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Emma Willard Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Campbell, T. A., sculptor. Zwick, Pierre, designer. Houlihan Shop, fabricator. Title:  Emma Willard Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 18, 1941. Medium:  West Rutland, Vermont white statuary marble. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. 4 ft. x 6 ft. x 8 in.; Upper base: approx. 8 in. x 6 ft. x 8 in.; Lower base: approx. 8 in. x 7 ft. x 8 in. Inscription:  (Above relief:) In memory of/Emma Hart Willard/Who Wrote at Middlebury in 1818 the Magna Carta/for Higher Education of Women in America. (On back of relief:) Education Should Seek To Bring Its Subjects/to the Perfection of their Moral, Intellectual/and Physical Nature, in order that they May Be of/the Greatest Possible Use to Themselves and Others/1787 - Emma Hart Willard 1870 unsigned Description:  Relief carving of Emma Willard seated at a desk writing with a quill pen. There is a globe, ink well, and books on her desk. Subject:  Portrait female -- Williard, Emma -- Waist Length Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Object -- Furniture -- Desk Object -- Other -- Globe Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Middlebury Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Daughters of the American Revolution, Ethan Allen Chapter, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 Located Triangular Park opposite the Congregational Church, Middlebury, Vermont Remarks:  IAS files contain several related articles from the Middlebury Register, including March 14, 1941 and Aug. 29, 1941, which give the commissioning history. The memorial was erected as part of Middlebury's observance of the Vermont Sesquicentennial Year. Pierre Zwick of Burlington, head of the Federal Arts Project for Vermont, designed the memorial. The statuary work was done by T. A. Campbell, of the Houlihan Shop, in Center Rutland. The monument was erected through the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration). Federal Works Project money paid for the design and sculpture of the relief tablet and labor used in preparing the site. The work is sited on Route 7, across from the Charter House in which the Middlebury College Charter was signed ca. 1800. The memorial commemorates Emma Hart Willard, who came to Middlebury in 1807 to take charge of the Female Academy. In 1818, she authored a charter for women's education and later founded the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, the first normal school in the United States. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey 1992. Middlebury Register (Middlebury, VT), March 14, 1941, pg. 1. Illustration:  Friedlander, Lee, "The American Monument," New York: Eakins, 1976. Middlebury Register (Middlebury, VT), Oct. 24, 1941, pg. 1, 4. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS VT000083   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VT000083 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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