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Estate and will bequest of Lester J. Cappon, Walter Holzbog and John Haskell. Gifts in 1981 and 1982.
1989.12 Gift of Walter C. Holzbog through Thad Tate.
2008.203 Gift of John Haskell.
Materials relating to the career of Lester Jesse Cappon (September 18, 1900-August 24, 1981), historian and formerly the Archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, and Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.
Professional papers (1909-1981) include primary source material, typescripts, notes, drafts of articles, critiques, maps, and historical journals. Topics researched cover the Southern iron industry, the journals and writings of Jared Sparks, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Howe, and early American maps [material used in the Atlas of Early American History, 1976].
Papers showing Cappon's activities with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Institute of early American History and Culture, the Society of American Archivists, the Archival Institute [associated with Radcliffe College], The Papers of John Marshall, the National Archives, the National Historical Publications Commission, the Newberry Library, the University of Virginia, and the College of William and Mary. Papers and articles showing Cappon's involvement with archival procedures and principles are also included.
Correspondence (1923-1982) includes individuals associated with professional organizations, other historians, such as Arthur M. Schlesinger, personal friends, and family members. Personal papers outline Cappon's affairs and interests. Cappon's diaries (1954-1981) are also included in the collection. (They were closed to the public until August 24, 2006.)
News clippings, magazines, maps, certificates, and photographs complete his papers.
Lester J. Cappon Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Addition 1989.12 contains a brief sketch of Lester J. Cappon by Walter C. Holzbog for his autobiography. Concentrates on Cappon as his College roommate.
Addition 2008.203 contains photographs, possibly of Lester Cappon's daughter (none of photographs are identified) and members of the Institute. Letter from "JCW" about a note on a 1939 "The Collegian" about a new publication "The Virginia Lyceum."
Two copies of a reprint from the October 1951 "The American Archivist" entitled "Comprehensive Historical Indexing: The Virginia Gazette Index" by Stella Duff Neiman and Lester J. Cappon are filed in Box 13, Folder 14.
The following additions have been added to Box 13 as folders 17, 18 and 19: Minutes for Colonial Williamsburg - Interpretation (Presentation) Division, 1961-1969, Colonial Williamsburg - Presentation Division Minutes,1964-1969 and Library of Congress reports on the National Union Catalog of Mss Collections.
The following addition has been added to Box 17 as folder 33: Reprint of "The Royal Society of London: Retailer in Experimental Philosophy" as a gift of the author, Raymond P. Stearns; pamphlets for "Archives of University of Wyoming" 1946, "University Archives and Western Historical Collections, University of Wyoming" 1948, "Radcliffe Women's Archives" 1953, "The Women's Archive at Radcliffe College" 1954, 1958, 1960 and undated and "Publications of the National Archives and Records Service" 1966; report of the Ad Hoc Committee of Manuscripts of the American Historical Association in 1951; brochure "The Print Collector" from Kenneth Nebenazahl, Inc. of Chicago; Library of Congress "News from the Center: No. 2, Fall 1967; "Library Journal", October 15, 1965 and two American Philosophical Society publications, "Dr. Rush to Governor Henry on the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Constitution" as a gift of the author, Lyman H. Butterfield and "Franklin and the 'Wagon Affair,' 1755 by Whitfield J. Bell and Leonard J. Labaree.
Professional papers arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Letters are to and from daughter Mary Beth (Mary Elizabeth) Cappon Curtis Yarbrough, her first husband Jack Curtis and their two sons Ralph and Bruce Curtis; Cappon's son Stanley Bernet Cappon and his wife, Judi; and Alexander P. Cappon (an uncle?), who works at the University of Kansas City, April 27, 1958-October 16, 1970. Includes typewritten letters and Xerox copies. Copy of Typewritten Letter Signed.
Includes typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Content concerns Cappon's reading lists on American history.
Includes typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and newspaper clippings.
Printed material, typewritten copies, card, and manuscript.
Includes a card, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Includes cards, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Some typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and cards. Includes unnamed personal letters.
Includes some typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Includes some typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Includes some typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Includes Xerox copies of typewritten letters, printed material, and cards.
Typewritten letters, including document, 1970. Insurance policy.
Includes a typewritten letter, copy, and card.
Letter, Xerox copy, document, draft, and typewritten letter.
Contents include letter, card, photograph, typewritten copy, printed material, and newspaper.
Typewritten copy, manuscript, card, and document.
Typewritten letter, printed material, and typewritten copy.
Printed material, typewritten letter, and n, Typewritten Letter Signed, and Newspaper.
Typewritten copy, typewritten letter, and drawing.
Typewritten copy and printed material.
Documents, Xerox copies, and typewritten letters.
Includes typepwritten manuscripts, typewritten letters, and cards.
Tribute to Lester J. Cappon, written by associate and friend Lawrence W. Towner. Printed materials.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Three copies. Documents signed.
Includes newspaper, typewritten copy, printed material, typewritten letter, and fabric.
Oversize file for maps: Canada's Artic, NW Territories; Canada Highway maps, Eastern and Western sheet; Canada and Northern U.S.; and Canadian Topographical maps.
Oversize file for maps of Teton National Forest, Wyoming and map of the Rogue River Canyon, Oregon.) Printed material, typewritten letter and copy.
Includes, note, typewritten copy, and newspaper.
Oversize file for article, "Racing a Raging River," Boston Sunday Globe, August 25, 1968 and "Bouncing Down the White Water," Boston Sunday Globe, August 18, 1968. Manuscript, Xerox copy, and letter.
Contents include printed material, letters, card, and notes.
Typewritten letter, copy, and newspaper.
(See Medium oversize file for map; Sequoia and Kings Canyon, [National Park Service]). Letters, printed material, and fabric.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Contains telegram, newspaper clipping, letters, typewritten copy, and card. See oversize folder for 1970 Certificate from American Forestry Association.
Contents include newspaper clipping, letters, typewritten letters and copies, photograph, and printed material.
Contents include printed material, newspaper clippings, typewritten letters, manuscript, and typewritten copy.
Document, Xerox copy, typewritten copy, and card.
Printed material, card, Xerox copy, and typewritten card.
Card, printed material, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Xerox copy, typewritten letter, and manuscript.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and printed material.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten copy, typewritten letter, newspaper, and manuscript.
Card, typewritten letter, printed material, and Xerox copy.
Letter, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and printed material.
Typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and card.
Typewritten letter, card, manuscript, and typewritten copy.
Printed material, Xerox copy, and manuscript.
Includes letters, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letters, Xerox copies, card, and letter.
Printed material, typewritten copy, and Xerox copy.
Printed material.
Letter, typewritten letter, card, newspaper, manuscript, and printed material.
Typewritten copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Typewritten letters and printed materials.
Printed material, Xerox copy, and typewritten letter.
Typewritten letter, Xerox copy, draft, card, and manuscript.
Printed material, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Newspaper, typewritten copy, manuscript, and printed material.
Letter, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Draft, manuscript, typewritten copy, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten copy, Xerox copy, manuscript and printed material.
Typewritten copy, printed material, and Xerox copy.
Letter, typewritten letter, card, newspaper clipping, manuscript, and photograph.
Card, typewritten letter, newspaper clipping, and printed material.
Printed material, Xerox copy, typewritten letter, and manuscript.
Manuscript, typewritten letter, and Xerox copy.
Xerox copy, typewritten letter, and printed material.
Autograph letter, Xerox copy, and printed material.
Card, letter, photographs, and typewritten copy.
Card, letter, newspaper clipping, and typewritten letter.
Newspaper clipping, printed material, telegram, typewritten copy, typewritten letter, newspaper, and manuscript.
Typewritten letter, Xerox copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Xerox copy, typewritten letter signed, telegram and typewritten letter sSigned.
Typewritten letter, Xerox copy, card, and printed material.
Letter, card, and typewritten copy.
Letter, typewritten letter, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letter, printed material, card, and newspaper clipping.
Xerox copy, typewritten copy, printed material, autograph letter signed, manuscript and typewritten letter.
Printed material, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and manuscript.
Printed material, typewritten letter, card, and newspaper clipping. (See oversize file for 1954 issues of The Flat Hat.)
Manuscript, Xerox copy, letter, typewritten letter, newspaper clipping, printed material.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Printed material, typewritten letter, card, Xerox copy, and manuscript.
Typewritten letter, printed material, Xerox copy, and card.
Typewritten letter and photostat.
Letter, typewritten copy, card, telegram and printed material. See oversize folder for: article "Library's Harry Clemons Has Made 'Lasting Contribution' to U. Virginia," The Cavalian Daily, U. V. A., May 11, 1950; article "Harry Clemons Noted Librarian of U. Va., Retired," The Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 2, 1950.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Printed material, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, newspaper, and manuscript.
Printed material and manuscript. (See oversize file for 1941 issue of College Topics - article on a Cappon lecture.)
Printed material, telegram, typewritten letter, card, typewritten copy, and Xerox copy.
Manuscript, Xerox copy, and typewritten letter.
Printed material, typewritten copy, typewritten letter, and document.
Letter, card, typewritten copy, typewritten letter, and printed material.
Includes typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Letter, printed material, typewritten letter and copy, and card.
Letter and typewritten copy.
Letter, printed material, newspaper clipping, typewritten letter and copy, and card.
Typewritten letter and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letter and Xerox copies of typewritten letters.
Telegram, letter, typewritten letter, typewritten copy, newspaper clipping, printed material, and card.
Letter, typewritten copy, printed material, and newspaper clipping.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Letter, typewritten copy, card, and manuscript.
Printed material, manuscript, letter, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Typewritten letter and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letters, typewritten manuscripts, and printed material.
Typewritten copy, Xerox copy, draft, typewritten letter, printed material, and newspaper.
Telegram, letter, typewritten letter, note, card, newspaper clipping and typewritten copy.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Letter, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, typewritten copy, photograph, and draft.
Printed material, typewritten copy, card, newspaper clipping, and photograph.
Xerox copy of typewritten letter and card.
Typewritten copy, Xerox copy, letters, card, and printed material.
Printed material, letter, card, and typewritten copy.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Printed material, letter, typewritten copy, and manuscript.
Typewritten document, letter, Xerox copy, newspaper clipping, and typewritten copy.
Typewritten copy, printed material, and newspaper clipping.
Printed material, typewritten copy, Xerox copy, card, and letter.
Typewritten copy, card, printed material, typewritten letter, and photograph. See oversize file for: map of North Western British Columbia, page from The Vancouver Sun, August 19, 1971, and magazine, Beautiful British Columbia, spring issue, 1973 [2 copies].
Typewritten and Xerox copies, printed material, photograph, and manuscript.
Material from Commission also included. Letters, typewritten copies of typewritten letters, and manuscript.
Typewritten letter and Xerox copy.
Xerox copy, draft, manuscript and typewritten letter.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letter, Xerox copy, manuscript, and printed material.
Printed material, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and manuscript.
Letters, typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and typewritten manuscripts.
Card, letter, Xerox copy, newspaper clipping, and manuscript.
Typewritten copy, letter, telegram, card, newspaper clipping, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letter and Xerox copy.
Manuscript, typewritten copy, Xerox copy, and letter.
Letter, typewritten letter and copy, newspaper clipping, card, manuscript, and printed material.
Letter, newspaper clipping, typewritten copy, card, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten copy, letter, card, printed material, and manuscript.
Letter, typewritten letter and copy, card, and printed material.
Xerox copy, typewritten letter and copy, and manuscript.
Card, letter, typewritten copy, newspaper, typewritten letter, and manuscript.
Newspaper clipping, card, and photograph.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Letter, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Letter, newspaper clipping, printed material, and typewritten copy.
Letter, card, printed material, and Xerox Copy.
Typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and printed material.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Xerox copy, typewritten letter and copy, and printed material.
Typewritten letters, Xerox copies, and printed materials.
Letters, typewritten letter, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Newspaper clipping, typewritten letter, letter, and manuscript.
Printed material, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Letter, card, typewritten copy, and manuscript.
Xerox copy, printed material, typewritten letter, and manuscript.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Letter, typewritten letter, and typewritten document.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Typewritten letter and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letter and copy, and card.
Letter, printed material, card, typewritten letter and copy, newspaper clipping, and photograph.
Letter, typewritten letters, card, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies. (See Medium oversize file for May 21, 1968 "Colonial Williamsburg News.")
Typewritten letters and Xerox copies.
Letters, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Letters, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Letters, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Letters, typewritten letters, and Xerox copies.
Newsletters, resolution, articles, etc., of different organizations to which Cappon belonged: American Archivist, The Society of, through Institute of Early American History and Culture, Stylesheets. Microfilm on Institute on Historical and Archival Management.
Manuscripts and typewritten manuscripts.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts and printed materials.
Printed material, typewritten document, and Xerox copy.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Manuscripts, typewritten manuscripts, printed materials, and newspaper clippings.
Printed material.
Printed materials.
Printed materials, newspaper clipping, and document.
Printed materials.
Typewritten letter and copy, and document.
Xerox copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Typewritten letter and copy.
Xerox letter and copy.
Letter, typewritten letter and copy, and manuscript.
Printed materials.
Typewritten copy.
Xerox copy and typewritten copy.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Contains L. J. Cappon's article on "...The Atlas...as a Case Study" - p. 9). Typewritten copy.
Printed materials.
Printed material, manuscript, and Xerox copy.
Printed material.
Xerox copy and printed material.
Typewritten copy of typewritten manuscript.
Printed materials.
Typewritten letter and copy, and printed material.
Printed material and typewritten copy.
Printed material, typewritten copy, and Xerox copy.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts.
Printed material, manuscript, newspaper, Xerox copy, and typewritten copy.
Printed material and Xerox copy.
Printed materials, including typewritten manuscripts, 1966, First National Colloqium on Oral History.
Printed material.
Document and Xerox copy.
Printed material.
Printed material.
Some primary sources, as well as Cappon's own notes and writings on historical topics [i.e. iron industry in the South (his dissertation), English County Records; "Ben Franklin, the Reluctant Revolutionary"]. Also includes gradebooks and test booklets from UVA.
Appellee's Notes, Jordan Davis and Co., vs. Wm. Weaver, Richmond, Va. Three items with index. Printed material.
Printed material.
Typewritten letter and copy, notes, manuscript, printed material, and manuscript.
Printed material, note, typewritten copy, and manuscript.
Manuscripts, typewritten manuscripts, and printed materials.
Card and letter.
Manuscripts, typewritten manuscripts, and typewritten letters.
Typewritten copy of printed material.
Manuscripts, typewritten manuscripts, and printed material.
Printed material, typewritten copies of manuscripts, and typewritten letter.
Typewritten copies of manuscripts.
Typewritten copies of manuscript.
Typewritten copy of document.
Typewritten copy of manuscript.
Typewritten copy, manuscript, and newspaper.
Newspaper, newspaper clipping and manuscript. (See oversize file: article "A Bit of Cullman's History by the Late Col. eo. H. Pareer," The Cullman Tribune, April 18, 1929, article - "University of Virginia's Unique Orchestra Starts New Session Today," The Washington Post, February 26, 1939.)
Letter, manuscripts, and typewritten copies of manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Printed materials, photographs, manuscripts, typewritten copies of manuscripts, and maps.
Printed materials and manuscripts.
Card and typewritten copy.
Typewritten copy, manuscript, newspaper, and printed material.
Manuscripts, typewritten copies of typewritten manuscripts, newspaper and printed material. See oversize file for article "Cumbrian Pioneers in America" from Whitehaven [England] News, August 1, 1959.
Newspaper clipping, typewritten copy, manuscript, printed material, and newspaper.
Manuscripts.
Printed material, Xerox copy, typewritten letter and copy.
Manuscript, Xerox copy, typewritten letter and copy, newspaper, printed material, and card.
Xerox copy, manuscript, and newspaper.
Printed material, photograph, typewritten copy, manuscript, newspaper, and printed volume.
Photograph, note, newspaper clipping, manuscript, printed material, and typewritten letter and copy.
Letter, Xerox copy, newspaper, and manuscript. See oversize file for publisher's booklet promoting Cappon's The First French map of the U. S.
Manuscript, Xerox copy and note. (See oversize file - article - "Archivist Society Sets 18th Meeting Monday, Tuesday." The Virginia Gazette, 10 September 10, 1954.)
Manuscripts.
Papers from the Virginia World War II History commission: notes and drafts of article "Historical Manuscripts as Archives" (submitted to The American Archivist).
Printed material.
Letter, manuscript, and typewritten manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Xerox copies of typewritten letters, printed materials, and newspaper clipping.
Printed material and Xerox copies of typewritten manuscripts. (See oversize files for article, "The War History of Virginia" by L. J. Cappon, University of Virginia News Letter, March 15, 1945.)
Typewritten manuscripts and newspaper clippings.
Printed material, newspaper clipping, typewritten copy and manuscript. See oversize file for article, "Manuscripts in Virginia 1930-1950," University of Virginia News Letter, 1951 May 1.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, including printed material and newspaper clipping, June 21, 1970-1976.
Manuscripts and printed material.
Xerox copy of typewritten manuscript.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscript.
Typewritten manuscript.
Manuscripts.
Typewritten copy and manuscript.
Xerox copy of typewritten manuscript and Xerox copy of printed material.
Printed materials and manuscripts.
Typewritten copy, printed material, and newspaper clipping. (See Medium oversize file for: articles on the Atlas.. from New York Times Book Review, September 19, 1976, from Journal of Historical Geography, IV, July 3, 1978, and from The American Cartographer, Volume 5, No. 1, April 1978.)
Newspapers and typewritten manuscripts.
Typewritten copy, note, and printed material. (See oversize file for: article - "Early America in a Milestone in Scholarship," Book Week, Sunday Sun-Times, July 4, 1976, article - "New Atlas Maps America's Road to nationhood," Chicago Tribune, June 12, 1976, article - "An Overview of a Revolution," Wall Street Journal, August 27, 1976, article - "Atlas of Early American History," The New York Times Book Review, September 19, 1976, article - "Wills Picks the Bicentennial's Best," Capital Times, Madison, Wisconson, December 29, 1976, article - "Objects of review," Wassaja, March 1977, article - "Our Writers, a Lonely but Lively Lot," Chicago Daily News, December 18-19, 1976.)
Letter and typewritten copy and manuscript.
Newspaper, typewritten copy, Xerox copy, and note.
Typewritten copy, printed material, and newspaper.
Newspaper, typewritten copy, and manuscript.
Typewritten copy and manuscript.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Manuscript, typewritten letter and copy, and printed material.
Printed materials, Xerox copies, and typewritten materials.
Typewritten manuscripts and printed materials.
Typewritten copy.
Articles by Cappon as well as by other historians; and book reviews.
Letter, newspaper, typewritten letter, manuscript, and printed volume.
Printed materials.
Typewritten letter and copy, card, printed material, manuscript and newspaper clipping. See oversize file for article "Oswalt Saw the Folly of Invading Virginia," Richmond News (Easter, April 30, 1954).
Typewritten letter and copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Typewritten letter and copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Printed material, typewritten letter and copy, and manuscript.
Photostat of printed material.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Printed materials, photograph of printed material, and newspaper clipping.
Printed material.
Typewritten copy, printed volume, and printed material. (See oversize file for article "..on the Historical Horizon" from issue of Minnesota History (n.d.)
Manuscripts and printed materials.
Manuscripts and printed material.
Manuscripts.
Printed materials.
Printed material and manuscripts.
Printed materials and manuscripts.
Printed material, typewritten copy, newspaper, Xerox copy, and manuscript. (See Medium oversize file for article on "Manuscripts in Virginia," University of Virginia News Letter, 1 May 1, 1951.)
Newspaper, Xerox copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Newspaper, printed materials, and manuscripts.
Printed material and manuscripts.
Typewritten manuscripts and Xerox copies of printed materials.
Newspaper clipping, newspaper, printed material, Xerox copy and manuscript.
Newspaper, printed material and manuscript.
Printed material, typewritten letter, Xerox copy, and manuscript. (See Medium oversize file for: article on "Manuscripts in Virginia," in University of Virginia News Letter, May 1, 1951 and article in New York Times, June 19, 1956 on Lafayette Papers.)
Typewritten copy and manuscript.
Typewritten copy, newspaper clipping, printed material, Xerox copy, and fabric.
Newspaper clipping, newspaper, Xerox copy and manuscript.
Newspaper, Xerox copy, typewritten copy, printed material, and manuscript.
Printed materials.
Newspaper, newspaper clipping, and Xerox copy. (See also Medium oversize file The Washington Post, September 2, 1969.)
Printed materials.
Printed material and typewritten letter.
Printed materials and typewritten manuscripts.
Printed material and newspaper clipping.
Printed materials.
Printed materials.
Newspaper clipping, typewritten letter and copy, card, newspaper, and manuscript.
Typewritten letter and copy, and manuscript.
Typewritten copy, note, and manuscript.
Printed material and typewritten manuscript.
Manuscripts.
Xerox copy of manuscript.
Typewritten copy of manuscript and Xerox copy.
Xerox copy of manuscript. Including Xerox copy of manuscript, undated, "Summer Tour to the Springs 1819 and Southern Tour to Charleston," with Cappon's Notes.
Manuscript.
Typewritten copy of manuscript.
Typewritten copies of manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Xerox copy of manuscript and typewritten copy of manuscript.
Xerox copy of manuscript.
Xerox copy of manuscript and typewritten copy of manuscript.
Xerox copy of manuscripts and typewritten copy of manuscript.
Manuscripts, Xerox copies, and typewritten letter.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Manuscript and typewritten letter.
Miscelleaneous articles, newsclippings, maps, and papers. Research notes and call slips and index of articles are tied together, but not in much order.
Newspaper clipping, printed material, Xerox copy, typewritten letter, and manuscript.
Photograph and card.
Printed materials.
Photograph, typewritten copy, and newspaper.
Printed material.
Newspaper clipping, typewritten copy, typewritten manuscript, and typewritten letter. (See oversize file for Galleys "The Historian's Day - From Archives to History" by Lester J. Cappon, July 27, 1966.)
Typewritten copy, manuscript, and newspaper.
Printed material, newspaper copy, letter, and newspaper.
Xerox copy of typewritten manuscript.
Printed materials.
Included is a miscellaneous picure of unidentified people. Printed materials and photograph.
Newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clippings and Xerox copies.
Manuscripts.
Three packages.
Nine packages.
Seven packages.
Three volumes of letters and cards celebrating Cappon's birthday. "Reminiscences of Lester J. Cappon in College" by Walter Holzbog (Acc. no. 1989-12). Card catalogue, possibly to Cappon's private library included. Two sets of bibliographic cards each going from A to Z by author's last name. One package that is unsorted. Three packages.
Photographs primarily of Cappon and colleagues at annual meetings of the Council of Historians of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. 81 items.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon with "The Council of Historians" of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. Cappon is second from the left, back row.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (right) seated with Carl Bridenbaugh, former Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (far right, front row) with "the Council of Historians" of the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
3 1/2" X 15", black and white print, side view of brick house with front and back porches showing; called "the Piedmont" by Mr. George S. Wallace, Huntington, WV, who sent picture to Cappon.
3 1/2" X 2 1/2", black and white print, full length, front view of Margaret Kinard, Peggy Madsen and Alice Rice, seated outside, applying makeup. 4 items. (P5-P8) Photos not there.
3 1/2" X 2 1/2", black and white print, full length, front view of Margaret Kinard, Peggy Madsen and Alice Rice, seated outside, applying makeup. 4 items. (P5-P8) Photos not there.
3 1/2" X 2 1/2", black and white print, full length, front view of Margaret Kinard, Peggy Madsen and Alice Rice, seated outside, applying makeup. 4 items. (P5-P8) Photos not there.
3 1/2" X 2 1/2", black and white print, full length, front view of Margaret Kinard, Peggy Madsen and Alice Rice, seated outside, applying makeup. 4 items. (P5-P8) Photos not there.
8" X 10", black and white print, head and shoulders, front view of Lyman H. Butterfield, Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
10" X 15 1/2", black and white print, full length, side views of the Society of American Archivists, seated for dinner at their fifteenth annual meeting. See oversize file.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of members of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, standing with two nuns and two priests; Cappon is not shown.
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, front view of "the Council of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, seated and standing around a table. Cappon is third from the right, back row. 1 item.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon [center, back row] with members of the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Monticello (Charlottesville, VA.)
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon [right] with three men, presenting a certificate.
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (center) with Carlisle Humelsine and Richard L. Morton.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon [far left], seated outside with other members of the audience.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (third row, center) with "the Council" of the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
8" X 10", black and white, waist length, side view of Walter Whitehall (right), chairman of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, and Professor Alan Simpson; exchanging certificate.
8" X 10", black and white, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (front, second from right) with "the Council" of the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
8" X 10", black and white, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (front, second from right) with members of the Institute of Early American History and Culture at a Symposium on 17th Century Colonial History.
9 1/2" X 3 1/2", black and white print, of Lester J. Cappon (second from right) with the officers of The Society of American Archivists
8" X 10", black and white print, front view of Wilcomb E. Washburn, Fellow of the Institute.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (front, third row from right) with Council and staff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Walter M. Whitehall, Chairman of the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council (right) and Lawrence H. Leder, exchanging certificate.
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon (left) with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chorley.
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (center) seated with Frederick A. Hetzel and James M. Smith (right).
8" X 10", black and white print, waist length, front view of Lester J. Cappon, seated at desk, holding papers and eyeglasses.
5" X 5", black and white print, head and shoulders view of Lester J. Cappon, in suit and tie with book cases in background. 3 items. (P28-P30)
5" X 5", black and white print, head and shoulders view of Lester J. Cappon, in suit and tie with book cases in background. 3 items. (P28-P30)
5" X 5", black and white print, head and shoulders view of Lester J. Cappon, in suit and tie with book cases in background. 3 items. (P28-P30)
5" X 7", black and white print, head and shoulders, front view of Lester J. Cappon. Taken at Foster Studio.
5" X 7", black and white print, head and shoulders, front view of Lester J. Cappon. Taken at Foster Studio.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Council of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. Cappon is front, center.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Council of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. Cappon is front, fourth from the left.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Class of 1960, The Archival Institute of Radcliffe College at Plimoth Plantation. Cappon is front, right.
8" X 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council; Cappon is front, third from right.
5" X 7", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon (seated to left of podium) at the annual dinner of The Society of the American Archivists.
5" by 7", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon (seated to left of podium) at the annueal dinner of The Society of the American Archivists.
3 1/2" x 2 1/2 ", color print, full length, rear view of Korean men and women, seated, in traditional dress, eating. Taken by Robert Kilgore.
3 1/2" x 2 1/2", color print, front view of a portion of a painting at Chondung-sa, a Buddhist temple in Korea. Taken by Robert Kilgore.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of members of the Institute of Early American History and Culture; Lester J. Cappon is far left in the back row.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon [right] and others, holding wineglasses for a toast.
4" x 5", black and white print, front view of Pabut Theater and Blatz Hotel. Sent by Walter Holzbog.
4" x 5", black and white print, front view of Milwaukee Post Office Tower. Sent by Walter Holzbog.
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (seated) and Lewis A. McMurran (left) and Emery Battis.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (back row, far left) with the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council of Historians.
8" x 10", black and white print, wait length, side view of Lester J. Cappon (right)] with Carlisle Humelsine, President of Colonial Williamsburg.
3 1/2" x 3 1/2", black and white print, side view of brick home. Sent by Walter Holzbog.
3 1/2" x 3 1/2", black and white print, side view of brick home and patio, overlooking water. Sent by Walter Holzbog.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council of Historians. Lester J. Cappon is in the second row, third from the left.
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon (right)] with Mills Brown and James M. Smith.
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (seated, second to the right of the podium), listening to Chief Justice Warren.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, side view of Dr. Robert H. Hamer at podium. Lester J. Cappon is second to the right of Bahmer.
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon, speaking at podium, announcing the plan for the publication of the papers of John Marshall; at the National Archives, Washington, D. C. (P57-P60)
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon, speaking at podium, announcing the plan for the publication of the papers of John Marshall; at the National Archives, Washington, D. C. (P57-P60)
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon, speaking at podium, announcing the plan for the publication of the papers of John Marshall; at the National Archives, Washington, D. C. (P57-P60)
8" x 10", black and white print, waist length, side view of Lester J. Cappon, speaking at podium, announcing the plan for the publication of the papers of John Marshall; at the National Archives, Washington, D. C. (P57-P60)
3" x 5", black and white print, waist length, side view of Ralph Curtis (Lester J. Cappon's grandson)], lying in bed, drinking through a straw.
3" x 5", black and white print, full length, side view of Ralph Curtis, lying on his bed, revealing cast on left leg which extends up to his waist.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council; Lester J. Cappon is in the front row.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Counil; Lester J. Cappon is in the front row, second from the right.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (second from left), presenting the Jamestown Foundation Award to John O. Waters, Jr., who is shown with his wife, Marril L. Peterson (far left) and Lewis A. McMurran, Jr. (far right).
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of the Thad W. Tate, and Richard L. Morton, currint cake in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the William and Mary Quarterly.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (second from right) with Davis Y. Paschall, Dean Joseph Curtis, Marion D. Reeder, Vernon Nunn, Grace M. Smith, and Walter G. Mason.
8" x 10", black and white, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (front, left) with the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council.
8" x 10", black and white print, full length, front view of Lester J. Cappon (front, second from right) with the Institute of Early American History and Culture's Council of Historians.
5" x 7", black and white print, three quarters length, side view of unidentified woman holding cloak; man behind tuxedo looking at the portrait of Lester J. Cappon.
8" x 10", black and white print, head and shoulders, front view of Lester J. Cappon speaking at podium, by his portrait.
5" x 7", black and white print, head and shoulders, front view of Lester J. Cappon, holding right hand by face.
5" x 7", black and white print, waist length, view of Lester J. Cappon, seated at desk.
3 1/2" x 3 1/2", black and white print, full length, front iew of the Peter Force Monument at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. Sent by Robin S. Roberts.
4" x 2 1/2", black and white print, waist length, front view of Carl Bridenbaugh, former Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. 2 items. (P79-80)
4" x 2 1/2", black and white print, waist length, front view of Carl Bridenbaugh, former Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. 2 items. (P79-P80)
1 1/2" x 2", black and white, head and shoulders, front view of Lester J. Cappon, with eyes closed. This is a government "Personal Identification" card, issued by the office of Civilian Defense, Richmond, (Va.). Has Lester J. Cappon's fingerprints and home address.
The oversize folder contains the following items:
Oversize maps: Canada's Artic, NW Territories; Canada Highway maps, Eastern and Western sheet; Canada and Northern U.S.; and Canadian Topographical maps. Typewritten Copy.
Oversize maps: Teton National Forest, Wyoming and map of the Rogue River Canyon, Oregon.
Oversize article: "Racing a Raging River," Boston Sunday Globe, 25 August 1968 and "Bouncing Down the White Water," Boston Sunday Globe, 18 August 1968.
Oversize map: Sequoia and Kings Canyon, National Park Service.
Oversize: 1970 Certificate from American Forestry Association.
Oversize articles: "Library's Harry Clemons Has Made 'Lasting Contribution' to U. Virginia," The Cavalian Daily, U. V. A., 11 May 1950; article "Harry Clemons Noted Librarian of U. Va., Retired," The Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2 July 1950.
Oversize map: North Western British Columbia, page from The Vancouver Sun, 19 August 1971, and magazine, Beautiful British Columbia, spring issue, 1973 [2 copies].
Oversize article: 21 May 1968 "Colonial Williamsburg News."
Oversize article: "Cumbrian Pioneers in America" from Whitehaven [England] News, 1 August 1959.
Oversize material: publisher's booklet promoting Cappon's The First French map of the U. S.
Oversize article: "Manuscripts in Virginia 1930-1950," University of Virginia News Letter, 1 May 1951.)
Oversize articles: the Atlas from New York Times Book Review, September 19, 1976, from Journal of Historical Geography, IV, 3 July 1978, and from The American Cartographer, Volume 5, No. 1, April 1978.
Oversize article: "Oswalt Saw the Folly of Invading Virginia," Richmond News (Easter, 30 April 1954).]
Oversize article: "Manuscripts in Virginia," University of Virginia News Letter, 1 May 1951.
Oversize article: "Manuscripts in Virginia," in University of Virginia News Letter, 1 May 1951 and article in New York Times, 19 June 1956 on Lafayette Papers.
Oversize newspaper clipping: The Washington Post, 2 September 1969.
Photographic print, 10" X 15 1/2", black and white, full length, side views of the Society of American Archivists, seated for dinner at their fifteenth annual meeting. (p10)