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The Inland Chapter
Inland Chapter
American Printing History Association
1104 S. Wabash
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Dear Print History Enthusiast,
The American Printing History Association was founded in 1974 on the east coast in New York, and gradually its chapters have spread across the United States, to the west coast, to California. Until now, there has been no local chapter in the heartland; the home of the world-class Newberry Library, the historic printing hub of the country, and the historic homes of Rand McNally and typefounders Barnhart Brothers and Spindler.
Now, a new mid-western chapter of APHA has formed and you are invited to become a part of it.
The Inland Chapter of APHA has been named in honor of the long-running printer’s trade magazine The Inland Printer. By joining the Inland chapter, and by participating in meetings, lectures, and field trips, you can connect with other Midwestern print enthusiasts, as well as encourage the study of printing history.
And to prove that we jump in with both feet here in the Midwest, we are also making plans for the Inland chapter to host the National APHA conference in Chicago on October 12-13, 2012. A call for papers will be sent out soon with details.
But everything has to start somewhere, and to that end, there will be a reception inaugurating our fledgling chapter, in Chicago on January 20 at 6 PM at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S Wabash Ave, Second floor, Room 205. We will exchange ideas for chapter events, and light refreshments will be provided. At 6:30, David Peat will be speaking about electrotypes.
Join APHA online here, and we will see you in January!
Current Officers
April Sheridan, President
Paul Gehl, Vice President
Martha Chiplis, Secretary
Greg Prickman, Treasurer
Upcoming Events
Join us at a reception inaugurating the fledgling Inland Chapter of the American Printing History Association in Chicago. We'll meet in room 205 at Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S Wabash Ave, Second floor, to exchange ideas for chapter events. Light refreshments will be provided. And, at 6:30, David Peat will give a talk on Everything You Wanted to Know About Electrotypes.
APHA is pleased to announce the Lieberman Lecture for 2012, to be given by type designer and letterpress printer Russell Maret. It will be given at 11:00 a.m. on June 2 in Chicago at the Newberry Library in Ruggles Hall at 60. W. Walton Street. More info.
The belated Winter 2012 issue of the APHA Newsletter is comprised of an update on the planning of the 2012 Annual Conference, announcement of the 2012 Lieberman Lecture, a notice on the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Harrison T. Chandler, a review of Alastair M. Johnston's Typographical Tourists and a roster of new and returning members. Download the Newsletter in PDF form.
Elected to their first term, at our annual general meeting held January 28, were Robert McCamant, President; James P. Ascher, VP for Publications; Casey Smith, VP for Membership; and Charles Cuykendall Carter, Secretary. Re-elected to a second term were Kitty Maryatt, VP for Programs; and David Goodrich, Treasurer. Trustees Amelia Hugill-Fontanel and Richard Ring will serve until January 2013.
The American Printing History Association welcomes proposals for its 2012 annual conference. “At the Crossroads: Living Letterform Traditions” at Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book and Paper Arts, October 12–13, 2012. Proposals are due by March 15. Full details are available in PDF
Our annual general meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday January 28, 2012 in the Trustees’ Room on the second floor of the New York Public Library, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street in Manhattan. In addition to Association business, our annual meeting is a chance to meet fellow members from around the country, to network, and to hear some important speakers. (Our meeting marks the end of “Bibliography Week” in New York, when similar groups hold their annual meetings and this year includes a major exhibition on printing at the Grolier Club; more information online grolierclub.org. APHA’s meeting is free and open to non-members (except for voting), so please invite friends interested in printing, books, publishing, and type. Read the President's Letter.
The Fall 2011 issue of the APHA Newsletter comprises of reports from the annual conference including panels, Pamela Smith's keynote address, Gwido Zlatkes's Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship talk, the SoCal chapter book fair, a tour of the Stuart Collection of outdoor sculpture at UCSD and a list of new APHA members. Download the Newsletter in PDF form.
Kitty Maryatt reports on the first-ever conference book fair. Read all about it.
Many numbers are available to APHA members for a limited time at the bargain rate of $8 for the first issue, $6 for each additional; $15 for double issues. Learn more at printinghistory.org/sale.
Details and application for the 2012 Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship
in Printing History are now online.
Thanks to the generosity of several APHA Southern California Chapter members, the Southern California Chapter has conducted its first-ever student membership drawing.
To celebrate the start of 2011, the complete listing of Printing History's contents have been put back online. See the contents (and a few select articles) from the Original Series, or a complete listing of the New Series. See something you like? Download the Back Issue Order Form.