University of Virginia Library

RESOLVED: That the Board, having considered the report of its
Education Committee, hereby authorizes the officers of the Foundation to
enter into a contract with Mr. Dumas Malone containing substantially the
following provisions, the officers being authorized however to make such
changes in the understanding as may be within the general spirit of the
arrangement and may be approved by them;

(1) The Foundation will arrange with the University of Virginia
for the appointment by the University of Mr. Malone as Thomas Jefferson
Foundation Professor, effective July 1, 1958. Mr. Malone's salary as
such professor will be fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per year
which will be paid by the Foundation. The employment, subject to usual
provisions as to satisfactory service, retirement for reasons of
health, etc. will be for a period terminating at the end of the college
year ending June 30, 1963.

(2) To replace certain insurance benefits which will lapse upon Mr.
Malone's resignation from Columbia the Foundation will on July 1, 1958
set up a trust fund of $7,000.00 with the Peoples National Bank of
Charlottesville as Trustee with such terms as Mr. Malone may approve. As
this fund is intended to take the place of insurance, presumably the
income will be accumulated until Mr. Malone's death and the principal
and accumulated income then paid to his estate or as he may otherwise
direct.

(3) The Foundation will pay the expense of moving Mr. Malone's
household goods to Charlottesville.

(4) Beginning with the college year 1959-1960 Mr. Malone would
give a seminar course during each regular session at the University and
would continue his work on his life of Jefferson. It is contemplated
that Volume III of that work would be completed in 1959, Volume IV
in 1961 and Volume V in 1963.

RESOLVED FURTHER That the Foundation enter into a contract or
understanding with the University of Virginia and/or one of its funds
under which the University and/or such fund would

1. Provide Mr. Malone with office space in the Alderman Library
when he takes up residence in Charlottesville.

2. Provide Mr. Malone with a half-time secretary.

3. Establish not later than the college year 1959-1960 the Thomas
Jefferson Foundation Fellowships paying $1,500.00 per annum plus tuition,
in general along the lines set forth in the Memorandum of July 10, 1957
from Mr. Oron J. Hale, Chairman of the Department of History, to Mr.
Colgate W. Darden, Jr., President of the University, and contribute up to
$5,000.00 per year towards such Fellowships, with the understanding that
this Foundation would match the amount put up by the University up to
$5,000.00 and would, if Fellows of the desired type in sufficient
number can be obtained, put up additional amounts, it being contemplated
that the Foundation would in such case contribute at least $15,000.00
per year towards the expense of these Fellowships and quite possibly
even more in the future.

1. The Corcoran Department of History recommends appointment
of Dr. Dumas Malone as Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History,
effective July 1, 1959, and that during the session 1958-1959, when Dr.
Malone will be on sabbatical leave from Columbia University, he be
appointed Visiting Professor of History in the University of Virginia.
The terms of the appointment are those stated in the "Resolution For The
Board of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation," of
which paragraph one specifies the grants and salary to be paid to
Professor Malone by the Foundation. Salary and Foundation grants will
amount to $15,000 annually.

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2. In line with the above-mentioned Resolution it is further
recommended that beginning with the session 1959-1960, Professor Malone
offer a seminar in "The Age of Jefferson" during each regular session,
and direct such studies and dissertations as may develop from his
seminar or his work in the Department of History.

3. If this recommended appointment requires justification,
the following points should be emphasized. Professor Malone is one of
the most distinguished American historians, he holds earned and honorary
degrees from Yale, Northwestern, Dartmouth, Emory and Rochester, he was
the editor-in-chief of the Dictionary of American Biography, the
greatest achievement of cooperative scholarship ever undertaken in the
field of American history, he is engaged in writing and publishing a
multi-volumed life of Thomas Jefferson, which will be the definitive
biography of the founder of this University, his appointment in the
Department of History will greatly advance our graduate program and
proposed fellowship program in Jefferson studies, and will make Professor
Malone's services available to the Department for two years after the
resignation of Professor Abernethy. This latter point is one of
considerable importance to the Department owing to Professor
Abernethy's impending retirement.

I concur with the Department of History in recommending that Dr.
Dumas Malone be appointed Visiting Professor of History, without salary,
for the academic year 1958-59 beginning July 1, 1958. During this
time, Dr. Malone will be on sabbatical leave from Columbia University.
It is my understanding that he will receive a supplemental research
grant from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.

I transmit to you the recommendation of the Corcoran Department of
History, with my concurrence, that Dr. Dumas Malone be appointed Thomas
Jefferson Foundation Professor of History effective July 1, 1959, for a
term of three years, at a twelve month salary of $7,500 per year.

In accordance with the recent "Resolution for the Board of
Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation" on this subject,
it is understood that the Foundation will pay an additional $7,500 on a
twelve months annual basis as research grant to Dr. Malone. The salary
for the professorship will also come from the foundation grant.

Professor Malone's duties as Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor
of History will be to offer a seminar in "The Age of Jefferson" during
each regular session and to direct such studies and dissertations as may
develop from his seminar work in the Department of History.

I enclose Mr. Hale's letter which in turn includes some biographical
data. If you wish more, I will ask the Department of History to furnish
it.