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Oral history interview with John Davis Hatch, 1964 June 8

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Interviewee:
Hatch, John Davis, 1907-1996  Search this
Interviewer:
White, H. Wade  Search this
Subject:
Bloom, Hyman  Search this
Bluemner, Oscar  Search this
Bruce, Edward  Search this
Dows, Olin  Search this
Knaths, Karl  Search this
Levine, Jack  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Public Works of Art Project  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Massachusetts
Physical Description:
1 Sound tape reel, Sound recordings, 7 in.; 52 Pages, Transcript
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of John Davis Hatch conducted 1964 June 8, by H. Wade White for the Archives of American Art.
Hatch speaks of his work as the New England area director of the Federal Art Project; the early organization of the Public Works of Art Project in New England; some of the artists and administrators involved, including Olin Dows, Jack Levine, Hyman Bloom, Edward Bruce and Oscar Bluemner, and Karl Knaths.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Davis Hatch, 1964 June 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/hatch64.htm
Biography Note:
Art historian, collector, art consultant, museum director; b. 1907; d. May 30, 1996.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12768
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213549
AAA_collcode_hatch64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213549