Describe the characteristics of the Location history in Frances Elizabeth Willard (relief)'s Historical information.
This plaque is located in the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda on the main floor.In 1968, there were new rules proposed to Governor Roger D. Branigin by Hubert H. Hawkins, director of the Indiana Historical Bureau, Mrs. Floyd Hopper, head of the Indiana Division in the Indiana State Library, and Robert D. Starrett, curator of the Indiana State Museum regarding the display of paintings, busts, plaques and other memorials within the Indiana Statehouse. The guidelines were created to ensure a stable and continuous policy prevail when choosing the artwork to be displayed in the Statehouse.If these guidelines were accepted, which they were not, the Frances Elizabeth Willard plaque would have been removed, along with the Sarah T. Bolton plaque.Recommended guidelines included:
Those individuals or events being commemorated should have a significant relationship to Indiana and/or Indiana history.
Each display should have statewide importance.
Individuals should not be honored until 10 years after their death.
Statuary and plaques should be made of durable materials and busts should have identifying information attached to it.
All items should be artistically acceptable.
Those not meeting these requirements should be removed.
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