Edward C. Cargile Papers, 1946 - 2006 (bulk 1969-2001) (SMC 110)

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Extent: 2 Linear feet (5 archives boxes)

Papers of author, editor, engineer, and diving officer Edward Cargile. Papers reflect Cargile's life and work as a diver, underwater photographer, author, editor of dive journals, and consultant in the dive industry, as well as illustrate the history of diving and the diving industry. The collection ranges in date from 1946-2006, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1969-2001.

Edward C. Cargile was born in San Diego, California in 1939. He began diving and experimenting with underwater photography in his early teens. While in high school, Cargile joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. While attending San Diego City College, he transferred to the Marine Corps Active Reserves.

Cargile completed his B.S. in Phsyics from North American University in 1963. After graduation he worked as an Engineering Supervisor at Rockwell International, overseeing the Apollo Test Data Processing Unit. Cargile continued diving, training other divers, including U.S. Navy personnel in the recovery of the Apollo Spacecraft.

Over the years Cargile worked for a number of companies and institutions. He became the Director of the Underwater Technology Institute (UTI) in 1970, editor of Aquarius Magazine for the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools in 1971, and Program Manager of the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Diving Association. In 1974, Cargile was hired by the Commercial Diving Center of Oceaneering International to write training procedures for diving bell and saturation diving operations. He went on to work for Scubapro and then as the Director of Communications for the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA).

Throughout his life Cargile wrote about diving and the history of divers and taught both diving and underwater photography courses.

Papers of author, editor, engineer, and diving officer Edward Cargile. Papers reflect Cargile's life and work as a diver, underwater photographer, author, editor of dive journals, and consultant in the dive industry.

The collection is arranged in six series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) PROFESSIONAL FILES, 5) SUBJECT FILES, and 6) IMAGES.

Container List

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Includes biographies, a curriculum vitae, articles about Cargile and his career, as well as a small amount of information regarding Cargile's time as a Boy Scout and several undated portraits.

Box 1 Folder 1
Miscellaneous information about Cargile
Box 1 Folder 2
Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree, Irvine Ranch, CA, 1953
Box 1 Folder 3
Photographs of Cargile, ca. 1960s

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Professional letters regarding potential business ventures. The bulk of the series relates to Cargile's writing and attempts to publish. His exchanges with Meredith Wills deal entirely with the attempt to publish Cargile's book titled, "Aquanauts Dive the Andrea Doria."

Box 1 Folder 4
Lynch, John R., Jr., 1973 - 1982
Box 1 Folder 5
Martin, William (President, Aqua-Craft, Inc.), 1977
Box 1 Folder 6
Müsser, Frederick von, 1973 - 1982
Box 1 Folder 7
Wills, Meredith, 1977 - 1979
Box 1 Folder 8
Letters to & from journal editors, 1970 - 2002
Box 1 Folder 9
Miscellaneous, 1970 - 2001

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 3) WRITINGS: Typescripts, manuscripts, and notes for various articles, essays, and book projects. Cargile also developed proposals for a television channel and film series, which are located in this series. In many cases letters to editors, notes regarding attempts to publish, and photographs submitted for use as article illustrations are filed with corresponding articles.

Box 1 Folder 10
Miscellaneous articles by Cargile
Box 1 Folder 11
Advanced Deep Sea Diving Equipment, 1969
Box 1 Folder 12
The Dive Deep to Do the Impossible, 1969
Box 1 Folder 13
First Nuclear Submersible, 1969
Box 1 Folder 14
Modern Deep Sea Diving, 1969
Box 1 Folder 15
Undersea Vehicle to Save Submarine Crews, 1969
Box 1 Folder 16
Gases for Deep Sea Divers, 1970
Box 1 Folder 17
Hawaii's Undersea Habitat, 1970
Box 1 Folder 18
Ocean Research in Undersea Vehicles, 1970
Box 2 Folder 1
Undersea Research Vehicles, 1970
Box 2 Folder 2
Undersea Vehicles Explore the Ocean, 1970
Box 2 Folder 3
Undersea Vehicles for Science, 1970
Box 2 Folder 4
Undersea Vehicles for Research & Operations, 1970
Box 2 Folder 5
Undersea Vehicles of Southern California, 1970
Box 2 Folder 6
Undersea Vehicle Systems - Notes, ca. 1970
Box 2 Folder 7
Nuclear Deep Submersible - NR-1, 1971
Box 2 Folder 8
Advanced Deep Diving Systems, 1973
Box 2 Folder 9
Rescue Off Ireland, 1973
Box 2 Folder 10
Commercial Diving Division: U.S. Divers Co., 1977
Box 2 Folder 11
Success in the Sun, 1986
Box 2 Folder 12
"Wondrous Sea" videotape & cinema film series - Prospectus, 1986
Box 2 Folder 13
The Ocean Channel - Project notes for proposed television channel
Box 2 Folder 14
Trieste: The Deepest Dive, 1999
Box 2 Folder 15
Breaking the Deepth [sic] Barrier, 2001
Box 2 Folder 16
The Deepest Dive, 2001
Box 2 Folder 17
Breathing Systems for Deep Diving, undated
Box 2 Folder 18
Deep Saturation Diving, undated
Box 3 Folder 1
Human Factor Problems of Dry and Wet Submersibles, undated
Box 3 Folder 2
Industrial Underwater Photography - Notes, undated
Box 3 Folder 3-4
Ocean Technology Library, undated
Box 3 Folder 5
Submersibles - Notes for a session at unidentified conference, undated
Box 3 Folder 6
Undersea Research Vehicles - Research & chapter draft for possible book, undated
Box 3 Folder 7
Notes for potential articles
Box 3 Folder 8
Notes - Miscellaneous & unidentified

PROFESSIONAL FILES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 4) PROFESSIONAL FILES: Materials related to Cargile's career in the dive industry. Files include training materials written by Cargile, correspondence, press kits, reports and research collected by Cargile while working for the Commercial Diving Center, the Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association (DEMA), and Scubapro. Also included are materials related to Cargile's works as a consultant and his memberships with various professional organizations.

Career

Box 3 Folder 9
Beaver IV Roughneck, submarine workboat - Includes two photographs of Cargile as pilot, 1968

Commercial Diving Center

Training Articles by Cargile

Box 3 Folder 10
Bell Diver Training at Commercial Diving Center
Box 3 Folder 11
Bell Diver Training Course
Box 3 Folder 12
Bell/Saturation Diver Course
Box 3 Folder 13
Training Bell/Saturation Divers
Box 3 Folder 14
Training Commercial Divers
Box 3 Folder 15
Training for Long, Deep Dives
Box 3 Folder 16
Training article by Daniel Gaughran - The Working Diver: Performance in Cold Water, 1974
Box 3 Folder 17
Bell/Saturation course description & notes, 1974
Box 3 Folder 18
Bell/Saturation Diving - Talk given at the Sixth International Conference on Underwater Education, 1974
Box 3 Folder 19
Employment information, 1974

Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association (DEMA)

Box 3 Folder 20
Press-kit Information Guide, 1983
Box 3 Folder 21
Research clippings, "Diving", 1993 - 1994

Orincon Emboli Detection and Classification System

Box 4 Folder 1
Diving Market Research Report, 2002
Box 4 Folder 2-3
Correspondence & proposals for consulting, 2000 - 2002

Scubapro

Box 4 Folder 4
1963 - 1995 & undated
Box 4 Folder 5
2005 - 2006
Box 4 Folder 6
Simons Development Company - Business plan, 1985
Box 4 Folder 7
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation - Underwater photography course, 1977

Professional Organizations

Box 4 Folder 8
California Wreck Divers - Club information & newsletters, 1974 - 1978
Box 4 Folder 9
Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association, 40th Anniversary, 1994
Box 4 Folder 10
UnderSea Explorations 2000 - "Deep Submergence Submarines," talk given by Cargile, June 28, 2000

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 5) SUBJECT FILES: Collected clippings, brochures, and promotional material for a number of diving organizations, as well as diving equipment and marine technology companies. The series contains information useful for examining the history and business of diving. Some of these files may have been collected while Cargile was working for the Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association (DEMA).

Box 5 Folder 1
Aqua Lung (formerly U.S. Divers), 1971 - 2005
Box 5 Folder 2
Battelle Memorial Institute, undated
Box 5 Folder 3
DACOR Corporation, 1972 - 1994
Box 5 Folder 4
Deep Ocean Engineering, 1998 & undated
Box 5 Folder 5
Dräger (Drägerwerk), 1946 - 1992
Box 5 Folder 6
Farallon Industries, ca. 1970 - 1994
Box 5 Folder 7
Force Fin, 2000 - 2006
Box 5 Folder 8
Handicapped Scuba Association, 1989 - 1994
Box 5 Folder 9
IUC International, Inc., 1959 - 1978
Box 5 Folder 10
National Academy of Scuba Educators, 1991 - 1995
Box 5 Folder 11
National Association of Skin Diving Schools (NASDS), 1991 & undated
Box 5 Folder 12
Ocean Systems, Inc., ca. 1970s
Box 5 Folder 13
PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), 1980 - 1995
Box 5 Folder 14
Rebikoff Institute of Marine Technology, Inc., 1979 - 1982
Box 5 Folder 15
UnderSea Camp, 2001
Box 5 Folder 16
Women's SCUBA Association, 1994

IMAGES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 6) IMAGES: Photographs and prints of ocean vessels, submersibles and a number of mostly unidentified people. Many of these images were used for research or to illustrate articles written by Cargile. The photographs of people generally show them working on or with ships or submarines.

Box 5 Folder 17
People
Box 5 Folder 18
Ships & submersibles
Box 5 Folder 19
Miscellaneous