Hathaway, Calvin Sutliff, 1907?-1974.

Dates:
Birth 1907
Death 1974

Biographical notes:

Hathaway served in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Service of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs/Military Government Section in the European Theater of Operations from Sept. 1943 to May 1946. Later, as head of the Cooper Union Museum, he was active in the campaign to return to Germany over 200 art works taken from Berlin museums.

Juliana Force, director of the Whitney Museum, was a leading opponent of American custody of German-owned art.

From the description of Calvin Sutliff Hathaway papers, 1941-1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 460880115

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Subjects:

  • Art
  • Arts
  • Art treasures in war
  • Cultural property
  • Mormon Church
  • Museums
  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • Germany (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Germany--Berlin (as recorded)