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Selected Articles from Past Newsletters

Archaeologist surveying

ARCHAEOLOGY

Mystery Site Producing Stream of Artifacts (Fall 2005)
Jefferson Site Remains a Puzzle
(Fall 2004)
Jefferson: Pioneer in American Landscape Design (Spring 2004)
Archaeologists Find Evidence of Slave Cabin
(Fall 2003)
Archaeologists Discover Probable Jefferson-era Building Site (Fall 2003)
Ridge Field Archaeology Finished: Finds & the Future
(Spring 2003)
Optimism Grows During Search for Circular Road (Fall 2002)
First Step Taken to Restore Curtilage View
(Spring 2002)
New Archaeological Survey Launched (Fall 2001)
Farmland Surveyed (Spring 2001)
Wing Dig Yields Clues (Spring 2001)

Mason laying bricks at Poplar Forest

RESTORATION
Jefferson's Wing of Offices Emerges Step by Step (Spring 2005)
Restoration Team Completes Plastering in the House
(Fall 2004)
Plastering Starts on Central Room Walls (Spring 2004)
Room Plastering Continues, Wing Joists Hoisted into Place (Fall 2003)
With Ceilings Finished, Masons Now Plaster Walls
(Spring 2003)
Restoration Team Reaches Milestone Inside Jefferson's Home
(Fall 2002)
Finish Work Begins with the Start of Plastering
(Fall 2002)
Masons Begin Rebuilding Cooking Facilities
(Spring 2002)
Restoration Completed on Two Jefferson Buildings (Fall 2001)
Wing Walls Take Shape Again (Fall 2001)
Brick Work Begins on Wing (Spring 2001)

Students dress up in period clothing

EDUCATION

Education Remains Strong (Fall 2003)
New Education Kit Available on Lewis & Clark Expedition
(Spring 2003)
Jefferson & Adams Take to the Airwaves (Spring 2002)
Students Learn From Experience at Pilot Day Camp (Fall 2001)
Poplar Forest Creates Curriculum Kits (Spring 2001)
Visitors Flock to History Tent (Fall 2000)



OTHER

Two Hundred Years Ago This Year... (Spring 2006)
Foundation Offers Third Challenge for 2006 (Spring 2006)
Foundations Help Make History Happen (Fall 2005)
Rescue Begins for Last Adjacent Land
(Spring 2005)
New Report Shines Spotlight on Tobacco Production
(Fall 2004)
Special GPS Marker Installed (Fall 2003)
Jefferson the Surveyor (Fall 2003)
Poplar Forest Marks Lewis & Clark Anniversary
(Spring 2003)
New Reproductions Help Document What Life was Like at Poplar Forest (Spring 2003)
Poplar Forest Attracts Volunteers From Across the Nation (Fall 2002)
Special Table Joins Collection
(Fall 2001)
Acquired Note says: Hold the Junk Mail (Fall 2001)

 
 

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