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Lester J. Cappon and the Publishing of Modern Documentary Editions

Author(s) -

Richard Cox

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of scholarly publishing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 1710-1166

pISSN - 1198-9742

DOI - 10.3138/jsp.46.3.02

Subject(s) - publishing , documentary evidence , field (mathematics) , history , work (physics) , sociology , media studies , art history , art , literature , archaeology , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics

Documentary editing is a well-developed field connected to the historical and archival professions. It was not always so well established, as a study of Lester J. Cappon's career suggests. Between his work at the Institute of Early American History and Culture starting in the 1950s and his final years as a fellow at the Newberry Library, Cappon played an important role in nurturing documentary editing as a profession

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