This page aggregates resources relating to the legal history of the statues. Included here are municipal records such as deeds, City Council minutes, and the report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials, and Public Spaces. This page also features digitized texts and archival collections relating to the commission, construction, and unveiling of these statues and the associated parks. Links to digitized copies or collection information are included whenever possible.
Municipal Records
- Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials, and Public Spaces, presented to City Council on December 19, 2016
- Board of Alderman Book, Office of the City Clerk, Charlottesville City Hall
- Minutes of the Charlottesville City Council, 1916-1924, digital copies of originals from the Office of the City Clerk, Charlottesville City Hall
- Minutes of the Charlottesville City Council, 1953-Present, Office of the City Clerk, Charlottesville City Hall
- Selected Deeds, Deed Book, Charlottesville Circuit Court
- Ordnance Book, Office of the City Clerk, Charlottesville City Hall
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library - University of Virginia
- Papers of Paul Goodloe McIntire [manuscript] 1919-1938, 1970, MSS 229-a
- Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire 1958, MSS 9137
- Homer Richey Papers, 1917-1924, MSS 8954
- Edwin Anderson Alderman Papers [manuscript] 1863-1959, MSS 1001
- Invitation to an Annual Reunion of Confederate Veterans & the Unveiling of the Lee Statue [manuscript] 1921 May 1, MSS 3641-d; ACHS 1853
- Papers of the Rawlings Family [manuscript] 1836-1927, MSS 6436-a
- Papers of the Duke Family of Charlottesville VA and Related Slaughter Family, MSS 9521-H; MSS 9521-I
- United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy Printed Miscellany [manuscript] 1924, 1943, ACHS 141
- Jackson Monument Unveiling, Rufus W. Holsinger Studio, 19 October 1921, University of Virginia Visual History Collection [featured on website banner]
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
- Paul G. McIntire Papers, 1860-1952, MSS 505.1.b; MSS 505.1.h
Printed Materials in the Public Domain
- John S. Patton, ed., Proceedings of the 37th Annual Reunion of the Virginia Division of the Grand Camp U.C.V. and of the 29th Reunion of the Sons of Confederate Veterans at Charlottesville, VA. May 20, 21, 22, 1924 [Charlottesville: c. 1924]
- Homer Richey, ed., Memorial History of the John Bowie Strange Camp, United Confederate Veterans... together with brief sketches of the Albemarle Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the R.T.W. Duke Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans (Charlottesville, VA: Michie Co., 1920)