Papers, 1941-2000 bulk 1960-1984.

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Papers, 1941-2000 bulk 1960-1984.

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Family records; correspondence (original and photocopies); manuscripts of articles, essays and four unpublished books; notes and notebooks; research material; published work; drawings and plans from an underwater archaeological expedition that was undertaken on the Nemasket River in Massachusetts in 1980; music written by Capelotti while in high school; and drafts of his M.A. thesis. Major correspondents include novelist Norman Mailer and Mailer's biographer Michael J. Lennon. Draft copies and research material for The Svalbard Archipelago: American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar Territories, 1941-1950, edited by Capelotti and published in 2000, were added in 2001. The collection includes some unprocessed material.

6 linear ft. (7 boxes)

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571972

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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Lennon, Michael J., 1946-

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Koehler, Hugo William, 1886-1941

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Mailer, Norman

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Theodore S. Amussen [manuscript], [ca. 1948?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823381 Norman Mailer was an American author and celebrity, admired for his novels and social commentary, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mailer became interested in writing while studying aeronautical engineering at Harvard. He served in World War II, which led to the acclai...

Capelotti, P.J. (Peter Joseph), 1960-

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Archaeologist, writer and professor. From the description of Papers, 1941-2000 bulk 1960-1984. (University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston). WorldCat record id: 46946940 Peter Joseph Capelotti, freelance writer and director of The Great Northeast Expedition Company, Inc., attended the University of Rhode Island from September of 1978 to May of 1989, earning a B.A. in history (1983) and an M.A. in history (1989). During this time he wrote over eigh...