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    PRESS RELEASE
    National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
    395 Concord Ave.
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Tel.: 617-489-1610
    Email: [email protected]


    LECTURE AT NAASR ON COVERAGE OF THE GENOCIDE
    IN THE nEW yORK TIMES AND MISSIONARY HERALD


    Anne Elbrecht of Davis, CA, will give a lecture entitled "Telling the
    Story: The Armenian Genocide in The New York Times and Missionary
    Herald," on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 8:00 p.m., at the National
    Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395
    Concord Ave., Belmont, MA.

    Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht's Telling the Story: The Armenian Genocide in
    The New York Times and Missionary Herald, 1914-1918 (Taderon Press,
    2012) focuses on two important journals to see how news of the Armenian
    Genocide filtered through to the United States between 1914-18. It also
    looks at how the American public reacted to such news with a
    humanitarian intervention program.

    There were undoubted differences between the two journals, as The New
    York Times was a leading news organization while Missionary Herald was
    part of an institution (the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
    Missions) with vested interests in Turkey. However, the flow of
    information to the outside world was clear and compelling, especially as
    many reports were actually written by United States officials in Turkey
    and leaked to the press by the State Department in Washington, D.C.

    Anne Elizabeth Elbrecht is a graduate of Wheaton College, University of
    California, Berkeley, School of Library Studies, and McGeorge School of
    Law. Telling the Story is based on her MA thesis at California State
    University, Sacramento. With her late husband Richard A. Elbrecht she
    traveled throughout Turkey photographing Armenian churches, a visual
    archive now part of the Armenian Studies Program at California State
    University, Fresno. She has been a member of NAASR's Board of Directors
    since 2007.

    Telling the Story: The Armenian Genocide in The New York Times and
    Missionary Herald, 1914-1918 will be available for purchase and signing
    the night of the lecture.

    Admission to the event is free (donations appreciated). The NAASR
    Center is located opposite the First Armenian Church and next to the
    U.S. Post Office. Ample parking is available around the building and in
    adjacent areas. The lecture will begin promptly at 8:00 p.m.

    More information about the lecture is available by calling 617-489-1610,
    faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing to NAASR, 395
    Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.



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    April 27, 2012
    Belmont, MA




    From: A. Papazian
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