University of Virginia (UVA)
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Articles about Jefferson's founding and design for the University of Virginia written by Monticello researchers and scholars.
- Central College
- Choosing the University Site
- Construction of the University, 1817-1826
- Dugald Stewart
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Establishment of the University of Virginia
- Francis Walker Gilmer
- Funding the University of Virginia
- Genesis of the University of Virginia
- Jefferson's Plan for an Academical Village
- John Hartwell Cocke
- Timeline of the Founding of the University of Virginia