Episode 1 - Who Owns Monticello
100 years ago, a group of well-connected people hoped to settle a decades long battle over a not-so-simple question: “Who owns Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello?”
Explore photos, podcasts, an online exhibit, and a timeline of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's first 100 years.
Monticello - Then and Now
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Monticello West Front during the Levy period of ownership (left) and today (right)
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The Entrance Hall during the Levy period of ownership (left) and today (right)
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The Dining Room in the Levy Period of ownership (left) and today (right)
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The Parlor in the Levy Period of ownership (right) and today (left)
"Sharing History" Podcast Series
Episode 2 - Paying for Monticello
In 1923, the newly created Thomas Jefferson Foundation fulfilled its primary purpose by acquiring Monticello to preserve it in Jefferson's memory. But now it had another problem: money.
Episode 3 - Restoring Jefferson's Reputation
When the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation took possession of Monticello in the 1920s, it didn’t just have a house to restore, it had a reputation to restore: Jefferson’s.
Episode 4 - A Crusade for Monticello
Journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, Steven Pressman -- with help from author Marc Leepson and Susan Stein, Monticello's Richard Gilder Senior Curator, Special Projects -- focuses in on Maud Littleton's years-long public campaign first to purchase and then to wrest Monticello from the Levy family.
Episode 5 - Restoring an American Icon
Monticello today is American icon, Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, and a symbol of the American story. It's on the back of the U.S. Nickel. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Replicas of it dot the American landscape, both real and imaginary. But it wasn't always so.
Episode 6 - Object(-ive) History at Monticello
Every object tells a story, right? Imagine what 5,000 might have to say.
Episode 7 - Revolutionizing Archaeology at Monticello
Learn how archaeology transformed history at Monticello, and how Monticello's archaeologists helped transform the field of historical archaeology.
Celebrating a Century - Treasures from the Archives
Explore the history of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation through photographs, documents, and other objects from our Foundation archives.
