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This is a six page document written by Dr. Peter V. Karpovich that looks to be a rough draft and some notes for his memoir, the Peter V. Karpovich Story, Chapter VII. At the top of the first page is written "Sept 1970 answers to Raum's questions." The transcription of "Raum" is in doubt. The document talks about his present health and fitness, including recovery from neuritis in both arms and how he hurt his back ten years ago. He also writes about his hobbies, such as painting and fishing, his experiments and the equipment he designed, how Nicolas, his brother, gave a magic show to his class when he was seven and how he has used this method in his teaching of science to others, and finally how he has no plans for the future except to live in peace and be with family. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education. ; Back of all pages, except for page 5, is blank. The back of page five is called page 6 in this digital file;

Peter V. Karpovich wrote this letter to Stephen J. Kennedy on May 15, 1957. In the letter, he discusses funding problems, suggests that he may have to discontinue research, and offers to work free if funding can be found for his subjects. Pages two contains additional data Karpovich did not previously share about the pressure on feet caused by American, British, and Canadian army boots. The data describes the performance tests, the results, and the mean data. ; Stephen J. Kennedy graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA in 1926. He attended Columbia University, where he received his MA (1931) and Ph.D. (1936). Kennedy served as the Director of Research, Textile, Clothing, and Footwear Division at the Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command in Natick, Massachusetts. In addition, he was a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Economic Association. He published a book titled "Profits and Losses in Textiles" in 1936. Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private, and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

This three page document titled "Philosophy of Physical Education" was written by Dr. Peter V. Karpovich in 1937. The document talks about the necessity of Physical Education. He outlines how if one is to prepare for life, to become a "perfect man", one needs both physical and mental growth, and the physical educator can help achieve this. He also talks about how physical activity can stimulate growth, happiness, and circulation. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

This is a poster of the results and explanations from a paper that was published in The Research Quarterly in 1933 called "Water Resistance in Swimming" by Dr. Peter V. Karpovich. The paper was based on experiments conducted by Dr. Karpovich on establishing a baseline for the resistance of water. The poster has sections of the original article that have been cut out and glued onto a cardboard backing. Pictured is the resistogram, the device that Karpovich designed and built to record his measurements. This consisted of a towing cord, a drum and a recording device. The measurements were made for up to 1/20th of a second. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

This is a poster of the results and explanations from a paper that was published in the Scientific American in 1930 called "Swimming Speed Analyzed" by Dr. Peter V. Karpovich. The paper was based on experiments conducted by Dr. Karpovich.The poster has sections of the original article that have been cut out and glued onto a cardboard backing. Included is a picture and description of the Natograph, equipment that Karpovich designed and built for the experiment. It expressed graphically the measurements of speed for the different swimming strokes. The back, crawl, side, and breast stroke were all studied. There is also a nice description of how the machine worked. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

A letter dated March 30, 1925 written by Peter V. Karpovich to Prof. Frank M. Mohler at the International YMCA College, now Springfield College. The letter describes his time at the Central YMCA of Cleveland Ohio, where he was working as part of his school work as a student at the college. There is writing and a sketch on the back but it is not sure what this is from. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

This is a report written by Peter V. Karpovich about a week that he spent in Boston. The report is undated. The report talks about his visit with a Dr. Cannon, perhaps Walter Bradford Cannon, of the Harvard Medical School and a visit to his facilities. Karpovich describes Cannon and his work. He also talks about a Dr. A. Forbes and his use of a Kymograph, used in many devices created by Karpovich. He also visits the then Peter Bent Brigham Hospital as well as the library and other laboratories at Harvard at the time. Of greatest importance though might be the bit about his questioning Dr. Cannon on effective apparatus for measuring speed and force of swimmers. From this questioning he felt it validated the "Natograph" that he created, very cheaply from a flour can bought at five and dime store. One other visit of interest included going to the Fatique Laboratory at Harvard where he was shown examples of their use of the X-ray to study the heart, including pictures of a boxer's heart before and after a bout. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

This is the application of Peter V. Karpovich to attend the International YMCA College, now Springfield College, dated September 30, 1925. The application for admissions gives information on his date of birth, current address, educational history, qualifications, sports played and taught, and his future plans. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation.