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Title: Monticello Disaster Plan Package
Dates (inclusive): 1954-1977
Collection Number: mssMonticello package
Creator:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Extent: Approximately 350 pieces in 2 boxes, 29 folders, 1 roll, and 4 microfilm reels.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Collection of facsimile copies of drawings by Thomas Jefferson and the architectural
drawings for the 1946-1953 restoration of Monticello, along with photographs of
furnishings, catalogues, and reports, which were placed at the Huntington Library by the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for safekeeping in case of disaster or damage
to the original material. The collection includes architectural drawings (blue
prints), photographs, facsimiles of drawings, and microfilm reels.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Monticello Disaster Plan Package, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1956-1971.
2 microfilm reels of foundation minutes, gift of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, November 1977.
These facsimile copies of drawings by Thomas Jefferson and the architectural
drawings for the 1946-1953 restoration of Monticello, along with photographs of
furnishings, catalogues, and reports were placed at the Huntington Library by the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for safekeeping in case of disaster or damage
to the original material. The collection includes architectural drawings (blue
prints), photographs, facsimiles of drawings, and microfilm reels.
The collection includes:
- Working drawings of all original furnishings in the House
- Photographs, black-and-white and color, of the original furnishings in the House
- Xerox copies of accession cards for silhouettes, engravings and paintings in the house
- Photographs of the paintings and duplicates of the silhouettes in the House
- Photographs of original silver and china in the House
- Working drawings of the Great Clock
- Photographs (prints and slides) of the Great Clock
- Reports on the Great Clock by Mr. Rupert Chandler and Mr. Irvin Rosen
- Room-by-room inventory of the original furnishings in the House included as Annex A
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The following miscellaneous items:
- Bush, The Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson.
- Monticello (color picture book)
- Bear, Thomas Jefferson's silver (reprint from an article in Antiques)
- The Monticello Family (catalogue of an exhibition)
- Xerox of the plan of design for the bookcases in the Library
- Kimball, Designs for the Curtains at Monticello
- Catalogue of an Exhibition of Thomas Jefferson Silver
Arranged in 2 boxes, 29 folders, 1 rolled piece, and 4 microfilm reel according to item format.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Jefferson, Thomas,
1743-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Monticello (Va.) --
History -- Sources.
Architectural drawings (visual works).
Facsimiles.
Photographs.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.