The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers

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Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Users must use a copy or microfilm of materials unless prior permission to use originals has been obtained from senior Special Collections staff.

Terms of access:

Copyright not Evaluated: https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/?language=en

More about Rights and Permissions at UVA: https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials

Digital reproductions are available:

links to individual pages found under each scanned item in the calendar here: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00007.xml;query=;

Architectural Drawings here: https://static.lib.virginia.edu/rmds/nichols/index.html

Preferred citation:

Jefferson Papers, The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers, folder title and number [if applicable], manuscript or record group number of original collection [if known], Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
14.2 Cubic Feet 1 legal document box, 1 half-width legal document box, 6 oversize flat boxes, 2 filing cabinets (4 drawers each).
Creator:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 and Randolph family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Jefferson Papers, The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers, folder title and number [if applicable], manuscript or record group number of original collection [if known], Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of letters written by and addressed to Thomas Jefferson, as well as architectural plans and studies that were created or endorsed by Jefferson, created by other individuals associated with him, deeds, plats, and maps, some of which pertain to the subjects of the architectural studies, and other miscellaneous materials.

All of the Architectural Drawings and Other Oversized & Miscellaneous Materials listed in the Jefferson Papers Calendar are fully represented in this finding aid, spanning the dates 1751-1898. However, the materials described here only represent a portion of the complete Jefferson Papers. Please see the Jefferson Papers Calendar, this collection's main finding aid, for a full chronological listing of all of the materials (1732-1898): https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00007.xml

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspondence in 1773. He wrote the widely circulated Summary View of the Rights of British America in 1774. Jefferson was a member of the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776, and was chairman of committee that prepared Declaration of Independence. Jefferson himself wrote and presented the first draft of Declaration to Congress on July 2, 1776. He then signed Declaration with other founding fathers. Jefferson was Governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781, and again a member of the Continental Congress from 1783 to 1785. He proposed decimal coinage, a series of provisions later embodied in Ordinance of 1787. He served as U.S. minister to France from 1785 to 1789, and as U.S. Secretary of State from 1790 to 1793. He served as Vice president of the U.S. from 1797 to 1801, and drafted the Kentucky Resolves in 1798, against the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Jefferson was President of the United States from 1801 to 1809, elected by the House of Representatives after a tie in electoral vote (with Aaron Burr, q.v.). His presidential administration is remembered for the purchase of Louisiana from France in 1803 and dispatch of Lewis and Clark to explore it; the war against Algerian pirates from 1801 to 1805; diplomatic trouble with Great Britain over "impressments" of American seamen (Embargo Act of 1807); and prohibition of the importation of slaves.

After retirement from presidency, Jefferson lived on his plantation at Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia. He was instrumental in founding the University of Virginia in 1819. He was a noted naturalist, scholar, and architect, and author of Notes on the State of Virginia in 1785. Jefferson died 4 July 1826 and is buried at Monticello.

Epithet: actor, son of Joseph Jefferson

SNAC Cooperative. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x00007c. https://snaccooperative.org/view/83449756

Acquisition information:
Acquired by gift and purchase, 1825-present.
Processing information:

Like the rest of the material in this collection, the Architectural Drawings and other oversized materials are arranged intellectually by dates of creation in the larger Calendar of the Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia. However, the Architectural Drawings and other oversized materials are physically arranged according to their Nichols (N) number. This resource record was created to reflect that arrangement in order to provide easier access to the Archictural Drawings and other oversized items.

Arrangement:

Letters are arranged chronologically. Archtectural drawings, other oversized, and miscellaneous materials are arranged by Nichols (N) number where applicable, and by MSS number otherwise.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard