Papers, 1809-1981, 1923-1981.

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Papers, 1809-1981, 1923-1981.

1809-1981, 1923-1981

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Papers, chiefly 1923-1981, of and collected by Lester Jesse Cappon, historian and formerly the archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, and Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library. Includes primary source material, typescripts, notes, drafts of articles, critiques, maps and historical journals. Topics concern the Southern iron industry, the journals and writings of Jard Sparks, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Howe, and early American maps. Papers and articles showing Cappon's involvement with archival procedures and principles are also included. Institutions with which Cappon was also associated were the Society of American Archivists, the Archival Institute, The Papers of John Marshall, the National Archives, the National Historical Publications Commission, and the College of William and Mary.

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Cappon, Lester Jesse, 1900-1981

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Lester Jesse Cappon (1900-1981) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Jesse Cappon and Mary E. Geisinger Cappon. He studied music, earning a diploma from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in 1920, but was also interested in history and earned degrees at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and at Harvard University, acquiring a Ph.D. in 1928. In 1925, Cappon went to the University of Virginia, where he worked on editions of Virginia historical publications and newspapers funded by the...

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866

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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

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Society of American Archivists

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United States. National Historical Publications Commission

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Howe, Henry V. (Henry Van Wagenen), 1896-1973

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Henry V. Howe earned his Ph.D. in geology at Stanford in 1922. From the description of Markers of the California tertiary horizons : paper, circa 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872770 Biographical/Historical Sketch Henry V. Howe earned his Ph.D. in geology at Stanford in 1922. From the guide to the Henry V. Howe, "Markers of the California Tertiary Horizons", circa 1922, (Department of Special Collect...

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College of William and Mary.

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