Background
Capers, Charlotte was born in 1913 in Columbia, Tennessee, AMERICA0. Daughter of Walter B. and Louise (Woldridge) Capers.
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The Capers Papers
( At last it's available again, and in paperback, the boo...)
At last it's available again, and in paperback, the book that Charlotte Capers' hosts of readers have been urging back into print. One of Mississippi's most fascinating personalities and one of its absolutely best raconteurs, Capers can hold any reader of listener enthralled with her witty, delicious narratives. Here she focuses upon whatever seized her insights--mainly life in its ordinary gait--yet her reports of the smalltown scene are as alluring as the tales of Shaharazade. These delightful essays, as Eudora Welty says in the foreward, "were written to amuse, and they abundantly do so."
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Charlotte Capers
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Student, Millsaps College, 1930-1932; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Millsaps College, 1990; student, University Colorado, 1932; Bachelor, U. Mississippi, 1934.
Career
With, Mississippi Archives and History, 1938-1983;
director, Mississippi Archives and History, 1955-1969;
director special projects, Mississippi Archives and History, 1969-1971;
director information and education, Mississippi Archives and History, 1971-1983;
director emeritus, Mississippi Archives and History, since 1983. Editor in chief Journal Mississippi History, 1955-1969. Columnist Jackson DailyNews, 1945-1955, State Times, 1955-1957.
Contributor book reviews New York Times Book Review. Principal executive for restoration Mississippi Governor's Mansion, 1972-1975. Member of advisory committee Center Study Southern Culture, U. Mississippi, 1979-1992.
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The Capers Papers
( At last it's available again, and in paperback, the boo...)
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The Capers Papers
Membership
Board of directors Mississippi Arts Festival, 1970-1976, Mississippi Institute Arts and Letters,1978-1982. Member Governor's Mansion Committee, 1980-1984. Member of advisory board Crosby Arboretum, Picayune, Mississippi, 1987-1990.
Fellow Society American Archivists, Mississippi History Society (secretary-treasurer 1955-1969, board directors 1969-1972, president 1974-1975). Member Junior League of Jackson.
