8.1 Room 7 and Jefferson Hall
Room 7, West Lawn and Jefferson Hall (Hotel C West Range) are the two spaces where the majority of the Society’s activities take place. The Jefferson Society was first founded in Room 7– one of the student residences situated on the Lawn as part of Thomas Jefferson’s original Academical Village design– on July 14, 1825. The room serves a key function within the Society as a a hub for socializing and continued intellectual discourse outside of the Society’s weekly meetings. Jefferson Hall (or “The Hall”, as it is often called by Society members) houses the Society’s weekly meetings, which begin at approximately 7:29 pm on Friday evenings during the academic year. This box also contains documents pertaining to the Society’s possessions, such as the Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson (which currently hangs in the Rotunda).
Items
| Title | # of items | Type | Date | Notes on condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room 7 Papers | 4 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten | 1980's | Stapled |
| Hall Reservation Information | 2 | Typed (typewriter) | 1933 | Fragile |
| Hall Reservation Letter | 2 | Handwritten | 1942 | Fragile |
| Hall Reservations | 2 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten | 1966 - 1967 | Fragile, rust stains from paperclips |
| Hall Reservation Information | 9 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten | 1974 | Stapled packets |
| Hall Reservation Information | 2 | Typed (typewriter) | 1975 | Stapled |
| Hall Reservation Information | 1 | Handwritten | 1977 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 2 | Typed (typewriter) | 1979 | Stapled |
| Hall Reservation Information | 8 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten | 1983 | Stapled packets |
| Hall Reservation Information | 1 | Typed (typewriter) | 1984 | Fragile |
| Hall Reservation Information | 2 | Typed (typewriter) | 1986 | Fragile, stapled |
| Hall Reservation Information | 5 | Typed (typewriter) | 1988 - 1989 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 2 | Typed (typewriter and computer) | 1990 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 2 | Typed | 1991 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 1 | Typed | 1992 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 15 | Typed, written on, handwritten | 1994 - 1995 | |
| Jefferson Hall Reservation Contracts | 35 | Typed, written on, handwritten | 1994 | |
| Jefferson Hall Reservation Contracts | 38 | Typed, written on, handwritten | 1995 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 3 | Typed, written on, handwritten | 1997 - 1998 | |
| Hall Reservations | 28 | Typed, written on, handwritten | 2003 - 2004 | |
| Hall Reservation Information | 5 | Typed, handwritten, newsprint | No Date Given | Varied sizes |
| Hall Reservation Forms | 15 | Typed (typewriter and computer), written on | 1970's, 2000's | Stapled |
| Cavalier Daily Hotel C Reservation Information | 22 | Typed, written on, handwritten | Varied Dates | |
| Hall Rental Information | 40 | Typed (typewriter and computer), written on | Varied Dates | |
| Sully Portrait Information | 22 | Typed (typewriter and computer), handwritten | Varied Dates | Includes magazine |
| Portrait Theft Information | 4 | Typed (typewriter), newsprint | Varied Dates | Fragile |
| Architecture of the Hall | 28 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten, photographs | Varied Dates | Fragile |
| Jefferson Hall Documents | 25 | Typed (typewriter and computer), handwritten | Varied dates | Some are stained |
| Jefferson Portrait Information | 10 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten | No Date Given | |
| Hall Portrait Information | 9 | Typed (typewriter), handwritten | No Dates Given | Fragile |
| Flag Certificates Given to Society | 8 | Certificate, typed (typewriter), handwritten | Varied Dates | |
| Footstone Funds | 16 | Handwritten, photocopies | 1981 | |
| Proposed Design for Footstone | 1 | Handwritten | No Date Given | Fragile, taped |
| Footstone Documents | 19 | Typed (typewriter and computer) | 1979 - 1981 | |
| Footstone Documents | 17 | Typed (typewriter), written on | 1982 | |
| Laying of Footstone | 5 | Handwritten, photographs | 1982 | |
| Architecture of the Hall (Letters) | 19 | Typed (typewriter and computer), handwritten | Varied Dates |