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Join the American Printing History Association
To join APHA, download, fill out, and return the Membership Application Form with
your dues payment. Membership is on a calendar year basis
(January 1–December 31).
If you are interested in joining or starting a local chapter, please check the appropriate area on the application form.
APHA offers several levels of membership participation.
Individual members receive the semi-annual Printing History, the APHA Newsletter, discounts on conference registration and special publications, the opportunity to participate in organizational activities, as well as the option to join local chapters.
Contributing members receive an available premium of their choice in addition to all the benefits of Individual membership. Click here for a list of currently available premiums.
Sustaining members demonstrate the highest level of ongoing support to APHA’s mission and programs, and receive their choice of an available APHA special publication in addition to all the benefits of Contributing membership. Click here for a list of currently available premiums.
Benefactor members contribute to the long-term financial health of APHA through support of the endowment, and receive special recognition from the organization in addition to all the benefits of Sustaining membership. Click here for a list of currently available premiums.
Institutional members receive Printing History, the APHA Newsletter, and discounts on APHA special publications.
Student members enjoy discounted annual Individual membership dues with proof of student status.
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.