![[APHA Logo]](images/APHA_LOGO_COLOR-1x1.gif){kind=logo} The American Printing History Association |
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The American Printing History Association encourages the study of printing history and its related arts and skills, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing. APHA is especially, but by no means exclusively, interested in American printing history. Founded in 1974, APHA encourages the preservation of printing artifacts and source materials for printing history; APHA promotes research and scholarship through its annual conference and Lieberman lectures on a selected theme in printing history and through its oral history project and fellowship program; APHA publishes research in its scholarly journal Printing History as well as its Newsletter and special publications; and APHA recognizes distinguished achievement in the field of printing history through its annual individual and institutional awards. APHA's regional chapters sponsor active programs of lectures, field trips, and other opportunities to meet fellow APHA members on an informal basis. APHA now boasts over 700 members worldwide. Join APHA! Other News APHA Annual Meeting January 24, 2009
APHA's Annual Meeting was held January 24, 2009 at the The New York
Public Library,
J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture for 2009 John Kristensen, proprietor of the Firefly Press will deliver the 2009 J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture at Wellesley College on March 12, 2009. The Lieberman Memorial Lecture for 2007 (delivered in 2008) was delivered by Sue Allen, at the Grolier Club in 2008. More information about the lecture. Read more about the Lieberman Memorial Lecture series. Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowships in Printing History
For 2009, APHA has allocated funds from its operating budget to provide the award. However, continuance of the fellowship is not assured in 2010. To ensure the permanence of the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History, APHA is actively engaged in raising an endowment. Our goal is a $50,000 endowment to provide a $2,000 annual award. As of December 2008, the endowment had met slightly more than 60% of its goal, but more donations are needed. More information. The Book Beautiful APHA invites proposals for its Thirty-fourth conference, “The Book Beautiful,” to be held 16–18 October 2009 at Newport, RI. We seek presentations on all forms of printed and manuscript creation where the aim is to produce an object of beauty with form and content reinforcing one another. We welcome proposals which range across many historical periods, up to the present moment.The varied format of the conference will allow for a mix of short papers, panels with three or four participants and a moderator, and workshops and demonstrations by book artists located near Newport. William S. Peterson, emeritus professor of English at the University of Maryland and editor of APHA’s journal, Printing History, will deliver the keynote address. More information and the Call for Papers
APHA held its Thirty-third conference
in New York City
at the Grolier Club and Columbia University, from October
10-12, 2008. (Columbus Day weekend.) This conference was hosted by Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and
The Grolier Club on the subject “Saving the History of Printing.” Our
keynote speaker was James Mosley, former librarian of St Bride
Library, on Friday evening October 10th at the Grolier Club. On
Saturday October 11th we moved to Columbia University for a full day
conference and then to Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library for
a closing reception. The
conference theme was about the preservation of the “stuff” of
printing history, broadly conceived. Selected
photos and video are
online here.
Verse into Type. APHA is pleased to announce the publication of Verse into Type: The APHA Poetry Portfolio, available from our distributor Oak Knoll Books. A description and prospectus is available online for download. APHA Newsletter Archive now online. Selected articles have been scanned from the APHA Newsletter and posted with the permission of the author(s). 2008 Membership Premiums. Members who join at the Contributor level have the choice of special premiums. Below: Some of the 2007 Premiums available to Contributing Members. These premiums do not last, so join today! Other Website Features:
About the APHA Logo. David M. Clinger of Richmond, Virginia, was selected winner of the APHA Logo Competition at the January 2001 meeting. Details about the winner are available, as well as a high-resolution file for interested parties. N.B.: APHA's Postal Box and Zip
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