L.J. Cappon, Archivist, Dies
WILLIAMSBURG -- Lester Jesse Cappon, 80, first archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, died Monday in Chicago.
Cappon, a native of Milwaukee, became in 1945 the first editor of publications of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, an organization sponsored by the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In the same year he became the foundation's first archivist.
He became the institute's director in 1954. He retired from that position in 1969.
He co-edited with former city councilwoman Stella Neiman "The Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780."
He also edited "The Atlas of Early American History," which was published in 1976 by the Princeton University Press.
He taught at the University of Virginia from 1930 to 1945. He received a doctorate from Harvard in 1928.
Survivors include a son, Stanley Bernet Cappon, of Somerset, Ky.
Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Charlottesville at 11 a.m. Monday. A memorial service will be held at Bruton Parish Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Daily Press [Newport News, VA], August 26, 1981, page 42
WILLIAMSBURG -- Lester Jesse Cappon, 80, first archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, died Monday in Chicago.
Cappon, a native of Milwaukee, became in 1945 the first editor of publications of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, an organization sponsored by the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In the same year he became the foundation's first archivist.
He became the institute's director in 1954. He retired from that position in 1969.
He co-edited with former city councilwoman Stella Neiman "The Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780."
He also edited "The Atlas of Early American History," which was published in 1976 by the Princeton University Press.
He taught at the University of Virginia from 1930 to 1945. He received a doctorate from Harvard in 1928.
Survivors include a son, Stanley Bernet Cappon, of Somerset, Ky.
Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Charlottesville at 11 a.m. Monday. A memorial service will be held at Bruton Parish Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Daily Press [Newport News, VA], August 26, 1981, page 42
L.J. Cappon, Archivist, Dies
WILLIAMSBURG -- Lester Jesse Cappon, 80, first archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, died Monday in Chicago.
Cappon, a native of Milwaukee, became in 1945 the first editor of publications of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, an organization sponsored by the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In the same year he became the foundation's first archivist.
He became the institute's director in 1954. He retired from that position in 1969.
He co-edited with former city councilwoman Stella Neiman "The Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780."
He also edited "The Atlas of Early American History," which was published in 1976 by the Princeton University Press.
He taught at the University of Virginia from 1930 to 1945. He received a doctorate from Harvard in 1928.
Survivors include a son, Stanley Bernet Cappon, of Somerset, Ky.
Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Charlottesville at 11 a.m. Monday. A memorial service will be held at Bruton Parish Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Daily Press [Newport News, VA], August 26, 1981, page 42
WILLIAMSBURG -- Lester Jesse Cappon, 80, first archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, died Monday in Chicago.
Cappon, a native of Milwaukee, became in 1945 the first editor of publications of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, an organization sponsored by the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In the same year he became the foundation's first archivist.
He became the institute's director in 1954. He retired from that position in 1969.
He co-edited with former city councilwoman Stella Neiman "The Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780."
He also edited "The Atlas of Early American History," which was published in 1976 by the Princeton University Press.
He taught at the University of Virginia from 1930 to 1945. He received a doctorate from Harvard in 1928.
Survivors include a son, Stanley Bernet Cappon, of Somerset, Ky.
Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Charlottesville at 11 a.m. Monday. A memorial service will be held at Bruton Parish Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Daily Press [Newport News, VA], August 26, 1981, page 42
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