Patch, Margaret Merwin

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Margaret Merwin Patch (1894-1987) is a crafts administrator of Shelburne Falls, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret Merwin Patch, 1980 Oct. 16-1984 Sept. 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710018735

Margaret Merwin Patch (1894-1987) was a crafts administrator of Shelburne Falls, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret Merwin Patch, 1980 Oct. 16-1984 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744429037

Crafts administrator; Shelburne Falls, Mass.

From the description of Margaret Merwin Patch interviews, 1980 Oct. 16-1984 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220189205

Margaret Merwin Patch, Crafts administrator of Shelburne Falls, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret Merwin Patch, 1980 Oct. 16-1984 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397463

Crafts administrator; Mass. and New Smyrna, Fla.

Studied at the Univ. of Chicago Graduate School of Commerce and Administration Columbia University. She married George Patch in 1930 and alternated residence between New York, Shelburne Falls, Mass., and Cranbrook, where she studied painting under Zoltan Sepeshy and Wallace Mitchell.

Her affiliation with the American Craftsmen's Council led to her work with other crafts organizations. In 1960, she made a year-long trip around the world, laying the foundation for the World Crafts Council, which was formally established in 1964, with the aid of her colleague Aileen Osborn Webb.

From the description of Margaret Merwin Patch papers, 1885-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404158

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creatorOf Margaret Merwin Patch papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Patch, George William, 1880-1950. Papers, 1894-1950. New Hampshire Newspaper Project
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Margaret Merwin Patch Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Aid to Artisans. corporateBody
associatedWith American Craftsmen's Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Ayers, Hester Merwin, 1902-1975. person
associatedWith Brown, Robert F. person
associatedWith Canadian Crafts Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi, 1903- person
associatedWith Cranbrook Academy of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Fujimori, Kenji. person
associatedWith Huldt, Åke H. person
associatedWith Johnson, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Massachusetts Crafts Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Patch, George William, 1880-1950. person
associatedWith Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996. person
associatedWith Schimpff, Frances. person
associatedWith Schimpff, Mary. person
associatedWith Shelburne Falls Art Center. corporateBody
associatedWith Webb, Aileen O. person
associatedWith Wood, Beatrice. person
associatedWith World Crafts Council. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts--Shelburne Falls
Massachusetts--Shelburne Falls
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts--Shelburne Falls
Massachusetts--Shelburne Falls
Massachusetts
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Art, American
Arts administrators
Arts administrators
Handicraft
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Active 1894

Active 1950

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