Pioneer Mother, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Title
- Pioneer Mother, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) Women's Memorial Quadrangle, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Creator
- Proctor, Alexander Phimister
- Photographer
- Ross, Marion Dean
- Creator Display
- Alexander Phimister Proctor (artist, 1860-1950)
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. Installed 1932
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1930-1939
- Work Type
- sculpture (visual work) outdoor sculpture historic monuments
- Latitude
- 44.044182
- Longitude
- -123.075813
- Location
- Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Date
- 1930
- Identifier
- pna_13280
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- bronze
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Is Part Of
- University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- Pioneer Mother was dedicated on May 8, 1932. It was sited near the original women's buildings--Gerlinger Hall, and Hendricks and Susan Campbell dorms. Its sculptor, Alexander Phineas Proctor (1862-1950) also created the Pioneer (1918) located between Fenton Hall and Friendly Hall. Made of bronze with a granite base, this 1930 work was donated by Burt Brown Barker, University Vice President, in memory of his mother. Proctor, born in Canada, was educated at the National Academy of Design and later in the Art Students League, New York. His work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major museums. The Pioneer, directly south of this work, became commonly known as Pioneer Father.