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| Title | Alice Biddle |
| Alternative Title | The Quest |
| Artwork Description | A bronze sculpture of a woman, representing Alice Biddle, in a long dress with long sleeves. The sculpture stands on a platform. |
| Notes | Alice Eudorah Biddle (Mooreland), born in Corvallis, Oregon in 1854, was the first woman graduate of Oregon State University, completing her four-year curriculum and degree in just over three years. She was class valedictorian with perfect grades and perfect attendance. She graduated at age 16 and was known as Corvallis' most intelligent young woman. She was the daughter of one of Benton County's wealthiest families and married college professor William Walter Moreland. In the mid-1870's she and her husband moved to Oregon City and later to California, where Mr. Moreland became a prominent attorney. In 1975, Alice Biddle organized the first alumni reunion in OSU school history. Her statue sits today just to the east of the Memorial Union and is a favorite meeting and resting spot for students and faculty. (selected information contained in OAC Collection materials) |
| LC Subject | Sculpture
Bronze sculpture
Figure sculpture
Women in art
Women pioneers
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| AAT Subject | bronze (metal)
outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
sculpture
sculpture (visual work)
sculpture by function
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| People Depicted | Biddle (Moreland) , Alice; for more biographical information, see http://www.osualum.com/s/359/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=1&pgid=545 |
| Creator | St. Maur, Kirk
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| Regional Arts Council | The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/ |
| Award Date(s) | 1982
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| Installation Date | 1982 |
| Medium | Sculpture
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| Materials/Technique | Sculpture, Bronze |
| Source Format | slide: color
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| Artwork Site | Corvallis Oregon. Oregon State University. Gill Coliseum
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| Location | East of Student Union |
| Site Address | 660 S. W. 26th Street, Corvallis Oregon |
| County | Benton County, Oregon
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| Image Processing History | Master tiff image captured at 4000 pixels across the long edge using SilverFast AI 6.0 software. Digital images in tiff format are archived and saved. Adobe Photoshop CS2 used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight points, adjust levels, contrast and sharpen as needed. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, resolution revised to 125 pixels, resize longer dimension to 875 pixels; save display jpeg at quality level 6. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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