{"id":604,"date":"2020-04-15T19:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/trees\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2020-05-04T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:15:18","slug":"margaret-branscomb-statue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/trees\/margaret-branscomb-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"History: Margaret Branscomb statue magnolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221837\/pa.bld_.kirh_.037-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kirkland Hall 1925\" width=\"90%\" class=\"size-large wp-image-512\" \/><br \/>\n<small>Kirkland Hall 1925 showing magnolia 2-865 on the left. Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives photo archives PA.BLD.KIRH.037<\/small><\/p>\n<p>In a photo of Kirkland Hall taken for the 1925 \u201cCommodore\u201d we can see the magnolia tree that would one day provide shade for the statue of Margaret Branscomb. This tree due to its large size in the 1925 photo may have been one of the original trees of Vanderbilt planted by Bishop McTeiyre. Margaret Branscomb, wife of Chancellor Harvie Branscomb, loved the magnolias that graced Vanderbilt\u2019s campus. Under her husband, Vanderbilt saw a massive building campaign that resulted in the construction of many buildings we know and love today.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221837\/2020-03-20-10-11-57-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of Margaret Branscomb\" width=\"90%\" class=\"size-large wp-image-512\" \/><br \/>\n<small>Statue of Margaret Branscomb under magnolia 2-865.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>As President of the Vanderbilt Garden Club from 1952 to 1954 Margaret Branscomb got the idea to beautify Vanderbilt by planting magnolia trees around the perimeter of campus. Throughout the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s Margaret Branscomb oversaw the planting of magnolia trees all across and on the edges of campus to add beauty and greenery alongside the budding buildings. She not only added new magnolias, but also replanted many already on campus in order to save them from being cut down during construction. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of her reasoning for planting the trees Margaret Branscomb said: \u201c \u201cI thought of the noise and dust a thick row of magnolias would lessen, to say nothing of the campus being so open to the public view\u201d. Today a bronze statue of Margaret Branscomb sits happily with a book below one of the beautiful magnolia trees she loved so much, just as the real Margaret Branscomb likely did throughout her time at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221837\/2020-03-20-10-12-22-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque for Margaret Branscomb statue\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221837\/2020-03-20-10-12-22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221837\/2020-03-20-10-12-22-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221837\/2020-03-20-10-12-22-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaque for Margaret Branscomb statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2020\/04\/19221829\/branscomb-garden-club.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret Branscomb&#039;s statue looks toward the Garden Club memorial\" width=\"90%\" class=\"size-large wp-image-512\" \/><br \/>\n<small>Margaret Branscomb&#8217;s statue looks toward the memorial to the Garden Club that she once led.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Return to the <a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/vu\/2-865\">historical tree tour<\/a> page for magnolia 2-865. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirkland Hall 1925 showing magnolia 2-865 on the left. Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives photo archives PA.BLD.KIRH.037 In a photo of Kirkland Hall taken for the 1925 \u201cCommodore\u201d we can see the magnolia tree that would one day provide shade for the statue of Margaret Branscomb. 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