Matthew Getsey collection of Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda Restored interview recordings

Unprocessed Material — Box: ViU2021.0161_001

Identifier: ViU-2021-0161

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection contains interviews and conversations with Joseph Lee Vaughan and Omer Allan Gianniny, Jr., authors of Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda Restored 1973-1976, Louis Ballou, Richmond, Virginia architect and artist, and Frederick Nichols, a Barboursville, Virginia artist who wrote the forward to the Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda Restored. The recordings are contained on three reel-to-reel tapes and five CD-Rs of the digitized copies of the reel-to-reels. The contents of the reels and audio CD-Rs are as follows: Reel to Reel Tape 1: Conversation with Louis Ballou, Joseph Vaughan, and Allan Gianniny. Dated February 16, 1978. Length: 2 hours, 33 mins. Reel to Reel Tape 2: Interview with Frederick Nichols, by Joseph Vaughan and Allan Gianniny. Dated May 11, 1978 Length: 1 hour, 12 mins. Reel to Reel Tape 3: Story of the Rotunda Renovation with Joseph Vaughan and Allan Gianniny. Length: 23 mins. Interview excerpt with an unknown speaker. Length: 10 mins. The CD-Rs are as follows: one CD containing unfiltered audio files of all reels, two CDs containing audio of Reel to Reel Tape 1, one CD containing audio of Reel to Reel Tape 2, one CD containing audio of Reel to Reel Tape 3.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Mathew Getsey, 25 August 2021.

Restrictions Apply

Access Restrictions

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