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Coggins, Robert P.

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role Collector
dates 1924-1989
city Marietta
stateGA
sex M
historical notes Dr. Robert Powell Cogggins was a physician and collector of American Southern Art.

Coggins' collection included work by, among others, Willie M. Chambers, Nell Choate Jones, Elliott Daingerfield, and Thomas Addison Richards.

In 1989, Robert S Morris, III purchased 230 works of art from the Coggins' Collection of art and artists of the South. This purchased served as the foundation for the Morris Art Museum.

decades
of activity
1970-1980
1980-1990
websitehttp://www.themorris.org/ourhistory.html
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Oral history interview with Robert Powell Coggins, 1985 Sept. 26 see details...
Kennesaw State University Archives
Sturgis Library 212-226, Building 17
Kennesaw College Oral History Series see details...
Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
An Inventory of Photographs of Artwork Associated with the Robert P. Coggins Collection see details...
Archives of American Art
Isabel Lydia Whitney papers, 1832-1973. see details...
Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
Robert P. Coggins Collection : [vertical file]. see details...
Morris Museum of Art
1 Tenth Street
Robert P. Coggins collection acquired by Morris Museum of Art : see details...