UUS_ora037.xml Guide to the Hap Klopp collection Klopp (Hap) collection Finding aid created by Heather Housley and Clint Pumphrey Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives 2025

Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, Utah 84322-3000 Business Number: 435 797-8248 Fax Number: 435 797-2880 scweb@usu.edu https://archives.usu.edu/

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-07. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2025 Added materials in folders 3-7 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Hap Klopp papers Klopp, Hap UUS_ORA 037 0.25 linear feet 1 box 1968-2006 Correspondence, reports, and photographic images used in The North Face marketing campaigns, with a handbook for designing layouts in The North Face storefronts. English .

Hap Klopp worked as the president and CEO of The North Face for 20 years after acquiring the brand from Glen and Arne Hiersoux in 1968. When Klopp started, there were only three stores — including locations in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Orinda — that initially focused on selling specialized gear for alpine skiing and mountaineering. Under his leadership, The North Face quickly grew and gained recognition for its innovative products, including durable jackets, tents, and backpacks. Klopp sold The North Face to Bill Simon's Odyssey International in 1988.

This collection contains correspondence and reports detailing some of the history and operating decisions made by The North Face in the 1970s-1980s. Also includes photographic images for The North Face advertising campaign and a "Preliminary Handbook of Design Concepts for North Face Stores," 1986.

No restrictions on access, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Hap Klopp collection must be obtained from the Outdoor Recreation Archive Curator and/or the Special Collections Section Head.

Initial Citation: Hap Klopp collection USU_ORA 037. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_ORA 037, USUSCA.

These materials were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 2020 and 2025 by Hap Klopp.

46 catalogs from this donation were removed and added to ORA 001

Outdoor recreation industry--photographs. Outdoor recreation--Equipment and supplies. Advertising and Marketing Marketing images undated 1 1 Preliminary Handbook of Design Concepts for The North Face Stores 1986 1 2 Correspondence detailing The North Face's relationship with Bucky Fuller 1970-1977 1 3

Also contains a note providing fuller description for items in folders 3-7

Invitation and event program to the White House reception for Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping of China 1979 1 4 Summaries of The North Face policy, sales, marketing and distribution 1971-1977 1 5 Stanford Business School study on The North Face 1983 1 6 Photographs of Hap Klopp at the opening of "new" Stanford headquarters 1983 1 7