John Held, Jr. papers
Scope and Contents
Includes artwork of John Held, Jr. including many linocut prints, paintings, drawings, and gouache paintings, manuscripts, photographs of John Held, Jr. and various items, and other various scrapbook items. There are also a few signs or posters used in the past used when John Held, Jr.'s work was on display.
Dates
- approximately 1882-1992
Creator
- Held, John, Jr., 1889-1958 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research
Conditions Governing Use
It is the reponsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collecton must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
John Held, Jr. was born on January 10, 1889, to Annie Evans and John Held in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was interested in art from his youth. He became a popular American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and author. He was a highly successful magazine illustrator, especially in the 1920s. His most popular works included his cartoons of people dancing, driving, playing sports, and engaging in other popular activies of the era. He also created a number of linocut and woodblock prints on handmade paper. Held was married four times. He had three adopted children with his second wife and one daughter with his third wife. Held died on March 2, 1958, in Belmar, New Jersey, of throat cancer and is burried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City.
Extent
14 oversize boxes ((17.5 linear ft.) -- scrapbook boxes only)
5 folders (0.1 linear ft.)
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
11 boxes (1.25 linear ft.) ; 15 x 13 x 2.75"
1 box (1.25 linear ft.) ; 15 x 13 x 2"
1 oversize (0.1 linear ft.) ; 20 x 16"
1 oversize folder (0.2 linear ft.)
1 box (1.25 linear ft.) ; 15 x 13 x 2.25"
1 box (1.25 linear ft.) ; 15 x 13 x 1.5"
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in three series: 1. John Held, Jr. artwork, approximately 1910-1957. 2. Scrapbooks on John Held, Jr., 1882-1978. 3. John Held, Jr. manuscripts, approximately 1910-1957.
Custodial History
Purchased in 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; 2017.
Processing Information
Processed, Ivy Griffiths; May 2022.
- Title
- Register of John Held, Jr. papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Ivy Griffiths
- Date
- 2022 May 10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States