Oral history interview with Robert Powell Coggins
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Coggins, Robert P., 1924-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Names
content: Chambers, Willie M.
label: Names
content: Daingerfield, Elliott, 1859-1932
label: Names
content: Jones, Nell Choate, 1879-1981
label: Names
content: Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Georgia -- Marietta -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Southern States
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: Coggins, Robert P., 1924-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Powell Coggins was a physician and art collector from Marietta, Georgia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985 September 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coggin85
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Robert Powell Coggins conducted 1985 September 26, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Coggins speaks of his family and educational background; growing up in Marietta, Georgia; his first purchase of English portraits and Dutch still lifes; his decision to concentrate on collecting Southern American art; his interest in various southern painters including Willie M. Chambers, Nell Choate Jones, Elliott Daingerfield, and Thomas Addison Richards; efforts to refine and expand the collection by acquiring art that captures the "tranquil, slow, relaxed politeness of the true South"; and his continuing struggle to be accepted by art historians and museum officials.