Selected Bibilography
“A Break From Conventional: A Look at Kwei-lin Lum’s Paper Doll Artistry,” DOLLS, August-September 2024, 29-33, and online October 23, 2024. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz and courtesy Kwei-lin Lum.
“A Hot Kansas Wind,” Birmingham Arts Journal, ed. Jim Reed, Volume 14, Issue 4, 13-14. Anthology, essay on mass shooting.
“Antique Doll Heads at Bellingrath Home,” Alabama Heritage, Winter 2021, 4-6. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Lead article and Department Abstracts.
“Black and Brown Dolls, 1780-1935,” Doll World, April 1993, 8,10. Photos by Wenham Historical Association and Museum, Inc., Wenham, Massachusetts. Cover lines.
“Black Paper Dolls Trace Changing Stereotypes,” AntiqueWeek, July 18, 2016, 1, 4. Photos by Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. National section.
“Comfort and Sanctuary: Dolls Along the Underground Railroad,” DOLL NEWS, Winter 2012, 96-107. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz.
“Debbie Richmond’s Popularly Priced Felt Dolls,” Contemporary DOLL Collector, April/May 1995, 48-51. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Cover lines.
“Elusive Prizes: African American Paper Dolls in Popular Culture,” DOLLS, April 2019, 31-35. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Banner.
“Famous Queens and Martha Washington,” DOLLS, March 2022, 40-43. Photos by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
“From the Cradles of Secession,” Civil War Times, Weider History Group, February 2014, 56-59. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz.
“Heads and Tales: True Stories of Civil War Dolls with Provenance,” Antique DOLL Collector, April 2012, 32-36, 59 and “More Heads and Tales: True Stories of Civil War Dolls with Provenance,” November 2012, 44-48. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Two-part serial with cover lines.
“House of Nisbet: Snapshots Back in Time,” DOLLS, May/June 2023, 33-39, digital edition July 5, 2023. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz.
“In Search of Fanny Gray,” Paperdoll Review, Issue No. 82, 2021, 6-13. Cover lines.
“Little Dolls of Bethlehem,” DOLLS, June/July 1998, 101-104 and August 1998, 118-121. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Two-part serial with cover lines.
“1950s Ginger,” DOLLS, April 2023, 28-36, digital edition June 7, 2023. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz.
“Polar Exploration: To the Ends of the Earth,” Paperdoll Review, Issue No. 86, 2023, 40-43. Cover lines.
“Small Talk,” Messenger, January 1984-December 1985. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Monthly children’s column.
“Terri Lee Treasures on the Block,” DOLLS, February 2002, 32-34, 82. Photos by Frasher’s Doll Auctions, Oak Grove, Missouri. Cover lines.
“Thinning a Collection.” DOLLS, August 2022, 70-72. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Cover lines.
“Unraveling Topsy-Turvy Dolls: A Brief History of These Unique Creations,” DOLLS, April 2024, 23-29. Photos by Kwei-lin Lum. Cover lines.
“Wheels Made by Hand,” Cobblestone, November 1987, 30-33. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz.
“When Death Came,” Birmingham Arts Journal, ed. Jim Reed, Volume 13, Issue 1, 5-6. Anthology, poem.
“The Whitman Story,” Paperdoll Review, Issue No. 75, 2020, 26-31. Photos by Mark A. Kurtz. Cover lines.