Box 81
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Excavations. Correspondence, 1941-1946
File — Box: 81, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Included here are correspondence, photographs, site plans, research material, and clippings pertaining to Kimball's varied involvement with Shadwell, a tract of land southeast of Monticello across the Rivanna River. Kimball successfully led the effort to definitively establish Shadwell as Jefferson's birthplace. He conducted archaeological excavations on the property in 1941 and 1942 on behalf of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, unearthing evidence of several structures. On April...
Dates:
1941-1946