Roger Dearborn Lapham scrapbooks, 1913-1971.

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Roger Dearborn Lapham scrapbooks, 1913-1971.

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Consists of newspaper clippings, the bulk of which concern San Francisco politics in the context of Lapham's mayoral activities, with emphasis on city labor disputes, public power, and city transit, particularly a controversy over whether to keep San Francisco cable cars; overseas travel ephemera, including menus, maps, itineraries, passenger lists, and other items from round-the-world flight tours and other international voyages; World War I memorabilia, including a book on the U.S. Army 77th division, in which Lapham served, and a book entitled, "Plattsburger 1917," on the officers training camp; and clippings and ephemera related to Lapham's diplomatic activities in China and Greece following World War II. Also includes Minority Reports I-III (four parts each), a set of six LP records produced by CBS-KNX News in cooperation with The Fund for the Republic.

23 scrapbooks, 3 boxes, 1 flat box (5.0 linear ft.)

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California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6700550

California historical society

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 77th

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Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn), 1883-1966

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Chief, United States Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to China, 1948-1949. From the description of Roger Dearborn Lapham papers, 1948-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869100 Biographical Note Chief, United States Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to China, 1948-1949. From the guide to the Roger Dearborn Lapham papers, 1948-1949, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

American-Hawaiian Steamship Company

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The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was founded in 1899 by George S. Dearborn and his brother-in-law, Lewis Henry Lapham. The company grew to own the largest single fleet of freighters under the American flag in the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Territory of Hawaii. It was a pioneer in the building of large modern American steam freighters, in introducing oil-fired boilers, in opening the steamer-railroad route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and in the early com...

Lapham, Helen Abbot.

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Lapham was the head of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company beginning in the 1920s. He served as mayor of San Francisco from 1944-1947. He also served as a U.S. Army officer in World War I, Chief of the American Economic Aid Mission to Greece, 1950-1951, and head of the Economic Cooperation Administration in China, 1948-1949. From the description of Roger Dearborn Lapham scrapbooks, 1913-1971. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122394753 ...