Thomas Jefferson, Stanford White and the University of Virginia Rotunda [manuscript] : a controversy of styles/ Frederick Doveton Nichols and Omer Allan Gianniny, Jr., 1984.

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Thomas Jefferson, Stanford White and the University of Virginia Rotunda [manuscript] : a controversy of styles/ Frederick Doveton Nichols and Omer Allan Gianniny, Jr., 1984.

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The unpublished manuscript, co-authored by Frederick Doveton Nichols and Omer Allan Gianniny, Jr. credits White for returning "the University to a style of architecture compatible with Jefferson's original concepts" but finds that the architect's "silo-like interior was a general disaster, both practically and aesthetically" and thath his "lack of wit in closing the vista [from the Rotunda] was inexcusable...."

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Nichols, Frederick Doveton.

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N.Y. times, 4/13/1995, Frederick D. Nichols, 83, preservationist; d. 4/9/1995; native of Trinidad, Colo.; joined Univ. of Va. faculty in 1950; estab. dept. of architectural history; supervised 1976 restoration of Jefferson's celebrated Rotunda. From the description of Papers of Frederick D. Nichols [manuscript], 1940s-1990s. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647982206 From the description of Papers of Frederick D. Nichols [manuscript], 1940s-1990s. (University of...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Gianniny, Omer Allan

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

White, Stanford, 1853-1906

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Collector, artist; New York, N.Y. From the description of Stanford White papers, 1873-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132941 Stanford White (1853-1906) was an American architect, and a partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White. He designed numerous homes for wealthy individuals as well as public buildings in and around New York City. He was murdered in 1906 by Harry Kendall Thaw for having had an affair with Thaw's wife, the very beautiful (and very ...