Alexander Phimister Proctor papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes drafts of Alexander Phimister Proctor's autobiography, with reminiscences and anecdotes about his early life, education, hunting adventures and work; contracts; correspondence with Gifford Pinchot, Henry Stimson, George de Forest Brush, Daniel C. French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Victor Salvatore, Lorado Taft, and Robert William Vonnoh; sketches of animals, Native people, and various sculpting projects; magazine articles by Proctor; and scrapbooks.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1980
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical note
Alexander Phimister Proctor (1862-1950) was the sculptor of the "Rough Rider" statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, Oregon, the "Pioneer" statue in Eugene, and "The Circuit Rider" statue in Salem.
Extent
4 Cubic Feet (2 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes drafts of Alexander Phimister Proctor's autobiography; contracts; correspondence; sketches of animals, Native people, and various sculpting projects; magazine articles by Proctor; and scrapbooks.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nona Proctor Shefelman, February 1988.
Publication note
Subject
- Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950 (Person)
- Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941 -- Correspondence (Person)
- French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Salvatore, Victor -- Correspondence (Person)
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Alexander Phimister Proctor papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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