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Oral history interview with Ellen Marie Helinka, 2022 October 28

Helinka, Ellen Marie, 1947-

Editor, Publisher, Poet

Overview

Collection Information

Size: 11 sound files (2 hrs., 29 min.), digital, wav

Summary: 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.­

Biographical/Historical Note

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.

Provenance

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.

Language Note

English .

How to Use This Collection

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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