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The Pioneer Mother (Eugene, Oregon)
''The Pioneer Mother'' is a sculpture located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. Burt Barker donated the nine-foot bronze sculpture and pink granite base, created by artist Alexander Phimister Proctor, to the university. Barker’s daughter, Barbara Barker, had the honor of debuting debuted to a public gathering of hundreds on May 7, 1932 during Junior Week and Mother’s Day festivities.
== Creation and design ==
The start for ''Pioneer Mother'' began with Barker, then Vice-President of the University of Oregon, who had the initial idea to represent the pioneer mothers on campus and financial resources to present this work as a gift to the state board of education.〔“Pioneer Statue Dedicated Here,” Eugene Register Guard, May 8, 1932.〕 He commissioned Proctor to do the work in 1927 as Proctor had already completed ''The Pioneer''. For this sculpture, the model was Barker’s own mother, Elvira Brown Barker who crossed the plains of Oregon in 1847.〔“‘Campus Coin Collector’,” Old Oregon, 29, no. 9, June 1948. In University Digital Archives: Old Oregon (1919-1993), https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu /xmlui/handle/1794/13158 (accessed October 28, 2013).〕
In design, ''The Pioneer Mother'' conveys a later point in life, after the trails of the journey westward had long been completed. When Barker made the news of his gift public, he described what set this sculpture apart, “()thers have perpetuated the struggles of the pioneer mother; I want to perpetuate the peace which followed her struggles.”〔“Vice-President Barker Gives Statue of Pioneer Mother,” Old Oregon, 12, no. 9, June 1930. In University Digital Archives: Old Oregon (1919-1993), https://scholarsbank. uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/13158 (accessed October 28, 2013).〕 This $30,000 six-foot tall bronze lady sits within a straight-backed chair atop a base of pink granite. Her body is in repose with a Bible upon her lap. The clear lines and massing of the base further enhance the stationary suggestion. Her journey, as represented in the bronze bas-relief panels on the west and east sides of the base, is done and she is firmly rooted in her new home. Her style, as seen in her hair arrangement and cut of her dress, are simple, she is the figure of all pioneer mothers in the twilight of their years.
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