Title

Historical and Scope and Content Note

Manuscripts

Correspondence

Special Collections

P. J. CAPELOTTI PAPERS
1941-2000

        MSG# 45

Series (IV), Correspondence, consists of 29 letters predominated by fifteen letters from novelist Norman Mailer. After authoring an article about Mailer researcher Michael Lennon, Capelotti began a correspondence with Mailer that continues to this day. Mailer helped the unsuccessful effort to get A Riff in Empire published in 1983, and since that time has helped interest publishers in financing Capelotti's cross-country Ultralight expedition. Also included are seven letters from Lennon, and letters from archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl, oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and a letter written to Capelotti when he was thirteen by hiker/ explorer Eric Ryback. And there is a letter from Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy congratulating Capelotti on his trek on the Appalachian Trail. Box 6 contains the originals, and Box 7 a set of Xeroxed research copies.

 

BOX	FOLDER	FOLDER TITLE	DATES
6	1	Cousteau, Jacques-Yves	September 21, 1978
	2	Epstein, Jason	March 20, 1984
	3	Heyerdahl, Thor	May 8, 1979
	4	Horner, Linda (Paramount Studios)	November 22, 1983
	5	Kennedy, Sen. Edward	1976
	6	Lennon, J. Michael	August 25, 1982
	7	Lennon, J. Michael	September 15, 1982
	8	Lennon, J. Michael	February11, 1983
	9	Lennon, J. Michael	March 15, 1983
	10	Lennon, J. Michael	April 28, 1983
	11	Lennon, J. Michael	May 12, 1983
	12	Lennon, J. Michael	June 2, 1983
	13	Mailer, Norman	August 7, 1981
	14	Mailer, Norman (to J.M. Lennon)	May 3, 1982
	15	Mailer, Norman	June 15, 1982
	16	Mailer, Norman	January 17, 1983
	17	Mailer, Norman	February 8, 1983
	18	Mailer, Norman	March 4, 1983
	19	Mailer, Norman	March 15, 1983
	20	Mailer, Norman	April 28, 1983
	21	Mailer, Norman	July 25, 1983
	22	Mailer, Norman	November 14, 1983
	23	Mailer, Norman	December 21, 1983
	24	Mailer, Norman	February 9, 1984
	25	Mailer, Norman	February 27, 1984
	26	Mailer, Norman	March 16, 1984
	27	Mailer, Norman	August, 27, 1984
	28	Ryback, Eric	February 11, 1973
	29	Spencer-Richards, Susan	November 12, 1980
7 (xerox copies)	30	Cousteau, Jacques-Yves	September 21, 1978
	31	Epstein, Jason	March 20, 1984
	32	Heyerdahl, Thor	May 8,1979
	33	Horner, Linda (Paramount Studios)	November 22, 1983
	34	Kennedy, Sen. Edward	1976
	35	Lennon, J. Michael	August 25, 1982
	36	Lennon, J. Michael	September 15, 1982
	37	Lennon, J. Michael	February 11, 1983
	38	Lennon, J. Michael	March 15, 1983
	39	Lennon, J. Michael	April 28, 1983
	40	Lennon, J. Michael	May 12, 1983
	41	Lennon, J. Michael	June 2, 1983
	42	Lennon, J. Michael	May 3, 1982
	43	Mailer, Norman (to J.M. Lennon)	June 15, 1982
	44	Mailer, Norman	January 17, 1983
	46	Mailer, Norman	February 8, 1983
	47	Mailer, Norman	March 4, 1983
	48	Mailer, Norman	March 15, 1983
	49	Mailer, Norman	April 28, 1983
	50	Mailer, Norman	July 25, 1983
	51	Mailer, Norman	November 14, 1983
	52	Mailer, Norman	December 21, 1983
	53	Mailer, Norman	February 9, 1984
	54	Mailer, Norman	February 27, 1984
	55	Mailer, Norman	March 16, 1984
	56	Mailer, Norman	August 27, 1984
	57	Ryback, Eric	February 11, 1973
	58	Spencer-Richards, Susan	November 12, 1980