The Aviator : Publicity
June 13, 1919
President Alderman describes to his friend, W.W. Fuller, the unveiling ceremonies to dedicate the statue to the memory of James McConnell. Alderman also descibes, in length, the behind-the-scenes vexations involved in setting up the statue. He mentions that Judge McConnell, James' father, was at the ceremony, but the President did not have occasion to meet him.
June 16, 1919
Mary Montgomery Borglum, Borglum's wife, writes a note to President Alderman expressing her regret at the situation which evolved surrounding the base.
June 23, 1919
Press release from the University which describes the erection of the statue and W.W. Fuller's involvement in selecting Gutzon Borglum as the artist for the commission.
June 13, 1919. Alderman to W.W. Fuller, p.1
June 13, 1919. Alderman to W.W. Fuller, p.2
June 16, 1919. Mary Borglum to Alderman, p.1
June 16, 1919. Mary Borglum to Alderman, p.2
June 16, 1919. Mary Borglum to Alderman, p.3
Press release from the University, June 23, 1919
Cover of the University of Virginia Alumni News, July 1919
University of Virginia Alumni News, July 1919, p.249 (where James R. McConnell is mentioned)
University of Virginia Alumni News, July 1919, p.252 (speech by Armistead M. Dobie accepting the monument at the ceremony)