Oral history interview with Ellen Marie Helinka
name: label: Interviewee
content: Helinka, Ellen Marie, 1947-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Poets -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Publishers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Lesbian artists
label: Topic
content: Women poets
label: Topic
content: Women publishers
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
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: Helinka, Ellen Marie, 1947-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ellen Marie Helinka (1947- ) is a poet, publisher, and insurance broker known for founding and editing the journal 13th Moon in the early 1970s as well as for her efforts to promote lesbian poetry and art in New York City and beyond through the 1980s.

Ben Gillespie (1988- ) is the oral historian at the Archives of American Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Items (sound files (2 hrs., 29 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0355
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 October 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.helink22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Ellen Marie Helinka conducted 2022 October 28, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art, at the Archives of American Art office in New York, NY.­