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| Jefferson serves as Minister to France (years): |
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| Jefferson serves as President of US (years): |
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| Louisiana Purchase (year): |
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| Construction of Central College begins (cornerstone: month/day/year): |
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| UVA charter approved (year): |
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| University of Virginia founded (year): |
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| Rotunda completed (year): |
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| Lafayette’s visit to UVA (year): |
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| Library moved to Alderman (year): |
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| Edgar Allen Poe a student here (month-month, year): |
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| Professor John Davis shot and killed (day/month/year): |
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| student military companies at UVA during the Civil War: |
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| Sons of Liberty, Southern Guard |
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| Contained the 2nd largest refracting telescope in the world in the late 1800’s: |
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| Location of the first Confederate flag flown publicly in the state of Virginia: |
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| BOV states that students are prohibited from owning slaves (year): |
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University purchases Lewis Commodore (year):
How much did he cost? |
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| BOV allows professors to house slaves in Pavilions (year): |
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| Women admitted to two-year nursing diploma program (year): |
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| Women admitted to graduate and professional programs (year): |
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| Name and year of first woman appointed to the BOV: |
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| Alice Jackson applies for the MA in French (year): |
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| Name and year of first African-American student admitted to UVa: |
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| Name and year of first African-American to graduate from UVa: |
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| Name and year of first African-American woman to graduate from UVa: |
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| E. Louise Stokes-Hunter, 1953 |
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| First African-American undergraduate to graduate from UVa: |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at UVa (year): |
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| 15. UVa admits black students in large numbers (year): |
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| Office of African-American Affairs (OAAA) opens (year): |
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| First Dean of Women at UVa (year): |
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| Name of Women’s Coordinate College of UVa: |
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| Women admitted to the College (year): |
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| Name and year of first female president of UVa: |
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| 1.List the eight University Presidents in order |
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| Alderman, Newcomb, Darden, Shannon, Hereford, O’Neill, Casteen, Sullivan |
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Name of “The Aviator” who died during WWI and was a Seven (statue near
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| When was Easters cancelled |
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| Alderman library’s use during WWII: |
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| Haven for Library of Congress holdings |
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| First African-American undergraduate to live on the Lawn: |
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| First black Student Council President: |
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When President Alderman asks faculty to admit women to the graduate and
professional schools in 1920, what where the two requirements that women had to
meet in order to be allowed to study? |
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• At least 20 years old
• 2 years of prior experience at another school |
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How many floors did Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda have? The Stanford White Rotunda?
The modern Rotunda? |
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Who designed the new Rotunda after the 1895 fire? Which architecture firm did he
represent? |
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| Stanford White, of McKim, Meade, and White |
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French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon made two busts that now sit in the Rotunda. Who
are the two subjects? |
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| Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette |
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What are the lamps called that Jefferson adapted for the Rotunda? Where is a prominent
place in DC they can be found? |
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Argand Lamp
US Capitol Building (House of Representatives) |
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What is the statue of Jefferson on the Main, or second, floor of the Rotunda known as?
When was it sculpted? How tall is the statue of Jefferson, excluding the base? How much
does the statue weigh? Why has it been chipped? |
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Galt Statue
1860
Life-size: 6’2.5”
1.5 tons
Believed to have been damaged during the Rotunda Fire of 1895 |
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What is the name of the map in the North Oval Room? What do the three images above
the actual map portion depict? |
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Tanner-Boye Map from 1826
The University of Virginia, The Natural Bridge, the Virginia State Capitol Building |
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| What is the Maverick Engraving? Where is it? |
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1822 copperplate representing the design of the University – prints of the engraving were
sent to prospective students beginning in 1825.
Lower East Oval Room |
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| Whose desk chair sits in the President’s Reception Room? |
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What was the Rotunda Dome Room’s original use? Describe 3 modern uses of the
Rotunda Dome Room? |
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Originally, primarily a library, but also a meeting space and space for dances
Today, speakers, dinners, study space, meetings, conferences, etc. |
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| Whose portrait is in the Rotunda Dome Room? |
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| General John Hartwell Cocke |
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| Where is the Willard Clock? |
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| It is the clock face on the South Side of the Rotunda |
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| What is the Medway Bell? Who rang it for 53 years? |
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The Medway Bell previously hung in the Rotunda and now resides in the Lower West
Oval Room. The bell was produced by George Holbrook of East Medway Massachusetts.
The bell was used to keep students on schedule, beginning with a wake-up ring at 4am.
Henry Martin was the bell-ringer from (we believe) 1856 to 1909, ringing both the
Medway Bell and its replacement. |
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| What is the semi-secret honor society at UVa that takes its name from Edgar Allen Poe? |
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| Who was Joseph Cabell? What role did he play in the early years of UVA? |
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Caught Jefferson’s eye when TJ was president, and he tried to get him to work with him
in DC. Cabell declined. TJ then convinced Cabell to leave his work at William and
Mary and work to found a new college. When Cabell was a member of the legislature
in Richmond, he helped push for the establishment of a state college. Cabell remained
influential in helping UVa in the legislature, and even advocated the disestablishment of
William and Mary. Later served as the rector of the BOV. |
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| What does the Cabell Hall inscription say when translated into English |
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| “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…” |
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| 16. What is Apollo Kouros? Where can it be found? |
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Derived from ancient Greece, a kouros is a depiction of a beardless youth. Apollo, the
Greek god of light, the sun, and knowledge is often represented in the kouros manner. At
UVa, the kouros represents the idea of youth coming to the Academical Village to seek
knowledge. President’s Reception Room, Pavilion I frieze (either an acceptable answer). |
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| List the original subjects offered at the University. (Or at least a couple of em) |
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1. Natural History
2. Anatomy
3. Law
4. Modern Languages (Romance Languages also accepted)
5. Ancitent Languages
6. Natural Philosophy (Philosophy accepted for one answer)
7. Medicine
8. Mathematics
9. Moral Philosophy
10. Chemistry |
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| How old is TJeff in the Sully Portrait? When was it done? |
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| completed when Jefferson was 77 years old (1821), |
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| What is the Maison Carree? Where is it? |
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It’s a Roman temple in Nimes, France and Jefferson’s inspiration for the Virginia
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| Two of Thomas Jefferson’s Teachers at William and Mary: |
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#1 George Wythe
#2 William Small |
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| Place Jefferson was born: |
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