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This letter to the editor, reprinted separately from the June 28, 1898 Richmond Times, reports on the commencement exercises at the University. The restored Rotunda and the three new academic buildings were dedicated in June 1898. The author, L.S.…

Photograph of the “Great Fire” of the Rotunda, 1895
Holsinger’s Studio
University Archives (RG-30/1/3.951)

Plan for the Dome Room of the Rotunda, 1819
Pricking, scoring, iron-gall ink, pencil on laid paper engraved with coordinate lines, 12 1/4 x 8 5/8. N-331. Jefferson Papers..

Plan of the ceiling light of the Rotunda dome, 1896
McKim, Mead & White, architects; signed by Haase, draftsman
Blueprint, 16 ½ x 14 in.
University Archives (RG-31/1/2:2.872)

Library Interior, circa 1910

Library Interior, circa 1910

Re-enactment of the Great Fire, 1921(?)