Correspondence of Lester J. Cappon as University Archivist [manuscript], 1931-1935, 1973.

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Correspondence of Lester J. Cappon as University Archivist [manuscript], 1931-1935, 1973.

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The collection contains correspondence of Cappon as University Archivist together with his editorial correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence spans the years 1931-1935. Related correspondence was interfiled as late as 1973.

ca. 800 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7934071

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library. Manuscripts Dept.

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John Thomas Casteen III became president of the University of Virginia in 1990. Miss Freudenberg was Curator of the dept. late 1960s. From the description of Manuscripts division payroll [manuscript], 1965-1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647922770 ...

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...