John Held, Jr. papers
name: label: Creator
content: Held, John, 1889-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
creator: label: Creator
content: Held, John, 1889-1958
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Held, 1889-1958, was an illustrator, Westport, Conn. and Palm Beach, Fla. He was most famous for his Jazz Age era illustrations for the New Yorker. He also produced watercolor landscapes and sculpture. [Not to be confused with John Held, Jr., b. 1947, associated with Mail Art]
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 600 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.heldjojr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm rolls N721 & N722 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. John Held, Jr., after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material; an annotated chronology of events and activities; a list of illustrations; published illustrations and articles; book jackets; personal and family photographs and photographs of his sculpture; a small group of correspondence; press clippings; and scrapbooks containing clippings, illustrations and cartoons. Included is an extended reminiscence of Held's boyhood in Salt Lake City, Utah.