Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation is the private, nonprofit corporation that owns and operates Monticello, Jefferson's restored home near Charlottesville. In cooperation with U.Va., The Jefferson Center sponsors the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies to continue research on the life and thought of Thomas Jefferson.
Monticello's West Front. Photo courtesy of The Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
Thomas Jefferson's Library
Jefferson personally collected thousands of books in his lifetime and his personal library became an important basis for the Library of Congress's revived collection after the British burned Washington in 1814. LibraryThing, a social networking site for book lovers, has reproduced Jefferson's library based on the collection he sold to Congress in 1815. Jefferson's library is one of several Libraries of Early America, which attempt to recreate the book collections of many of the Founding Fathers.
Information Portals
- The Thomas Jefferson EncyclopediaArticles about various aspects of Jefferson and his world written by Monticello researchers and respected Jefferson scholars
- Monticello's Online ResourcesList of links to Monticello's publicly-accessible online resources, including archaeological reports and a virtual tour. Especially valuable are resources related to the life of Monticello's slaves and the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS).
Biography and Bibliographies
- Thomas and Martha (Wayles Skelton) Jefferson LinksInformation related to Jefferson and his wife Martha, including articles by historians on various aspects of Jefferson's life and Jefferson's controversial relationship with his slave Sally Hemings.