Oral history interview with George Heard Hamilton
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hamilton, George Heard
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Hamilton, George Heard
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Heard Hamilton (1910-2004) was an art historian, art administrator and educator in Williamstown, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings (2 hours, 35 min.))
label: Extent
content: 50 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 July 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hamilt82
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of George Heard Hamilton conducted 1982 July 20, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hamilton speaks of his education and teaching career at Yale, 1936-1966; his directorship of the Clark Art Institute, 1966-1977; and of his research and publlications.