Folder3]
      • "Tomonaga Sin-itiro: A Memorial, Two Shakers of Physics: Y. Nishina's Correspondence with N. Bohr and Copenhageners--1928-49" by Julian S. Schwinger, 1984 [MC 72 Box 18, Folder4]

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  • MC 72 Series 03:Awards, Honors, and Certificates, 1929 - 1995


    1.5 Archival Boxes , 0.75 linear feet

    This series includes newsclippings relating to an event, an award or significant meeting that pertained to Kelly. Also among the awards and honors are journal articles in which Kelly's work has been cited by the author, or the author has included Kelly in their reports. The book by Hideo Yoshikawa, "Science Has No National Borders" is reviewed, and Samuel Coleman's senior thesis covers Harry Kelly's involvement in international affairs.

    • Newsclippings, 1941 - 1977 [MC 72 Box 19, Folder1]
    • OVERSIZED Awards and honors: Certificates from Phi Mu Epsilon, 1929; The Society of Sigma Xi, 1930; Phi Beta Kappa, 1931; American Association For the Advancement of Science, 1941; Research Personnel, 1943; Department of the Army commendation for Meritorious Civilian Service, with pin, 1946-1949; artistic rendering of Kelly (Tokyo), 1947; letters of Commendation, 1948-51; diplomas (Ph.D) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936 and Doctorem Scieatiae, Providence College,1959; Appointment to North Carolina Board of Space and Technology, 1963; Phi Kappa Phi, 1966; American Foreign Service Association, 1969; Japanese "Patent of Decoration" and English language translation of A Second Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1969; The Golden Chain, 1972; certificate of appreciation upon retirement, NC State, 1974 [MC 72 Box 19, Folder2]
    • "Harry Kelly and the Early Years of Japanese Reconstruction Under the Occupation" by Samuel K. Coleman, interim report, works in progress, Princeton University, 1985 [MC 72 Box 19, Folder3]
    • "Riken From 1945 to 1948: The Reorganization of Japan's Physcial and Chemical Research Institute Under the American Occupation," written by Samuel K. Coleman,reprinted for private circulation from Technology and Culture, vol. 31, no.2, April, 1990 [MC 72 Box 19, Folder4]
    • Book Review by Bob Johnstone: Science Has No National Borders:Harry C. Kelly and the Reconstruction of Science in Postwar Japan by Hideo Yoshikawa, "Nature", vol. 369, June 16, 1994; "Censorship of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Reports in Occupied Japan: A Complete Ban vs. Temporary Delay," Sey Nishimura, Msc, Ph. D., "JAMA", vol. 374, no.7, August 16, 1995 [MC 72 Box 19, Folder5]

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  • MC 72 Series 04:Photographic Material, 1900 - 1974


    1.5 Archival Boxes , 0.75 linear feet

    The photographic material is identified and contains: one hundred and fifty-three slides of Dr. Kelly, family, and friends in the United States and Japan; two negatives of cyclotrons; three movie reels that also pertain to family life in Japan and United States; travel and friends in Japan. There are also several hundred photographs. A lengthy, comprehensive item-level description of loose photographs from thirty-one file folders is included. Numbers on the upper left corner of each photograph correspond to the item-level description documented in the finding aid.

    • Slides--identified in groups as follows: Japanese Office Staff; Leaving Tokyo; Nishina; Sagane; Kaya; American Friends in Japan, including Stanley Bennett; Japanese Friends, including Japanese Scientists Liason Group; Kaneshige in Arlington, VA; Japanese and other nature scenes; Russia; Japanese Office Folks, taken by George Yamashiro, also Dr. and Mrs. Kelly, Agnes Kennedy, and Mrs. Bowen Dees; Kelly, Keneshige, Kaya and unidentified group in Washington, DC; Takayama; North Carolina State University office (1973); and Kelly's Retirement Party (1974); also two negatives: cyclotrons [MC 72 Box 19, Folder6]
    • Three Movie Reels: (1) Kelly's family including story teller, store opening, parade, Henry Kelly's birthday party, portable shrine, lotus blossoms, water well lever, Grandmother Eto at Clika, diving girls, dryers, kelp, girls' festival, boys' day, drums, Henry in Kuma, Henry and drum, Henry in swing, abalone, tree planting, children bathing in tub, Chinese friends, children in yard, Tommy at ten months, office personnel ESS/ST, Tokyo office, Roger Adams and Scientific Mission group on train (taken by G. Yamashira), Japanese friends saying goodbye at Tokyo dock, and Irene Henry and Tommy onboard ship; (2) copy marked no.79 on case, original to Japan: "Scientific Mission to Japan" taken by Yamashiro; (3) copy marked no. 89 on case, original to Japan: "Japanese Scientists" includes Nishina's family--Dr. Nishina, Sumi, Yushno, Kojiro; Easter eggs, boys in high school, Tommy (age, 6 months) in carriage, Henry (3 1/2 years old) , Easter eggs, sand box, Nishina and boys playing baseball, Kamayama's family at home, Wagatsuma at his home, Mr. and Mrs. Wagatsuma and Mr. and Mrs. Kamagama; Kamagama in fish and rice fields, baseball game: Japanese vs. American team, June 20, 1975; Nishina, Wagatsuna and Kamagana at Kelly's Tokyo house, Nishina and Irene on train from Int(?) Song Observatory North of Sandar [MC 72 Box 19, Folder7]
    • Photograph album--Dr. Nishina, ca. 1900s-1951
      		 [MC 72 Box 19, Folder8]

      • 1 Nishina's birthplace [2 photographs, no date]

      • 2 Nishina, fifth year of Okayama Middle School, [no date]

      • 3 Nishina, age eleven, with brothers and cousins, [no date]

      • 4 Nishina with his uncle's family, 1920

      • 5 Nishina at Tokyo University, October 1920

      • 6 Nishina in Copenhagen, 1925 [Photo 1 of 2]

      • 7 Nishina in Copenhagen, 1925 [Photo 2 of 2]

      • 8 Nishina with Mrs. Nishina, Yuchiro, and Kojiro, 1940

      • 9 Nishina at the Cosmic Ray Laboratory, 1937

      • 10 Nishina with Dr. and Mrs. Bohr in front of Kamakura Daibutsu, 1937

      • 11 Nishina with Dr. Bohr in Tokyo, 1937

      • 12 Nishina with Dr. Bohr [2 photographs, no date]

      • 13 Nishina, 1941

      • 14 Nishina and unidentified man during the construction of the 210-ton cyclotron, 1938

      • 15 Nishina with cyclotron [4 photographs, no date]

      • 16 Nishina with Wilson Chamber, 1943

      • 17 Machinery, [no date]

      • 18 Nishina with Wilson Chamber, 1943

      • 19 Nishina with Prince Chichibu and unidentified man at Nishina's laboratory, [no date]

      • 20 Nishina with Dr. and Mrs. Rossland and unidentified people, 1941

      • 21 Nishina, 1938

      • 22 Nishina with unidentified man, 1938

      • 23 Nishina with two unidentified men, 1938

      • 24 Nishina with three unidentified men, 1938

      • 25 Nishina in Grape Garden in Yamanashi, 1939 [Photo 1 of 3]

      • 26 Nishina in Grape Garden in Yamanashi, 1939 [Photo 2 of 3]

      • 27 Nishina in Grape Garden in Yamanashi, 1939 [Photo 3 of 3]

      • 28 Nishina with unidentified group at Grape Garden in Yamanashi, 1939

      • 29 Nishina with Dr. Yukawa, [no date]

      • 30 Nishina at a picnic, 1939

      • 31 Nishina at the destruction of the cyclotrons, November 1945

      • 32 Destruction of the Nishina cyclotrons, November 1945 [3 Photographs]

      • 33 Nishina at his office, 1949

      • 34 Nishina with Dr. Henshaw and seven unidentified men, 1946

      • 35 Nishina at Penicillin Plant, 1949

      • 36 Nishina at Itabashi Cosmic Ray Laboratory with six unidentified people, [no date]

      • 37 Nishina at Itabashi Cosmic Ray Laboratory, [no date]

      • 38 Nishina at Itabashi Cosmic Ray Laboratory with two unidentified people, [no date]

      • 39 Nishina, close-up portraits, 1949 [2 photographs]

      • 40 Nishina and other members of the Board of Directors of S.R.I., 1949

      • 41 Nishina at the First Anniversary of the S.R.I. Foundation, [no date]

      • 42 Dr. Harry C. Kelly at the First Anniversary of the S.R.I. Foundation, [no date]

      • 43 Cars, [no date]

      • 44 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and unidentified people, [no date]

      • 45 Nishina doing exercises on the roof, [no date]

      • 46 Nishina at the Institute with unidentified people, 1948

      • 47 Nishina with the first U.S. scientist advisory group, 1947

      • 48 Nishina with Nishina lab staff (unidentified), 1949

      • 49 Nishina with unidentified group after a baseball game, 1949

      • 50 Nishina playing baseball, [no date]

      • 51 Nishina at the Institute, 1949

      • 52 Nishina the day before going to Copenhagen, 1949

      • 53 Unidentified representatives at the I.C.S.U. meeting in Copenhagen, 1949

      • 54 Nishina and unidentified representatives at the I.C.S.U. meeting in Copenhagen, 1949

      • 55 Nishina, Dr. Harry C. Kelly and two unidentified men, [no date]

      • 56 Nishina, close-up portrait at Osaka, 1949

      • 57 Nishina, Dr. Harry C. Kelly and an unidentified man, [no date]

      • 58 Nishina and an unidentified man, [no date]

      • 59 Nishina at his office, 1949

      • 60 Nishina at Hokkaido, 1950

      • 61 Nishina at Haneda Airport on his departure for U.S.A., March, 1950

      • 62 Nishina on his arrival at Haneda Airport from U.S.A., April, 1950

      • 63 The arrival of the Radioisotope, April, 1950 [2 photographs]

      • 64 Nishina with the Radioisotope, April, 1950 [2 photographs]

      • 65 Nishina with Merck representative and unidentified group at the Institute, 1950

      • 66 Nishina with Dr. Yukawa, August, 1950

      • 67 Nishina with Dr. Lauritsen and two unidentified men, September, 1950

      • 68 Nishina in Nagasaki with two unidentified women, 1950

      • 69 Nishina with 2 unidentified men on the way from Unzen to Nagasaki, October, 1950

      • 70 Nishina's coffin leaving for crematorium, January 12, 1951

      • 71 The day of Nishina's funeral, January 14, 1951

      • 72 Nishina's funeral, January 14, 1951 [4 photographs]

      • 73 Nishina's grave, [no date]

      • 74 Nishina Laboratory staff in front of Nishina's grave, April 22, 1951

      • 75 Grave, [no date]

      • 76 Unidentified group, [no date]

      • 77 Four unidentified people in front of grave, [no date]

      • 78 Unidentified group walking, [no date]

      • 79 Unidentified group in Tama Cemetery, January 20, 1951

      • 80 Unidentified group, [no date]

      • 81 Unidentified group walking, [no date]
    • Loose Photographs
      • Portraits [MC 72 Box 20, Folder1]

        • 1 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Washington, DC, May 1953

        • 2 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, close-up portrait, [no date]

        • 3 Dr. Kelly, close-up portrait (24166), [2 photographs, 1-8x10 and 1-5x7, [no date]

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly [close-up portrait (Ace Photo, 1236 Pa. Ave., NW, DC), [no date]

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, standing by a wall (95), [no date]

        • 6 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, seated at a table, August, 1963

        • 7 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, signing a book (17), [no date]

        • 8 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, seated portrait, [no date]

        • 9 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, seated portrait, close-up, [no date]

        • 10 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, standing at a podium, [no date]

        • 11 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, standing at a podium, [no date]

        • 12 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, close-up portrait, [no date]

        • 13 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, close-up portrait (32868), [no date]

        • 14 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, close-up portrait, [no date]
      • Kelly with Other People [MC 72 Box 20, Folder2]

        • 1 Kelly with D. Washiyama (Prof. Of English/interpreter), S. Kobayashi (Director of Research), and Jim Okamoto (Kelly's interpreter) at Japan Steel Company, February 26, 1946

        • 2 Kelly and unidentified people at inauguration ceremonies for the Science Council of Japan, (FEC-49-368) (US Army Photograph), January 21, 1949

        • 3 Kelly with Dr. Naoto Kameyama (President of The Science Council of Japan), Dr. K. Kaneshige, Dr. S.Wagasuma, Dr. Y. Nishina in Tokyo, Japan (FEC-49-369), January 21, 1949

        • 4 Kelly with Dr. K. Kaneshige, Dr. Naoto Kameyama, Dr. S. Wagusuma, and Dr. Y. Nishina at inauguration ceremonies for the Science Council of Japan, (FEC-49-370), January 21, 1949

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, (from Nishina), July, 1966

        • 6 Dr. Harry C. Kelly talking with unidentified people, [no date]

        • 7 Kelly talking with reporters in a plane-side interview after his arrival in Tokyo for the third meeting of the Committee on Scientific Cooperation, (photo by Makoto Naito - USIS Photo, Tokyo) [2 photographs], May 18, 1963

        • 8 Dr. Harry C. Kelly talking with reporters in a plane-side interview after his arrival in Tokyo for the third meeting of the Committee on Scientific Cooperation, (photo by Makoto Naito - USIS Photo, Tokyo), May, 1963

        • 9 Kelly with Charles Dollard, January 9, 1965

        • 10 Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 23, 1956

        • 11 Faculty Club, 1964
      • Kelly and Family [MC 72 Box 20, Folder3]

        • 1 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene (Andes) Kelly and their two sons (Henry and Tommy) (negative strip #35), [no date]

        • 2 Irene Kelly and their youngest son (Tommy?) on a ship, [no date]

        • 3 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and their oldest son (Henry?) on a ship with unidentified people, [no date]

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene, Henry, and Tommy on a ship with unidentified people, [no date, 2 photographs)

        • 5 Unidentified people on a ship [D?]aniel I. Sultan, Army Transport, [no date]

        • 6 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, and unidentified people (young man next to Kelly is possibly one of his sons) (49), [no date]

        • 7 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene Kelly and unidentified group (possibly both sons), color, [no date]
        • Copies of photos of the Kelly family, from Mrs. Kobayashi (Tokyo), used in 1986 television documentary

          • 8 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and young son wading in water, [no date]

          • 9 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene and young son outside, [no date]

          • 10 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene, Henry, and Tommy, [no date]

          • 11 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, close-up portrait, [no date]
      • People [1 of 8] [MC 72 Box 20, Folder4]

        • 1 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Tobetsu Hokkaido, Dr. Asami (Elec. Engineering), Lt. Baer, Okomoto, Dr. Minoshima (medicine), Mayor, and unidentified people [3 photographs], February or March 1946

        • 2 Dr. Kameyama and Dr. Kaneshige (FEC-48-9469), U.S. Army Signal Corps., November 19, 1948

        • 3 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Dr. Kameyama and Dr. Kaneshige (FEC-48-9470), U.S. Army Signal Corps., November 19, 1948

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly with unidentified men (21), [no date]

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly with an unidentified man, color, January 30, 1957

        • 6 Dr. Harry C. Kelly talking with unidentified men, April, 1960

        • 7 Mr. Nagaoka, Japanese Optics, 1961

        • 8 Dr. Harry C. Kelly with four unidentified men, April 26, 1961

        • 9 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and an unidentified man in front of a TWA plane, color, December, 1961

        • 10 Dr. Harry C. Kelly talking with Dr. Kaneshige (USIS Photo, Tokyo), May 18, 1963

        • 11 Dr. Harry C. Kelly talking with an unidentified man, color (60830), July, 1964

        • 12 Dr. Harry C. Kelly with Dr. Kaneshige at the Kabala Hilton, color, [no date]

        • 13 Kelly talking with an unidentified man, Haneda Airport, July 18, 1965

        • 14 Dr. Harry C. Kelly with unidentified group, color, 1967

        • 15 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and an unidentified group, color, November, 1967

        • 16 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Dr. Kaneshige and an unidentified group, color, November, 1967

        • 17 Dr. Harry C. Kelly talking with an unidentified man in a desert area, color, 1968

        • 18 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and unidentified people, visit to Pratt Institute during meeting at Stony Brook, NY, color, July, 1968

        • 19 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and unidentified people, visit to Pratt Institute during meeting at Stony Brook, NY, color, July, 1968

        • 20 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, and unidentified people (Saburo Kasagi, Ministry of Education, Tokyo), color, April, 1969

        • 21 Dr. Harry Kelly, Dr. Anika Lukic, Mrs. Kelly, Dr. Chaplin, Delroy Hamilton, Billy Ayscue, G.B. Lucas, and Dr. Main at the Oxford Exp. Station, color, June, 1969

        • 22 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and two unidentified people at reception following awarding of certificate of appreciation, 1969

        • 23 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Dr. Kaneshige with group of unidentified people receiving their certificates of appreciation, 1969

        • 24 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Dr. Kaneshige with unidentified man receiving their certificates of appreciation, 1969

        • 25 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Dr. Kaneshige in front of Harrelson Hall, NC State Campus, color, 1970

        • 26 Dr. Harry Kelly, Dr. Kaneshige, Mrs. Kelly, and 4 unidentified people, color, 1970

        • 27 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Dr. Kaneshige, Mrs. Kelly and an unidentified woman, color, 1970

        • 28 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Dr. Kaneshige, color, 1970

        • 29 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Wakabayashi Nobuyoshi's girl friend, August, 1970

        • 30 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Mrs. Kelly, Hideo Ito, Ito's mother, and Ito's maternal grandmother; color, October, 1973
      • People [2 of 8] [MC 72 Box 20, Folder5]

        • 1 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and three unidentified people, [no date]

        • 2 Dr. Harry C. Kelly sitting, (88) [February 1961?]

        • 3 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Mrs. Mukaido, (88) [February 1961?]

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Mrs. Mukaido, and an unidentified group, (88) [Feb. 1961?]

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Mrs. Mukaido, and an unidentified group, (88) [Feb. 1961?]

        • 6 An unidentified man, (88) [February 1961?]

        • 7 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Dr. and Mrs. Mukaido, Tokyo, Japan (88) February 1961

        • 8 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and an unidentified man on a railway platform (probably Komaba Station), (95), [no date]

        • 9 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and two unidentified people, (95), [no date]
      • People [3 of 8] [MC 72 Box 20, Folder6]

        • 1 Two unidentified people, picture from Nishini, July, 1966

        • 2 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and three unidentified people, (10), [no date]

        • 3 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene, and two unidentified people, (53), [no date]

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Dr. Kaneshige at a train station, (20), [no date]

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and Dr. Kaneshige, (15), [no date]

        • 6 Unidentified Japanese family, (EO17) - [2 Photographs, no date]

        • 7 Two unidentified people, (EO17), [no date]

        • 8 Unidentified man, [2 Photographs, no date]

        • 9 Unidentified man, [no date]

        • 10 Unidentified man, [no date]

        • 11 Dr. Kaneshige, [no date]

        • 12 Unidentified man, [no date]

        • 13 Unidentified man, [no date]
      • People [4 of 8] [MC 72 Box 20, Folder7]

        • 1 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and four unidentified people, [no date]

        • 2 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and three unidentified people, [no date]

        • 3 Presidential Science Advisor Jerome B. Wiesner answers questions of writers of the Japan Science Journalist Club and Pacific Stars and Stripes at an interview during the US-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation in Tokyo, [no date]

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly Dr. Kaneshige, Dr. Kameyama and three unidentified men sending ballots to scientists in Japan for the purpose of electing a Board of Scientists to represent them, US Army Photograph - FEC-48-9465, November 19, 1948

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and four unidentified people, (3792-59A), [no date]

        • 6 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and four unidentified people interviewing him from WHKK, (3792-59C), [no date]

        • 7 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and two unidentified people, (3792-59D), [no date]

        • 8 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and three unidentified people, (37287), [no date]
      • People [5 of 8] [MC 72 Box 20, Folder8]

        • 1 Unidentified person in a library, [no date]

        • 2 Unidentified person in a library, [no date]

        • 3 Unidentified person, [no date]

        • 4 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and two unidentified people in costume, [no date]

        • 5 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Irene Kelly, and Bill Friday (50539), [no date]

        • 6 Dr. Harry C. Kelly and a group of unidentified students (32016), [no date]