Oral history interview with John Held, Jr
name: label: Interviewee
content: Held, John, 1947-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
topic: label: Topic
content: Librarians -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mail art
label: Topic
content: Political activists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Performance artists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Rubber stamps
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: Held, John, 1947-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Held (1947-) is a rubberstamp artist, participant in the international mail art network, activist, performance artist, collector of mail art, and a fine arts librarian in San Francisco, California. Interviewer Paul Karlstrom (1941-) is a writer and art historian in San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Items (Sound recording: 9 sound files (5 hr., 4 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 131 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Recorded on Tascam DR 100MKII R000326.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2017 September 28-October 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.held17
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
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: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with John Held, Jr. conducted 2017 September 28 and October 3, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at Karlstrom's home in San Francisco, California.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of John Held.