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In 1976 the American Printing History Association established an annual award to be presented "for a distinguished contribution to the study, recording, preservation or dissemination of printing history, in any specific area or in general terms." At first only individuals were eligible, but in 1985 a second award was established for institutional achievement. These prestigious awards are presented each January at the APHA Annual Meeting in New York City.

Often, the acceptance speeches are important statements of philosophy or accomplishment about the importance of printing history and the book arts. Speeches are normally printed subsequently in Printing History, and some are available online here.

Individual Laureates

2008Henry Morris [Introduction]
2007Michael Twyman
2006Elizabeth M. Harris [citation and introduction] [acceptance remarks online]
2005Robert Darnton [citation]
2004 D. W. Krummel [acceptance remarks online]
2003 James Mosley [acceptance remarks online]
2002 Hugh Amory (posthumous) [Tribute by Roger Stoddard available online]
2001 Sandra Kirshenbaum 
2000 R. Stanley Nelson
1999 Sue Allen
1998 Marcus McCorison
1997 Michael Winship [his acceptance remarks are available off-site, courtesy of Daniel Traister]
1996 Nicolas Barker
1995 Katharine F. Pantzer
1994 Terry Belanger
1993 Ruari McLean
1992 Paul Needham
1991 Eleanor Garvey
1990 Henri-Jean Martin and Roger Chartier
1989 Roderick Stinehour
1988 Edwin Wolf 2nd
1987 G. Thomas Tanselle
1986 James Wells
1985 James Eckman
1984 John Dreyfus
1983 Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern
1982 John Tebbel
1981 Alexander Lawson
1980 J. Ben Lieberman
1979 Maurice Annenberg
1978 Joseph Blumenthal
1977 Rollo Silver
1976 Robert Leslie

Institutional Laureates

2008Oak Knoll Books and Oak Knoll Publishing [Introduction]
2007The Society of Printers
2006The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University [citation and introduction] [acceptance remarks online]
2005The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) [citation] [acceptance remarks online]
2004 The American Typecasting Fellowship [acceptance remarks online]
2003 The Typophiles (New York, NY)
2002 Plantin-Moretus Museum (Antwerp, Belgium) [acceptance remarks of Dr. Francine de Nave available online]
2001 Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) [acceptance remarks of Jonathan Rose available online]
2000 The Gutenberg Museum (Mainz, Germany)
1999 Center for the Book, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
1998 Newberry Library (Chicago, IL)
1997 Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, NY)
1996 Book Club of California (San Francisco, CA)
1995 Special Collections, New York Public Library (New York, NY)
1994 Center for the Book, Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
1993 Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA)
1992 Melbert B. Cary, Jr., Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)
1991 Bibliographical Society of America (New York, NY)
1990 Grolier Club (New York, NY)
1989 St. Bride Printing Library (London, England)
1988 Kemble Collections, California Historical Society (San Francisco, CA)
1987 American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, MA)
1986 School of Library Service, Columbia University (New York, NY)
1985 Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)

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