Alexander Phimister Proctor papers, 1892-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950
Title
Alexander Phimister Proctor papers
Dates
1892-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 cubic feet, (2 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Collection Number
Mss 5352
Summary
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.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Alexander Phimister Proctor papers, Mss 5352, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Restrictions on 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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Nona Proctor Shefelman, February 1988.

Bibliography

Proctor, Alexander Phimister. Alexander Phimister Proctor, sculptor in buckskin; an autobiography. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press[1971].

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Animal sculpture
  • Sculptors--United States
  • Sculpture, American--20th century

Personal Names

  • Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941--Correspondence
  • French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931--Correspondence
  • Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence
  • Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950
  • Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907--Correspondence
  • Salvatore, Victor--Correspondence
  • Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950--Correspondence
  • Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936--Correspondence
  • Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933--Correspondence

Form or Genre Terms

  • articles
  • correspondence
  • reminiscences
  • scrapbooks
  • sketches