Ferdinand Hampson talks about Paul Hollister coming to Habatat. Oral history interview with Ferdinand Hampson by Catherine Whalen and Barb Elam, conducted via telephone, January 3, 2020, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 01:23.

Ferdinand Hampson: Sure. Well, when he came to the gallery in 1977, he was—we did have a section where we had some studio glass out, aside from the paperweights. And he had an interest in it, a strong interest in it. And we told them that each year we have a national glass exhibition, and that he should come and write about that. And so the next year, which is always in April, he came and reviewed the show and met a number of the artists, and I think it was exciting for him. It was something very different. And so—and then in 1979, of course, he came back again to review the second paperweight show. And I believe he came a fourth time for another one of our national shows. And, yeah, I would say four times. I can’t think of another. But so I think that the gallery itself kind of piqued his interest in what was happening in glass other than paperweights.