Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Access is restricted to members of the board of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, present or former resident directors, the curator of Monticello, or to persons with the permission of any of the above.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Scrapbook, Accession # 9820-f, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This scrapbook was loaned to the University of Virginia Library by Daniel P. Jordan of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation on July 8, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

This scrapbook, 1947 and 1968, compiled by Frank K. Houston, president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, contains correspondence, papers, photographs, and newspaper clippings, chiefly concerning President Harry S. Truman's visit to Monticello and the Charlottesville area and his Independence Day address.

Correspondence of May 1947 concern the President's acceptance of the invitation from the Foundation to speak at Monticello on the Fourth of July and arrangements for the details of his visit.

There are typescripts for the Fourth of July addresses of: Frank K. Houston, president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation; William M. Tuck, governor of Virginia; and, Harry S. Truman, president of the United States. Truman has signed the copy of his speech.

Photographs of the Independence Day celebration at Monticello feature Frank K. Houston, Harry S. Truman, William M. Tuck, Willis A. Robertson, and Colgate W. Darden. Photographs were taken at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's gravesite, and Main Street in Charlottesville.

Letters in July following the celebration express appreciation of the Independence Day celebration. Correspondents include: John W. Snyder, secretary of the Treasury; William M. Tuck, governor of Virginia; James Bruce, ambassador to Argentina; Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; Lady Astor (Nancy Astor); Richard C. Patterson, (former) ambassador to Yugoslavia; W. R. Mason, Diocese of Virginia; Howard P. Preston, Hamilton National Bank; Guy Mason, comissioner of the District of Columbia; V. J. Alexander, Union Planters National Bank & Trust Company; W. Edward Newell, Hamilton National Bank; W. W. McEachern, Bank of Virginia; Elzey Roberts, St. Louis Star-Times; and, Prentice Cooper, ambassador to Peru.

Miscellaneous items concerning the celebration include two invitations, a list of Houston's dinner guests, and a program signed by Truman. There are also numerous newspaper clippings concerning Truman's Independence Day address and visit to the Charlotteville area. There are also two items dated June 1968 concerning the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation purchase of the 808-acre Tufton estate adjoining Monticello.