News & Lectures
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
06.13.09 2:00 pm
Gunn Historical Museum, Washington, CT
PRESS & NEWS
“Related Reading: My Facebook, My Self”
The New Museum, April 6, 2009
The Editors “For Your Bookshelf”
How, April, 2009
Kathryn Boughton “Gathering Family Jewels”
The Litchfield County Times, February 26, 2009
Caroline Preston “Snapshots of Personal History”
The Miami Herald, February 10, 2009
Caroline Preston “Still Life, with Scissors and Glue”
The Washington Post, February 1, 2009
Robert Birnbaum “Reading: Scrapbooks: An American History”
The Morning News, January 27, 2009
Claire Martin “Author captures the scrapbook phenomenon”
The Denver Post, January 25, 2009
Claire Martin “Artist holds scraps of memories”
The Denver Post, January 25, 2009
Terri Schlichenmeyer “Bookworm Sez uncovers wonderful winter reads”
Kare 11, Minneapolis, January 25, 2009
Linda Fantin “Scrapbook Insider: The politics of scrapping”
Salt Lake Tribune, January 12, 2009
Ann La Farge “Independent Reader: Pasting lives together, in war and peace”
Indenews.com, January 9, 2009
Nancy Bauer “Turning Scrapbooks into Art”
Telegraph-Journal, January 3, 2009
David Blomenberg “Anne Sexton's Scrapbook and Other Finds”
Sycamore Review, December 10, 2008
“A Serious Conversation About Scrapbooks: An American History with Jessica Helfand”
Rural Intelligence, December 9, 2008
Elsa Dixler, “Holiday Books”
The New York Times Book Review, December 6, 2008
Joy Press, “Beyond the Valley of the Doilies”
Salon, December 04, 2008
Jim Shelton, “Ticket Stubs, War Medals and Candy Wrappers”
New Haven Register, November 30, 2008
Linda Ocasio, “A Perfect Hobby for These Anxious Times”
The Star-Ledger, November 26, 2008
Jenna Weissman Joselit, “Paste and Future”
The New Republic, November 19, 2008, 42.
David Crumm,“301: 10 Great New Books to Watch with wisdom, wit and lots of pictures, too”
Read the Spirit, November 17, 2008
“Scrapbooking Chat”
The Boston Globe, November 17, 2008
Mark Feeney, “Putting All the Pieces Together”
The Boston Globe, November 16, 2008
Allison Arieff, “Scrapbook Stories”
Sunset, November 13, 2008
Tracey O’Shaughnessy, “The Great American Scrapbook”
Republican American, November 9, 2008
Linda Fantin, “Scrapbooking: Crafters akin to historians”
The Salt Lake Tribune, November 8, 2008
Jennifer Forker “Which Craft: Scrapbooks valued as history”
The Associated Press, October 22, 2008
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Asbury Park Press, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Baxter Bulletin, Canada East: The Daily Gleaner, The Canadian Press, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbia Tribune, The Daily Sentinel, The Detroit Free Press, Evansville Courier Press, Fredericksburg Freelance Star, Go Erie, The Hawk Eye, Herald Net, The Ithaca Press, The Jamestown Sun, Marietta Daily Journal, MSNBC, Newark Star-Ledger, North Penn Reporter, The Pottstown Mercury, Poughkeepsie Journal, The Reading Eagle, Register Journal, Salina Journal, Sun Journal, Tennessean, Waco Tribune-Herald, and WRAL Raleigh-Durham.
Howard Pousner, “Q&A with Jessica Helfand”
Atlanta Journal & Constitution, November 3, 2008
Macy Halford, “Cut & Paste”
The New Yorker, October 21, 2008
The Editors, “More Titles”
I.D. Magazine, November/December 2008, 139.
Jennifer Forker “Scrapbooks Valued as History”
The Mercury, October 21, 2008
The Editors, “Approval Matrix”
New York Magazine, October 19, 2008, 76.
“Compelling Image”
Varoom, Issue 7, 2008, 82.
Claire Lui, "Rumble in the Hobby Lobby"
Print, October 2008, 16.
Rob Walker, “Shared Memories”
The New York Times Magazine, September 14, 2008, 24.
Thomas Hine, “Scraps of Memory”
Yale Alumni Magazine, September/October 2008, 66.
The Editors, “The Good Book”
Step Inside Design, September/October 2008, 166.
The Editors, “Graphic Books”
Graphic Design USA, August 26, 2008, online.
The Editors, "Hidden Gems: The Best Yet to Come."
Amazon, August 22, 2008, online.
Linda Fantin, “Scrapbook Insider”
Salt Lake Tribune, July 15, 2008, online.
Joshua Glenn “Brainiac Summer Reading”
Boston Globe, June 27, 2008, online.
Jessica Helfand “Summerscapes”
The New York Times, June 8 2008, Op-Ed13.
Brigitte Ruthman “Long-lost Scrapbook of Waterbury Soldier”
Republican American, October 2, 2007, 1A.
Jessica Helfand “What We Saved”
Aperture, Summer 2006, 40.
BLOG NOTICES
Castonguay Histore, May 2, 2009
Creative Soup, February 26, 2009
Digital Scrapbooking, February 16, 2009
History Books, January 10, 2009
Debbie Millman, January 8, 2009
Sneakybookpusher, January 2, 2009
The Search Was the Thing, December 30, 2008
The Earl Grey, December 26, 2008
Jeff Peachey, December 22, 2008
Fran Meneley, December 18, 2008
Literary Lotus, December 18, 2008
Books in Heat, December 6, 2008
Barnes & Noble Review, December 1, 2008
Cold Fusion Developers Network
Poppy Talk, December 16, 2008
Chasing Ray, December 16, 2008
Pennies & Pearls, December 16, 2008
Falmanac: The Fallston Almanac of American History, December 09, 2008
Bricolage, December 08, 2008
Books In Heat, December 06, 2008
“Is Scrapbooking Art? Does it Matter?”
La Moretta, December 04, 2008
“To Give and To Get...”
Elements, December 04, 2008
“Reconsidering Crafts”
To The Best of Our Knowledge, December 12, 2008
“Composition as Assemblage”
writingtechnologies, November 22, 2008
“The Fool and the Keeper of Family History”
Wedding Scrapbooking, November 23, 2008
The Paper Collector, November 20, 2008
“Scott to Frances Scott to F. Scott”
ZYZZYVASPEAKS, October 30, 2008
“Anne Sexton's Scrapbook”
Poetry Foundation, October 29, 2008
“Scrapbooks, Baby Blogs and Memory”
Institute for the Future
Diana Page Jordan, “Scrapbooking, Might As Well”
Diana Page Jordan, October 24, 2008
Bonita Rose, “Oooooo, I Want This!”
A Life Unrehearsed/Volume Two, October 24, 2008
Tina Roth Eisenberg, “Scrapbooks, An American History”
Swiss Miss, October 22, 2008
“Jessica Helfand's "Scrapbooks: An American History"
Behind The Approval Matrix, October 21, 2008
“Scrapbooks an American History”
Shades of the Departed, October 16, 2008
“She’s Crafty”
Departika, October 10, 2008
“Scrapbooks of Old”
Shades of the Departed, October 8, 2008
"A Different View"
Scrap Smack, October 4, 2008
Linda Norris, "Scrapbooks"
The Uncataloged Museum, October 2, 2008
"The Daily Scrapbook"
Illustration Friday, September 30, 2008
"Jessica Helfand's Book/Site"
Core 77, September 25, 2008
Daniel & Jacqueline Gross
Anew Designs, September 25, 2008
Douglas Rushkoff, "Great Books By Women"
Boing Boing, September 24, 2008
Armand B. Frasco
Moleskinerie, September 17, 2008
Armand B. Frasco
Notebookism, September 17, 2008
Richard J. Cox, “Scrapbook History”
Reading Archive, September 14 2008, online.
The Editors, “Bookshop - August”
Suziebeezieland, August 4, 2008, online.
The Editors, “Jessica Helfand Discusses Scrapbooking”
Ephemera, May 18, 2007, online.
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDES
Susan Larson, “The Biblio Files”
The Times Picayune, December 23, 2008
“Coffee Table Books on America”
Gifts.com, December 23, 2008
Dwight Garner, “Coffee Table and Gift Books”
Mercury News, December 8, 2008
Peter Terzian, “On Reading”
Long Island Newsday, December 7, 2008
Mary Ann Gwinn, “Reference and coffee-table books for everyone on your list”
The Seattle Times
Vick Mickunas, “Holiday Gift Books a Great Idea”
Dayton Daily News, December 03, 2008
Vick Mickunas, “Holiday Gift Books A Great Idea”
Springfield News-Sun, November 30, 2008
Tom Nissley, “Best of the Year: Kakutani and Maslin”
Omnivoracious, November 28, 2008
Lauren Weinberg, “Art & Design Gift Guide 2008”
Time Out Chicago, November 20, 2008
The Editors, “Autumn Joys”
Hallmark Magazine, November 2008, 18
The Editors, “Gift guide: Books”
Time Out New York, November 20, 2008
Lauren Weinberg, “Art & Design Gift Guide 2008”
Time Out New York, November 20, 2008
Cindy Mcnatt, “Gifts for Home and Garden”
The Orange County Register, November 19, 2008
“Holiday Gift Guide”
Harry Schwartz Independent Bookstores
RADIO INTERVIEWS
“Interview with Mary-Charlotte Domandi on Santa Fe Radio Cafe”
KSFR, April 28, 2009
“Scrapbooks: An American History”
WAMC, March 19, 2009
“Jessica Helfand”
Design Matters with Debbie Millman, January 9, 2009
“Scrapbooks: An American History”
AARP Radio, January 3, 2009
“Scrapbooking: An American History”
The Leonard Lopate Show
“Re-considering Craft”
Wisconsin Public Radio: To The Best of Our Knowledge
A New Book by Jessica HelfandComing this fall from Yale University Press
A gorgeous visual history of American scrapbooks and their evolution over two hundred years. 242 pages, 425 photographs printed in full color.
Combining pictures, words, and a wealth of personal ephemera, scrapbook makers preserve on the pages of their books a moment, a day, or a lifetime. Highly subjective, rich in emotional meaning, the scrapbook is a unique and often quirky form of expression in which a person gathers and arranges meaningful materias to create a personal narrative. This richly illustrated book is the first to focus close attention on the history of American scrapbooks—their origins, their makers, their diverse forms, the reasons for their popularity, and their place in American cultural life.
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The New York Times June 8, 2008
In this Op-Ed page SUMMERSCAPES, Jessica Helfand reflects on the fascinating "Stunt" Book kept by a young California debutante in the summer of 1920.
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came from a distinguished family in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She kept a detailed scrapbook of her adventures that profiles life in the south during the 1920s.
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lydia blanchard website ->