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The American Printing History Association
The Endowment for the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History |
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APHA has promoted the study of printing history through its publications like our journal and newsletter, and through conferences as well as through local chapter events. We have never really thought of ourselves as an organization to which people came for money. Rather, we went looking for money ourselves--usually grants. So it came as a surprise in 2002 when our then-Vice President for Programs, Mark Samuels Lasner, proposed and generously funded an APHA Fellowship in printing history. (I believe this fellowship is one of the first-ever annual fellowships dedicated to printing history to be awarded by a non-for-profit organization like APHA.) Mark promised three years of funding with the understanding that APHA would find a way to continue the fellowship. Three years had passed with three fellowship awards on very interesting topics, but money was tight and the board could not find other donors to step up and share the burden, or other free monies to cover the award. However, our outgoing president Eric Holzenberg, working with Mark and me, committed APHA to raise an endowment to support the fellowship. To honor Mark for his generosity and vision, not to mention his challenge, your APHA board designated the fellowship the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History, and the winners as Mark Samuels Lasner Fellows. APHA fellows have included John Lane (2003), Susanna Ashton (2004), Lance Hidy (2005), Paul Shaw (2006, and Renzo Baldasso (2007), and topics have ranged from figures like W.A. Dwiggins, Erhard Ratdolt and the African-American printer William Stanley Braithwaite, to companies like the Voskens/Maapa Foundry and to organizations like the Society of Printers. As of February 1, 2008, we have received pledges totaling $24,950, roughly half our goal. We need the support of all of our members. Any amount is welcome. A pledge form is linked here (PDF). Thank you for considering our request. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
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At
its January 2008 meeting the American Printing History Association announced a
fund drive to endow the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History, in
order to ensure its permanence. Our goal is a $50,000 endowment to provide a
$2,000 annual award. The fellowship program which Mark envisioned has put APHA
and printing history “on the map” for active researchers. Although APHA is not
a wealthy organization, printing historians now think of APHA when they
consider doing archival research.