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We present medium-resolution spectra ($R \sim 2000$--4000) at0.4--1.0\,$\mu$m and 0.7--2.5\,$\mu$m of 16 active galactic nuclei (AGNs)selected with red color in the near-infrared (NIR) of $J - K > 2.0$ mag at $z\sim 0.3$. We fit the H$\beta$, H$\alpha$, P$\beta$, and P$\alpha$ lines fromthese spectra to obtain their luminosities and line widths. We derive the$E(B-V)$ color excess values of the NIR-red AGNs using two methods, one basedon the line-luminosity ratios and another based on the continuum slopes. Thetwo $E(B-V)$ values agree with each other at rms dispersion $\sim$ 0.249. Abouthalf of the NIR-red AGNs have $g'-K < 5$ magnitude, and we find that these NIRred, but blue in optical-NIR AGNs, have $E(B-V) \sim 0$, suggesting that asignificant fraction of the NIR color-selected red AGNs are unobscured or onlymildly obscured. After correcting for the dust extinction, we estimate theblack hole (BH) masses and the bolometric luminosities of the NIR-red AGNsusing the Paschen lines to calculate their Eddington ratios ($\lambda_{\rmEdd}$). The median Eddington ratios of nine NIR-red AGNs ($\log (\lambda_{\rmEdd}) \simeq -0.654 \pm 0.176$) are only mildly higher than those of unobscuredtype 1 AGNs ($\log (\lambda_{\rm Edd}) \simeq -0.961 \pm 0.008$). Moreover, wefind that the $M_{\rm BH}$--$\sigma_{\ast}$ relation for three NIR-red AGNs isconsistent with that of unobscured type 1 AGNs at similar redshift. Theseresults suggest that the NIR red color selection alone is not effective atpicking up dusty, intermediate-stage AGNs.

Medium-resolution Optical and Near-Infrared Spectral Atlas of 16 2MASS-selected NIR-red Active Galactic Nuclei at $z \sim 0.3$