University of Wyoming
Claude Jerome Lapp (1892-1973) was an official with the National Academy of Sciences for nearly twenty years. Lapp graduated from Albion College in 1917, then received an M.A. from the University Illinois in 1920. He then earned a Ph.D. in physics two years later. From 1922 to 1930, Lapp was an associate professor of physics at Iowa State University when he was promoted to professor. He continued at Iowa State until 1947 when he joined the National Academy of Sciences. Beginning as assistant director of the office of scientific personnel, Lapp eventually became director of special projects before retiring in 1966.
Collection contains meeting agendas; archery records and awards; financial records; printed material, including advertisements, brochures, bulletins, catalogs and periodicals, pamphlets, and programs; star charts and maps; clippings; photographs and slides; written material; reports; speeches and lectures; telegrams and memos; and miscellaneous autobiographical material.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from E. M. Lyman and Roger H. Lapp between October 1974 and March 1982.
There are no known other archival collections created by Claude Jerome Lapp at the date of processing.
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