Oral history interview with John Davis Hatch
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hatch, John Davis
label: Interviewer
content: White, H. Wade
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Bloom, Hyman, 1913-
label: Names
content: Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938
label: Names
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
label: Names
content: Dows, Olin, 1904-1981
label: Names
content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New England -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Hatch, John Davis
label: Interviewer
content: White, H. Wade
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian, collector, art consultant, museum director; b. 1907; d. May 30, 1996.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 52 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 June 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hatch64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/hatch64.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Davis Hatch conducted 1964 June 8, by H. Wade White for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.