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Kalapuya Talking Stones

By Kommema Cultural Protection Association; Citizen Planning Committee for the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park
The Kalapuya Talking Stones were installed in December 2002 in the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park. The stones were quarried from a basalt deposit in traditional Kalapuya territory and were designed to serve as an education and cultural…

Deady Hall

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
Deady Hall was named after Matthew Deady, a prominent judge and politician in Oregon. For many years, this was the only building on campus and only received its name long after it was completed. However, the completion of this first building has a…

The Pioneer Statue

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
Artist: Alexander Phimister Proctor Date: 1918, installed 1919This sculpture, located across from Johnson Hall, in between Friendly and Fenton Hall, was dedicated with great ceremony in May 1919. The sculptor, Alexander Phimister Proctor (1862-1950),…

The Oregon Tribal Flagpoles

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
The Oregon Tribal Flagpole project started in 2012 when the Native American Student Union (NASU) and students from the School of Business began proposing the idea of flagpoles in honor of tribes throughout the state of Oregon. A group of six students…

The National Japanese American Student Relocation Council

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
The entry of the United States into World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, had serious impacts on approximately 110,000 Nisei (American citizens of Japanese descent) living in Oregon and throughout the West Coast. After…

Maxine Maxwell

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
Maxine was raised in Salem, Oregon and was a member of a resilient family that was highly respected and well known. Her father, Charles Maxwell, was a successful businessman who operated the restaurant “Fat Boy Barbecue” and a shoeshine shop in…

Ed Coleman

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
Dr. Edwin Leon Coleman II left an enduring legacy at the University of Oregon and in the Eugene community as an educator, musician, civil rights activist, writer, community and campus organizer, and perhaps most importantly, a friend and advocate of…

The Black Student Union

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
In 1966, students created the Black Student Union (BSU) to bring awareness to racial discrimination and to serve as a coalescing group for activism regarding these issues. Indeed, in April 1968, the BSU submitted a list of grievances and demands to…

Clifford F. Johnson

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
Clifford F. Johnson was raised in Illinois and decided to join the U.S. Army after graduating from high school. While in the army, Johnson served at Fort Lewis, Washington during World War II. During his time there, he faced racial segregation.…

William Sherman Savage

By University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives
After graduating with a bachelor of arts degree from Howard University in Washington, DC in 1917, William Sherman Savage came to Eugene in 1924 to continue graduate work in history. Two years later, he was the first African American to graduate with…
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