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Scrapbooks: An American History
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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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 and rich in emotional content, the scrapbook is a unique and often quirky form of expression in which a person gathers and arranges meaningful materials to create a personal narrative. This lavishly illustrated book is the first to focus attention on the history of American scrapbooks—their origins, their makers, their diverse forms, the reasons for their popularity, and their place in American culture.
Jessica Helfand, a graphic designer and scrapbook collector, examines the evolution of scrapbooks from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present, concentrating on the first half of the twentieth century. She includes color photographs from more than two hundred scrapbooks, some made by private individuals and others by the famous, including Zelda Fitzgerald, Lillian Hellman, Anne Sexton, Hilda Doolittle, and Carl Van Vechten. Scrapbooks, while generally made by amateurs, represent a striking and authoritative form of visual autobiography, Helfand finds, and when viewed collectively they offer a unique perspective on the changing pulses of American cultural life.
Published with assistance from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.4
EAN: 9780300126358
ISBN: 0300126352
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2008-11-03
Publisher: Yale University Press
Studio: Yale University Press
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Pasting our American history to the page - 
The rise of scrapbooking as a hobby has its roots deep in American history. Men and women of all walks of life have engaged in the practice, though the original intent and focus has changed over the last century and a half. Helfand is a designer, writer and cultural critic. She also is a collector of vintage scrapbooks. Here she combines both interests, using the many scrapbooks from her collection to explore American history and culture through the lens of what was considered interesting enough or important enough to collect within them.
This is a beautiful collection of over 200 scrapbooks, and hundreds of photographs, with contents ranging from the mundane (pictures and mementos of family) to news articles of the day, ticket stubs, money and greeting cards. These books come from the time before ready-made pages, laser printers and cropping parties - some made on the pages of books on hand, with the articles glued or taped over the published pages. Some of the names involved in scrapbooking are interesting in and of themselves - Mark Twain was a scrap-booker and Zelda Fitzgerald kept a scrapbook which Helfand includes. Here, scrapbooks are shown to be as much a part of American culture as quilting, and just as unique in design.
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For those of us too lazy to do it ourselves -
This is marvelous: An entire book of other people's scrapbooks. It's like having one's own scrapbook, but with the excitement of discovering exactly what it is one has done.
I deducted a star for not enough pictures of cute animals. Needs more kitties.
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A gorgeous quirky entertaining book, rich in strange and wonderful human narratives with vivid pictures and a captivating layout. A perfect gift.
Scrapbooking: An American History-Beautifully crafted! -
I purchased this book for the 100th birthday of a friend. He is an avid history buff and loves to read collections of the past and memoir type books with photos. I ordered this book thinking it was just about American History and when I received it, was a little surprised to see it was actually a scrapbook about the American History of scrapbooking! I flipped through it before wrapping it, and was amazed to see the types of items people placed in their scrapbooks throughout the years. It really is a fascinating and very well put together book. I highly recommend this purchase for those interested in scrapbooking as well as American History.
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Scrapbooking History -
I absolutely love the book. It gave me inspiration on how I scrapbook right here and right now. What's important to me besides family and friends? I can look around me and see what influences me. I want to put it down so that someday someone will see my treasure. I bought this book because of the videos that were available on the website. It totally hooked me in. I appreciate the authors efforts and share her zeal! Brava!
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