Dumas Malone Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

In this film, Prof. Dumas Malone, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, six-volume biography "Jefferson and His Time," is interviewed by Marc Pachter, Chief Historian of the National Portrait Gallery. On location at the University of Virginia and Monticello, Malone and Pachter discuss aspects of Jefferson's life, including the Declaration of Independence; his five years in France; his two-term presidency; and his retirement at Monticello. Malone also comments on Jefferson's political philosophy; his relationships with John Adams, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington; the Louisiana Purchase; the Lewis & Clark expedition; and the French Revolution.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities