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Box 18

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Science and Invention

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983

Slavery

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 24-25
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983

War

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983

Women, Relationships With

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983

Women: Maria Cosway

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 28-31
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983

Women: Mrs. Betsey Walker

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983

Miscellaneous

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Series: Next to No Man Knows My History, this was Brodie's most controversial book. Her attempt to relate Jefferson's "inner life" and to detail his affair with a Black enslaved woman greatly offended the conservative scholars of the "Jefferson establishment," who considered her book defamatory and slanderous to the nation's founding fathers. These nine boxes contain almost the complete project, from manuscript to book reviews.
Dates: 1932-1983