Roger D. Lapham Photograph Collection, 1892-1956
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2c1f No online items A guide to the Roger D. Lapham photograph collection, 1892-1956 Processed by: Amy Croft, Spring 2013. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Building E, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123 Phone: 415-561-7030 Fax: 415-556-3540 [email protected] URL: http://www.nps.gov/safr 2013 A guide to the Roger D. Lapham P79-092a (SAFR 23379) 1 photograph collection, 1892-1956 A Guide to the Roger D. Lapham photograph collection P79-092a San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service 2013, National Park Service Title: Roger D. Lapham photograph collection Date: 1892-1956 Date (bulk): 1915-1945 Identifier/Call Number: P79-092a (SAFR 23379) Creator: Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn), 1883-1966 Physical Description: 1328 items. Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department Building E, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123 Abstract: The Roger D. Lapham photograph collection, 1892-1956, bulk 1915-1945, (SAFR 23379, P79-092a) is comprised mainly of photographs of American-Hawaiian Steamship Company vessels. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use. Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department Language(s): In English. Access This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted. Nitrate negatives are restricted from use. Use-copies can be provided. Glass plate negatives may require special handling by the reference staff. Publication and Use Rights Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. Processing Note Each photographic image has been assigned an Item number; there are often multiple physical forms of each image (e.g. a nitrate negative, a contact interpositive, and a copy negative) which has been noted in the physical description field. The original order does not appear to have been maintained. At some point the negatives were given Item numbers, possibly in order of their densitometry reading when copy negatives were made from the nitrate negatives. When processed in 2013, the Archivist kept the assigned Item numbers, but intellectually arranged the photographs into Series and File Units in an attempt to reunite negatives with similar content. In 2013, the Processing Archivist discovered that the photographic images in this collection were previously assigned Item numbers in an inconsistent fashion. For example, in some cases, all forms of an image (negative, print) were assigned one Item number and in other cases, the negative was assigned one Item number and the corresponding print was assigned a different number (usually in the 500-600 Item number range). Sometimes the same Item number was assigned to two different images and other times an "A" and a "B" was used to differentiate between two images assigned the same Item numbers (e.g. 399A, 399B). Also, some Item numbers were not used at all. Most of these inconsistencies were rectified during processing in 2013. Photographs with duplicate Item numbers have been assigned their own unique Item number. Multiple physical forms of each image (e.g. negatives, print) have been assigned the same Item number, and now each Item number in the collection represents one unique photographic image. The following 638 Item numbers are in use in this collection as of June 2013: 001-008, 011-018, 020-040, 042, 045-048, 051-063, 065-096, 098-108, 110-164, 166-189, 191-223, 225-250, 251A, 251B, 252-258, 259A, 259B, 260-268, 270-272, 274-276, 278-279, 282-286, 289-301, 303-317, 320-321, 326-338, 340-346, 348-351, 353-357, 359-368, 370A, 370B, 371-381, 382A, 382B, 383-394, 397-398, 399A, 399B, 400-405, 407-415, 418-419, 421, 423-439, 441, 443-461, 462A, 462B, 463-469, 471-488, 490, 492-508, 510-516, 518-519, 521-533, 535, 539, 541-543, 545-546, 548-559, 562-582, 587-602, 604-617, 620-622, 624, 626, 627A, 627B, 628-636, 638-641, 644-656, 666-672, 674, 676-680, 685-694, 697, A guide to the Roger D. Lapham P79-092a (SAFR 23379) 2 photograph collection, 1892-1956 700-701, 703, 706-707, 709-711, 713-720, 722-725. The following 96 Item numbers are not in use in this collection as of June 2013: 009, 010, 019, 041, 043, 044, 049, 050, 064, 097, 109, 165, 190, 224, 269, 273, 277, 280, 281, 287, 288, 302, 318, 319, 322- 325, 339, 347, 352, 358, 369, 395, 396, 406, 416, 417, 420, 422, 440, 442, 470, 489, 491, 509, 517, 520, 534, 536-538, 540, 544, 547, 560, 561, 583-586, 603, 618, 619, 623, 625, 637, 642, 643, 657-665, 673, 675, 681-684, 695, 696, 698, 699, 702, 704, 705, 708, 712, 721. According to the accession paperwork, nitrate negatives 001-008, 011-018, 020-040, 042, 045-048, 051-055, 057-063, 065-108,110-164, 166-189, 191-241, 246-252 were duplicated and contact interpositives and safety negatives were made in the 1980s. This was verified in June 2013, with the following caveats: no physical Item(s) could be found for Item 097; Item 145 only contains 1 print; Item 249 only contains 1 print and 1 copy negative; Item 251 only contains 1 print; and Item 252 only contains 1 print. Additionally, it was found that the following Items have nitrate negatives, a contact interpositive and copy negative: 056, 424, 570, 577 and 656. According to a note on the accession paperwork written by JM, 22 nitrates were discarded in August 1980. The following 6 nitrate negatives were found in the "nitrate discard box" in June 2013: Items 003, 004, 013, 018, 144, 213. After processing the collection, we added Item 224 to the discard box because it is duplicative material. On August 5, 2013, Items 3, 4, 13, 18, 144, and 213 were moved from the Nitrate Discard box to regular Nitrate Storage by Taylor; Item 224 was kept in the Nitrate Discard box for destruction. There were no physical Items found for the following Item numbers, which fall in the range of numbers assigned to nitrate negatives: 009, 010, 019, 041, 043, 044, 049, 050, 064, 097, 109, 165, 190. It is very likely that these 13 Items were nitrate negatives that were discarded in August 1980 (perhaps successfully discarded because they were not found in the nitrate discard box in June 2013). It is unknown where the other 3 nitrate negatives are that were noted as discarded in August 1980. Storage: -Negatives: Boxes 1-5, Nitrate Storage -Glass: Box 6 -Prints: Boxes 7-11 Description Notes: Dates refer to when the original photograph was taken. Information about numeric stamps on the back of the photographs has been included in the physical description notes, because in the early 20th century the stamp often signified the customer number. This might help to identify which photographs came from particular people, before they came into Roger Lapham's possession. The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide. Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff. Preferred Citation [Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P79-092a (SAFR 23379), Roger D. Lapham photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Acquisition Information SAFR-00001 GOGA-00789 5SAFR-00001, GOGA-00789: This photograph collection was donated by Roger D. Lapham. It was very likely donated on July 8, 1957 (see SFMM Accession Ledger 226/19) but this could not be confirmed. The collection was formally accessioned on May 18, 1979. SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977. GOGA-00789 was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February 1985. Historical or Biographical Note Roger D. Lapham Biography: Roger D. Lapham (1883-1966) was a ship owner and businessman, and was President of American-Hawaiian Steamship Company from 1925-1943. He served as the 32nd Mayor of San Francisco, California, from A guide to the Roger D. Lapham P79-092a (SAFR 23379) 3 photograph collection, 1892-1956 1944 to 1948. Roger Dearborn Lapham was born on December 6, 1883, in New York City, to Antoinette N. Dearborn Lapham (August 8, 1861-May 16, 1956) and businessman Lewis Henry Lapham (born March 1858). He had three siblings: John H. Lapham (July 1885-August 2, 1956); Elinor Lapham (Ford) (June 22, 1889-March 1, 1983); and Ruth Lapham (Lloyd) (July 30, 1896-October 8, 1984). Roger attended Harvard and graduated in 1905 with a major in humanities (Starr, 92). He married Helen B. Abbot (September 13, 1884-June 12, 1975) on October 30, 1907 (Western Edition Notables of the West, 618). They had four children: Lewis Abbott Lapham (March 7, 1909-December 20, 1995); Carol Lapham (Ophula, then Valentine) (June 11, 1910-March 16, 2009); Edna Lapham (Van Oosten) (July 4, 1912-May 24, 1987); and Roger D.