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Guide to the Martin Klein Collection Guide to The Martin Klein Collection The Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections Compiled by Anna Britton The Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collection MIT Museum Cambridge, Massachusetts 1 © 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Published by The MIT Museum 265 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Acknowledgments 4 Biographical Note 5 Scope and Content 6 Series Description I: Technical Literature and Archival Material 7 Series Description II: Manuals 27 Series Description III: Slides 30 Appendix A: Artifacts 37 Appendix B: Sonar and Personal Files 38 Appendix C: Reference Books 40 Appendix D: Interviews and Transcripts 44 Acknowledgments The MIT Museum wishes to thank Martin Klein for his long service to the MIT Museum as a member of the Collections Committee and for his interest in assisting the Museum to acquire significant collections documenting undersea sensing technologies. Klein’s own extensive professional and personal collection of archives and slides is the core collection defined in this guide. 3 We also acknowledge Martin Klein’s major support in providing resources to catalog and digitize substantial elements of the Martin Klein Collection. He has also maintained a keen interest in the work and advised on priorities for digitization. The majority of the collection was processed and entered in the Museum’s database by Freya Levett between 2016 and 2017. Additional archival materials were digitized and added to the database by Anna Britton from 2018 to 2019. Anna Britton organized and compiled the content in this guide based on her knowledge of the collection, its database records, and related materials not yet cataloged. Although this guide outlines all materials donated to the MIT Museum by Martin Klein, it does not describe many other undersea sensing archives and artifacts that he has arranged to have donated to the Museum. Kurt Hasselbalch Curator Hart Nautical Collection MIT Museum June 13, 2019 Biographical Note Martin Klein (MIT Class of 1962) majored in electrical engineering. A student of Professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton, he assisted in a variety of sonar experiments with a focus on the processing of return signals, thereby improving interpretation and recording of sonar images. He 4 later worked as a Program Manager at Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier (later EG & G, Inc.) and led the team that developed the first successful commercial side-scan sonar. During this time, Klein assisted the U. S. Navy with specialized sonar for the Bathyscaph Trieste during the search for the lost submarine Thresher. In 1968, Klein founded Klein Associates, Inc. now Klein Marine Systems, where he continued to develop commercial sonar products. In 1989, Klein sold his company, but has remained active in the ocean technologies and exploration communities. A pioneer in sub-sea ocean engineering, he has actively promoted the use of side-scan sonar for decades. These specialized instruments have seen broad application, from locating important archaeological sites to search and accident investigation and the energy and telecommunications industries. Side-scan sonar extends the abilities of scientists and industries to explore and work underwater because it provides the “eyes and ears” in a demanding environment. “The Father of Side Scan Sonar”, Martin Klein is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He holds five patents related to sonar technology. Klein is also an active member of the MIT Museum’s Collections Committee. Since 2002, he has worked extensively with Museum staff to assist in the acquisition of artifacts related to his professional interests. He has donated several gifts, the most recent of which was given in 2019. The MIT Museum presented an overview of Klein’s inventions and the uses of side-scan sonar in the 2009 exhibit Klein Side Scan Sonar: A World Leader in Ocean Exploration. For more information, see Martin Klein’s personal website. Scope and Content The Martin Klein Collection consists of multiple gifts from Martin Klein, the largest of which is accession number 2014.028. Materials date from 1951 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1964 to 1989, and encompass decades of work related to the development of side- 5 scan sonar. This accession is divided in three sections: technical literature and archival material, manuals, and slides. Series I contains technical literature and archival material. Major sections of Series I consist of technical literature related to sonar, business files from Klein Associates, Inc., articles regarding marine exploration, subject files and personal notebooks. Most of these materials are paper documents, but photographs and other items are found throughout the files. Topics include several marine engineering companies, EG&G, Klein Associates, Inc., shipwrecks and underwater archaeology, Loch Ness and Titanic expeditions and underwater sensing technologies and components. Series II consists of manuals, mostly related to products from Klein Associates, Inc. A few materials were produced by EG&G, Harold E. Edgerton, and the U. S. Navy. This series also contains a copy of Martin Klein’s thesis for a Bachelor of Science degree at MIT. Series III is a visual record primarily photographed by Martin Klein. Dates range from 1964 to 1993. Some slides are copyrighted. Many of the slides document Klein Associates Inc. business activities, sonar grams, devices, submersibles, field expeditions and other travels. Other artifact donations from Martin Klein are listed in Appendix A. Related items in the Martin Klein Collection are Sonar and Personal Files (Appendix B), Reference Books (Appendix C) and Interviews and Transcripts (Appendix D). Series I: Technical Literature and Archival Material Series I contains technical literature and archival material. Major sections of Series I consist of technical literature related to sonar, business files from Klein Associates, Inc., articles regarding 6 marine exploration, subject files and personal notebooks. Most of these materials are paper documents, but photographs and other items are found throughout the files. Topics include several marine engineering companies, EG&G, Klein Associates, Inc., shipwrecks and underwater archaeology, Loch Ness and Titanic expeditions and underwater sensing technologies and components. Series I Box Number Accession Description Object type Number MKC.1 2014.028.0001 AB Precision (Poole) Ltd., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0002 Acoustic Systems, Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0003 Airmar Technology Corporation, sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0004 American Pioneer, sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0005 Amlab AB, sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0006 AquaProbe Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0007 Burnett Electronics Lab Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0008 Cannon, sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0009 C-Tech Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0010 Communications Associates, Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0011 Datasonics, Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0012 dB Instrumentation Limited, sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0013 Eagle Electronics, Inc., sonar file Technical literature 7 Box Number Accession Description Object type Number MKC.1 2014.028.0014 Echotec, Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0119.01 Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Technical Co. Inc. literature MKC.1 2014.028.0119.02 Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Technical Co. Inc. literature MKC.1 2014.028.0120 Benthos, Inc. Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0121 Bluefin Robotics Corp. Technical literature MKC.1 2014.028.0248 Bathymetrics, Ltd. Technical literature MKC.2 2014.028.0015.01 Edo Western Corp., sonar file Technical literature MKC.2 2014.028.0015.02 Edo Western Corp., sonar file Technical literature MKC.2 2014.028.0015.03 Edo Western Corp., sonar file Technical literature MKC.2 2014.028.0015.04 Edo Western Corp., sonar file Technical literature MKC.2 2014.028.0025.01 EG&G Geometrics, company file Technical literature MKC.3 2014.028.0025.02 EG&G Geometrics, company file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0017 ELAC, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0018 Electrospace Systems, Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0019 EMI Electronics Limited, sonar file Technical literature 8 Box Number Accession Description Object type Number MKC.4 2014.028.0020 EPSCO, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0021 FarSounder, Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0022 J. W. Fishers Mfg. Inc., sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0023 French Companies, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0024 General Instrument Corporation, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0025 Gould Government Systems Group, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0026 Greyhound Subsea, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0027 Hollming Ltd. Electronics, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0028 Honeywell, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0037 Furano, sonar file Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0122 EPC Labs, Inc. Technical literature MKC.4 2014.028.0249 Electro Services
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