Hathaway, Calvin Sutliff, 1907?-1974.

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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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creatorOf Hathaway, Calvin Sutliff, 1907?-1974. Calvin Sutliff Hathaway papers, 1941-1954. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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associatedWith Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. corporateBody
associatedWith Force, Juliana, 1876-1948. person
associatedWith Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995. person
associatedWith Hathaway, Jean G. person
associatedWith Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, 1903- person
associatedWith Morse, Wayne. person
associatedWith United States. Army. European Theater of Operations. European Civil Affairs. corporateBody
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
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Germany
United States
Germany--Berlin
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Art
Arts
Art treasures in war
Cultural property
Mormon Church
Museums
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1907

Death 1974

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