The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consisists 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 miscelleneous materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1732 - 1898
Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Person)
- Randolph family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Users must use microfilm unless prior permission to use originals has been obtained from senior Special Collections staff.
Conditions Governing Use
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
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
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).)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the [CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
Arrangement
Letters are arranged chronologically. Archtectural drawings, other oversized, and miscelleneous materials are arranged by Nichols (N) number where applicable, and by MSS number otherwise.
Other Finding Aids
Main finding for this collection, A Calendar of The Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia:
https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00007.xml;query=;
Digital images of the architectural drawings, Nichols Tiffs:
https://static.lib.virginia.edu/rmds/nichols/index.html
Other online catalog, UVA Catalog of Jefferson's Drawings:
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/wilson/drawings/uvacat.html
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by gift and purchase, 1825-present.
General
This is an artificial collection with multiple accession/manuscript numbers, as well as a variety of implemetned arrangement systems.
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.
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers finding aid
- Subtitle
- A Calendar of the Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Joseph Azizi, Special Collections Staff
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States