A Guide to the Travis C. McDonald Papers, 1982-2023, #53913

Series I: Travis McDonald and Poplar Forest, 1991-2023 1991-2023

Box 1

1 box

Papers, 1991-2023, of Travis C. McDonald, Director of Architectural Restoration at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, which is located in Bedford County, Virginia. Records consist of materials published by the Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest, including material written by McDonald; articles written about Poplar Forest by McDonald and published in other sources; and articles written about Poplar Forest by other authors. Also contains articles written by McDonald regarding other aspects of historic preservation and other historic preservation sites.

Box 1 Folder 1
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest: A Private Place , 2002, reprinted 2010
Box 1 Folder 2
Notes on the State of Poplar Forest , volumes I and II, 1991, 1994
Box 1 Folder 3
Notes on the State of Poplar Forest , Spring-Fall, 2020; Spring-Fall, 2022; Spring 2023
Box 1 Folder 4
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest flyer
Folder 5 Box 1
Travis McDonald, Restoration Highlights and Summary, February 2014
Box 1 Folder 6
Travis McDonald, Enslaved Workers: Docent Training, 20 September 2016
Box 1 Folder 7
Travis McDonald, Poplar Forest Restoration Highlights Chronology, 2023
Box 1 Folder 8
Travis McDonald, Significant Aspects of the Design and Restoration of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, no date
Box 1 Folder 9
Travis McDonald, "The Brickwork at Poplar Forest: Mr Jefferson Builds His Dream House " in APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology , volume XXVII, no. 1-2, 1996
Box 1 Folder 10
Travis McDonald, "Poplar Forest: A Most Palladian Villa " in Arris:Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians , volume 28, 2017
Box 1 Folder 11
Travis McDonald, "Restoring Poplar Forest: Jefferson's Retirement Masterpiece " in Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust , Winter 2002-2003
Box 1 Folder 12
Travis McDonald, "Constructing Optimism: Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest " in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture , volume VIII, 2000
Box 1 Folder 13
Travis McDonald, "Rat Housing in Middle Virginia: The Diffusion of Everyday Life " in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture , volume X, 2005
Box 1 Folder 14
Travis McDonald, "Poplar Forest: Jefferson and Palladio in Spiritual Agreement " in Palladiana: Journal of Center for Palladian Studies in America , Fall 2018
Box 1 Folder 15
Travis McDonald, "Poplar Forest: A Masterpiece Rediscovered " in Virginia Cavalcade , Winter 1993
Box 1 Folder 16
Travis McDonald, "Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest: Privacy Restored " in Virginia Cavalcade , Winter 2002
Box 1 Folder 17
Travis McDonald, "The Private Villa Retreat of Thomas Jefferson " in White House History , number 18, Spring 2006
Box 1 Folder 18
Travis McDonald, "Restoration, Re-Restoration and Real History: Trends and Issues in Historic House Museums " in Historic Preservation Forum , volume 7, number 6, November-December 1993
Box 1 Folder 19
Travis McDonald, "Jefferson Builder " in Jefferson and Palladio: Constructing a New World , 2015
Box 1 Folder 20
Travis McDonald, "Jefferson Improves on Palladio " in Palladiana: Journal of Center for Palladian Studies in America , Spring 2023
Box 1 Folder 21
Travis McDonald, "Understanding Old Buildings: The Process of Architectural Investigation " in Preservation Briefs 35, 1997
Box 1 Folder 22
Travis McDonald, "Tom the Builder " in University of Virginia , Spring 2018
Box 1 Folder 23
Travis McDonald, "The East and West Wings of the White House: History in Architecture and Building " in White House History , number 29, Spring 2011
Box 1 Folder 24
Wayne Fields, "Jefferson's Second Home " in American Heritage , April 1993
Box 1 Folder 25
Sandy Hevener, "A House: Poplar Forest " in Blue Ridge Country , November-December 2005
Box 1 Folder 26
Will Holloway, "Jefferson Comes Alive " in Clem Labine's Period Homes , November 2005
Box 1 Folder 27
Jane Brown Gillette, "Mr. Jefferson's Retreat " in Historic Preservation , July-August 1992
Box 1 Folder 28
Dale Mackenzie Brown, "Jefferson's Other Home " in House Beautiful , December 1997
Box 1 Folder 29
Vernon Mays, "A Villa Through Time: Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest " in Inform no. 2, 1997
Box 1 Folder 30
Janet Martin, "Poplar Forest: In Search of the Private Thomas Jefferson " in University of Virginia Alumni News , October 1991
Box 1 Folder 31
J. Michael Welton, "Jefferson's Retreat Restored " in Virginia Living , April 2023
Box 1 Folder 32
Kathryn Hensley, "Jefferson's Poplar Forest: A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes " in Wood Design and Building , number 10, Winter 1999-2000
Box 1 Folder 33
"Thomas Jefferson Buildings, Virginia " in World Heritage in the United States of America: The U.S. Tentative List , 2008

Series II: Historic preservation and historic preservation sites 1982-2009

Boxes 2-4

3 boxes

Papers, 1982-2009, collected by Travis C. McDonald consisting of articles, appendices, brochures, emails, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, reports, theses, slides and other documents documenting historic preservation and historic preservation sites in Virginia.

Boxes 2-3
Subseries 1: Historic buildings 1985-2009

2 boxes
- Box 2 Folder 1
  Battersea papers
- Box 2
  Christopher V. Novelli, "Battersea Appendices, " volume I, October 2005
- Box 2
  Christopher V. Novelli, "Battersea Appendices, " volume II, October 2005
- Box 2 Folder 2
  Clifton Ellis, "The Mansion House at Berry Hill Plantation: Architecture and the Changing Nature of Slavery in Antebellum Virginia " in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture , volume XIII, 2006
- Box 2 Folder 3
  Castle Hill papers
- Box 2 Folder 4
  Mark R. Wenger, Edward Chappell, and Willie Graham, Eppington: An Architectural History , 15 May 1995
- Box 2 Folder 5
  Mesick-Cohen-Wilson-Baker, Architects, "Conditions Survey and Recommendations for the Jefferson Addition at the Farmington Country Club, " September 2000
  
  Located in Oversize Box 71
- Box 3 Folder 1
  "A Preliminary Outline of the History of the Governor's Mansion, " 15 July 1987
- Box 3 Folder 2
  Vernon Mays, "A Heritage Regained at the Executive Mansion, " in Inform: Architecture and Design in the Mid-Atlantic , number 1, 2000
- Box 3 Folder 3
  Edward A. Chappell, "Reconsidered Splendor: The Palace Addition of 1751. A Report to the Program Planning and Review Committee, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, " September 1985
- Box 3 Folder 4
  Kenmore papers
- Box 3 Folder 5
  Maymont papers
- Box 3 Folder 6
  Calder Loth, "Menokin: Virginia's Most Unusual Preservation Adventure, " in Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine , 16 November 2006
- Box 3
  Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Restoration Field School, "Historic Structures Investigation Report: Montezuma, Norwood, Virginia, " 2009
- Box 3 Folder 7
  Monumental Church papers
- Box 3 Folder 8
  Joseph Manca, George Washington's Eye: Architecture and Landscape at Mount Vernon , book manuscript, ca. 2012
- Box 3 Folder 9
  Mount Vernon papers
- Box 3 Folder 10
  Carl R. Lounsbury, "An Elegant and Commodious Building: William Buckland and the Design of the Prince William Courthouse, " in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians , volume 46, number 3, September 1987
- Box 3 Folder 11
  Redlands papers
- Box 3 Folder 12
  Soldier's Joy and Cherry Hill papers
- Box 3 Folder 11
  Michael J. Pulice, "The Log Outbuilding at Solitude: An Architectural and Archaeological Investigation of Virginia Tech's Second Oldest Building, " Master's thesis, Virginia Tech, May 2000
- Box 3 Folder 13
  Spring Dale papers
- Box 3 Folder 14
  "An Architectural Study of the Buildings at Sully "
- Box 3 Folder 15
  Robert P. Hilldrup, "The Mansion " in Upper Brandon , 1987
- Box 3 Folder 16
  White House of the Confederacy papers
Box 4
Subseries 2: Conferences, seminars, articles, and papers 1982-2004

1 box
- Box 4 Folder 1
  "Vernacular Architecture Forum: 1988 Annual Meeting Staunton, Virginia, " 1988
- Box 4 Folder 2
  "The Early Architecture of Tidewater Virginia: Twenty-third Annual Vernacular Architecture Forum Conference-Williamsburg, Virginia, " 1988
- Box 4 Folder 3
  Brochure for "Domestic Architecture in Colonial Virginia, " Stratford Hall Plantation Architectural History Seminar, 1-4 November 2001
- Box 4 Folder 4
  S. Allen Chambers, "Of the Best Quality: Buckingham Slate " in Virginia Cavalcade , Spring 1989
- Box 4 Folder 5
  S. Allen Chambers, "William Lawrence Bottomley in West Virginia " in Arris , volume 10, 1999
- Box 4
  Heather A. Foster, "Wallpaper in Richmond, Virginia, 1785-1908 " Master's thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, May 2000
- Box 4 Folder 6
  Willie Graham, "Preindustrial Framing in the Chesapeake " in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture , volume 9, 2003
- Box 4 Folder 7
  Gardiner Hallock, "Pise Construction in Early Nineteenth-Century Virginia " in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture , volume 11, 2004
- Box 4 Folder 8
  Donald W. Linebaugh, "All the Annoyances adn Inconveniences of the Country: Environmental Factors in the Deveolopmen of Outbuildings in the Colonial Chesapeake " in Winterthur Portfolio , volume 29, number 1, Spring 1994
- Box 4 Folder 9
  William M. S. Rasmussen, "Designers, Builders, and Architectural Traditions in Colonial Virginia " in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , April 1982
- Box 4 Folder 10
  Camille Wells, "Dower Play/Power Play: Menokin and the Ordeal of Elite House Building in Colonial Virginia " in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture , volume 9, 2003
- Box 4 Folder 11
  Camille Wells, "The Eighteenth-Century Landscape of Virginia's Northern Neck " in Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine , volume XXXVII, December 1987
- Box 4 Folder 12
  Camille Wells, "The Planter's Prospect: Houses, Outbuildings, and Rural Landscapes in Eighteenth-Century Virginia " in Winterthur Portfolio , volume 28, number 1, Spring 1993
- Box 4 Folder 13
  The Iron Worker , volume XXVI, number 2, Spring 1962
- Box 4 Folder 14
  APVA Preservation Virginia brochure, "Discover Virginia: A Guide to Virginia's Historic Properties, " 2007
- Box 4 Folder 15
  Jamestown papers, photographs
- Box 4 Folder 16
  Williamsburg papers (folder 1 of 2)
- Box 4 Folder 17
  Williamsburg papers (folder 2 of 2)
- Box 4 Folder 18
  Orders of Robert Mills
- Box 4 Folder 19
  Architectural history reading list: American Regions and Regionalism, 2006

A Guide to the Travis C. McDonald Papers, 1982-2023

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