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Letter from \"JCW\" about a note on a 1939 \"The Collegian\" about a new publication \"The Virginia Lyceum.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwo 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe 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. 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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. 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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].\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (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.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings, magazines, maps, certificates, and photographs complete his papers.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["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. 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