Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Held, John, 1947-
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Held papers relating to mail art
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Box 8)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.heldjohn, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Writings are arranged alphabetically by title.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Writings by John Held, Jr. consist of catalog essays, miscellaneous essays, bibliographies, miscellaneous box set texts, and miscellaneous typescripts.

Exhibition catalog essays provide contextual background on artists, collectors, and the mail art movement.  Miscellaneous essays also cover mail art artists, mail art history, the effect of international influences on the (mail art) Eternal Network, archival practice, artistamps, Fluxus, and performance and alternate DIY art cultures.  Bibliographies are of published resources relating to artistamps, the San Francisco Bay Area Dada and DIY alternative cultures, feminist art, and the Eternal Network.  Box set texts are exhibition descriptions of particular mail art pieces, stamps, and artifacts.  Miscellaneous typescripts include mail art project proposals, reports, and book reviews.