Question: Hi, my name is Rubyjade and I have some questions for you! I wanted to know who was the person who made up the first scrapbook and what was their name? I’m doing a senior project on scrapbooking . The high school I go to is Rosemont High School.
Answer: The first scrapbook dates back to 1598, but there have been similar things like it even before that time. Modern day scrapbooking has been attributed to Marielen Christensen of Utah who displayed over 50 ablums at the 1980 World Conference of Records in Utah. If you want to read some extensive histories on scrapbooking, here are some great websites:
http://www.pagesoftheheart.net/artman/publish/article_727.shtml
http://www.myscrapbooks.com/main/handler/item_id/951672
http://lmm.confederationcentre.com/english/learning/learning-4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapbooking