Thomas Jefferson : a comprehensive,
annotated bibliography of writings about him (1826-1980)
© 1983, Frank Shuffelton, editor
Print version published by Garland Publishing (New York, 1983).
Electronic version published by the Electronic Text
Center,
University of Virginia Library
1981
Name: Bedini , Silvio A.
Title: Thomas Jefferson and Science. Exhibition Catalogue
Publisher: National Museum of
American History
City: Washington
Date: 1981
Pages: pp.
(16)
Notes: Survey of TJ's scientific interests; abridged version in Colonial Homes.
7(November/December 1981), 80-83.
Reference: 2574
1981
Name: Bedini , Silvio A.
Title: Declaration of Independence Desk, Relic of Revolution
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Press
City: Washington
Date: 1981
Pages: pp.vii, 112
Reference: 111
1981
Name: Cunningham , Noble E.,
Jr.
Title: The Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye: Portraits for the People,
1800-1809
Publisher: Univ. Press of Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1981
Pages: pp. xvii, 185
Notes: Excellent illustrated study of
contemporary portraits, engravings, medals, caricatures, etc.
Reference: 2724
1981
Name: Dabney , Virginius
Title: The Jefferson Scandals: A Rebuttal
Publisher: Dodd Mead
City: New York
Date: 1981
Pages: pp. x, 154
Notes: Somewhat frantic refutation of Fawn
Brodie, Gore Vidal, and Barbara Chase-Riboud.
Reference: 328
1981
Name: Jackson , Donald
Title: Thomas Jefferson & the Stony Mountains: Exploring the West from Monticello
Publisher: Univ. of Illinois
Press
City: Urbana
Date: 1981
Pages: pp. xii, 339
Notes: Informative account of TJ's interest in the trans-Mississippi West and its exploration.
Although TJ "continually altered his policies to overtake reality," he held to three constant
beliefs: the old confederacy east of the Mississippi should remain intact; the West should be
developed by Americans, "forming whatever free and independent principalities they wished,"
and eventually the whole North and South American continents would be peopled by free and
independent allies.
Reference: 2916
1981
Name: Malone , Dumas
Title: Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello
Publisher: Little Brown
City: Boston
Date: 1981
Pages: pp. xxiii, 551
Notes: Covers the years from 1809 to TJ's
death in 1826; reflections on what TJ accomplished in his presidency show a good critical sense,
and the accounts of TJ's troubles in his last years are quite moving. A strong conclusion to a
masterly biography.
Reference: 763
1981
Name: Leighton , Ann
Title: "Thomas Jefferson as a Gardener."
Publication: Country Life
Volume: 170
Date: 1981
Pages: 1556-58
Notes: Uses the Garden Book as the main source of
information.
Reference: 3023
1981
Name: Radcliff , Robert R.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson, Chessplayer."
Publication: Chess Life
Volume: 36
Date: 1981
Pages: 24-28
Notes: Account of TJ's interest in chess.
Reference: 995
1981
Name: Nichols , Ashton
Title: "A Country Place: 'Poplar Forest'."
Publication: Country Magazine
Volume: 2
Date: 1981
Pages: 48-51
Reference: 879
1981
Name: Meschutt , David
Title: "Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of Jefferson."
Publication: American Art
Journal
Volume: 13
Date: 1981
Pages: 2-16
Notes: The best study of this disputed
subject.
Reference: 3090
1981
Name: Royster , Charles
Title: "A Battle of Memoirs; Light-Horse Harry Lee and Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: Virginia Cavalcade
Volume: 31
Date: 1981
Pages: 112-27
Notes: Excerpted from the authors's Light-Horse Harry Lee, New York: Knopf, 1981. Covers
conflicting memories of the British invasion of Virginia.
Reference: 1938
1981
Name: Wilson , Douglas
Title: "The American Agricola: Jefferson's Agrarianism and the Classical Tradition."
Publication: South Atlantic Quarterly
Volume: 80
Date: (1981)
Pages: 339-54
Notes: Excellent discussion of the classical foundations for TJ's agrarianism, particularly
Virgil's Georgics.
Reference: 2495
1981
Name: Vaughan , Joseph Lee and Omer
Allen Gianniny, Jr.
Title: Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda Restored 1973-76
Publisher: Univ. Press of
Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1981
Pages: pp.xxi,
170
Notes: Introduction by Frederick Doveton Nichols; on TJ's original concept,
Stanford White's rebuilding, and the restoration. Generously illustrated.
Reference: 3373
1981
Name: Stiebing , William H.,
Jr.
Title: "Who First Excavated Stratigraphically?"
Publication: Biblical
Archaeology Review
Volume: 7
Date: 1981
Pages: 52-53
Notes: TJ did; brief
account.
Reference: 3309
1982
Name: Huddleston , Eugene L
Title: Thomas Jefferson, A Reference Guide.
Publisher: G. K. Hall
City: Boston
Date: 1982
Pages: pp. xxiii, 374.
Notes: Annotates about 1300 items, both
scholarly and popular; not critical, occasionally inaccurate, but useful for students.
Reference: 13
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