Oral history interview with Edna Coll
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 beta videocassettes.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Coll, Edna
label: Interviewer
content: Benítez, Marimar
label: Names
content: Academia de Arte Edna Coll. Edna Coll Academy of Art
label: Names
content: Puerto Rican Artists Video Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Puerto Rico
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women authors
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Coll, Edna
label: Interviewer
content: Benítez, Marimar
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edna Coll (1906-2002) was a Puerto Rican author and educator. She founded the Academy of Fine Arts in Puerto Rico, later renamed the Edna Coll Academy in her honor. She served as president of the Society of Puerto Rican Authors, and she worked as a professor of fine arts at the University of Puerto Rico.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marimar Benitez (1942- ) is a Puerto Rican art historian, professor, gallery owner, and curator. She is also a former director of the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (videocassettes (Betacam))
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (video files (28 min), digital, mov)
label: Extent
content: 9 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 October 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coll97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was audited and edited by Benji de la Piedra in 2024.
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Edna Coll conducted by Marimar Benitez, 1997 October 26, for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.