A non-profit corporation founded to select an architect to design the Jefferson Memorial in St. Louis, MO. The Memorial was intended "to commemorate and bring alive again the great act of statesmanship of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, which initiated the rise to greatness of the young Republic, and the westward surge, in action and thought, of the pioneers who achieved this greatness." The association retained George Howe as a professional advisor to prepare the program and supervise the competition.