 Volunteering at the Jefferson Library
The Jefferson Library provides opportunities for student interns
and community volunteers to carry out research projects. The Intern
and Volunteer Program encourages participants to undertake stimulating
and educational projects, and the resulting data and texts are
frequently of interest and value to other individuals. The Thomas
Jefferson Foundation supports these projects, but does not compile
the information found therein, and so therefore does not take
credit for said content.
How to Participate
For further details about the Intern and Volunteer Program, suggestions
for possible projects, and information on how to participate,
please see the Intern and Volunteer
Program Guidelines (15KB PDF). (If you do not have Adobe Acrobat
Reader, you may download it for free at the
Adobe Web site.) To see some examples of past projects, please
read on.
Sample Projects
Monticello High School Scholars
UVA Public History Summer Interns
Other Projects
Monticello High School Scholars Program
"The Goal of the Monticello Scholars Program is to partner
with community organizations to provide exceptional educational
opportunities for academically gifted students at Monticello High
School." - Monticello Scholars Program Mission Statement
The Jefferson Library has collaborated with students from Monticello
High School for several years, resulting in finished products
that are valuable to both the students and the library's mission.
Below are some of the projects worked on by Monticello High School
Scholars.
2003 Project: "Jefferson and Slavery: A Critical
Literature Review"
Participants: Hannah Ayers, Reilly Kayser, Jerillyn Kent, Meghan
Pianta, Melissa Wilks, and Alexandar Wray-Kerr
Working in teams of two, participants identified relevant literature
published between the mid-1700s and 2002, and selections were
made of several dozen titles that reflected the mainstream thought
as well as trend-setting works and divergent points of view. All
works were reviewed and descriptive abstracts composed. Every
published work, and its annotation, was entered into the Thomas
Jefferson Portal online catalog for worldwide searching. Results
may be viewed by entering the phrase, "Thomas Jefferson and
slavery (bibliographic project)" -- including double quote
marks into the TJPortal.
2004 Project: "Jeffersonian Architecture: The Two Sides
of the Coin"
Participants: Elena Samel, Travis Newman, Josh Sennett, Lee Peterson,
Amanda Severs, and Reed Hurt
View
the finished product here.
UVA Public History Summer Interns
2004 Project: Finding Aid for the Howard C. Rice Research
Archive
Participant: Margaret Howard
Description: Finding aid for the Howard C. Rice collection housed
in the Mary Clark Rockefeller Special Collections Room at the
Jefferson Library, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. Describes
the collection of books owned, and research materials created
and compiled by Howard C. Rice, Jr., and donated to the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation in 1978. The collection includes
55 binders, 4 file drawers, and over 400 books. The focus of the
material is Thomas Jefferson in Europe. The 50-page finding aid
is available at http://www.monticello.org/library/pdfs/HCR.pdf.
Other Projects
2003 Project: "Motherhood in the Age of Jefferson"
Participant: Maria Pace (UVA 4th year student)
Description: a survey of published literature pertaining to motherhood
and childhood in America, 1775-1825, with special focus on materials
known to TJ and his family or examining some aspect of TJ and
his family. Several dozen titles were selected as being particularly
important or characteristic, and these were reviewed resulting
in a descriptive abstract. Bibliographic records, including the
abstracts, were entered in the Thomas Jefferson Portal online
catalog. These may be viewed by searching the phrase, "motherhood
in the age of jefferson" in the TJPortal.
2005 Project: "Thomas Jefferson and Modern Art"
Participant: Susanna Klosko (College of William and Mary 4th year
student)
Description: Susanna's project was to discover the ways in which
20th and 21st century artists have responded to Thomas Jefferson's
legacy, specifically in the visual arts. The project involved
seeking out data for and compiling a spreadsheet listing specific
works of art with all relevant data. View her essay
(29KB Word document) and spreadsheet
(72KB Excel document).
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