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Awards
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
| 2009 | Robert Bringhurst |
| 2008 | Henry Morris |
| 2007 | Michael Twyman |
| 2006 | Elizabeth M. Harris |
| 2005 | Robert Darnton |
| 2004 | D. W. Krummel |
| 2003 | James Mosley |
| 2002 | Hugh Amory (posthumous) |
| 2001 | Sandra Kirshenbaum |
| 2000 | R. Stanley Nelson |
| 1999 | Sue Allen |
| 1998 | Marcus McCorison |
| 1997 | Michael Winship |
| 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 Awards
| 2009 | The Whittington Press |
| 2008 | Oak Knoll Books and Oak Knoll Publishing |
| 2007 | The Society of Printers |
| 2006 | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University |
| 2005 | The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) |
| 2004 | The American Typecasting Fellowship |
| 2003 | The Typophiles (New York, NY) |
| 2002 | Plantin-Moretus Museum (Antwerp, Belgium) |
| 2001 | Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) |
| 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) |
APHA’s 34th Annual Conference, “The Book Beautiful,” meets in Newport, Rhode Island, October 16th–18th, 2009, during our 35th anniversary year. The program has been published and registration is now open. 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.
The recent issue of the Newsletter contains an announcement of the upcoming annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island; various notices of interest; chapter news from across the country; articles by Paul Moxon on the Vandercook and by Frank Romano on the typographic point; and a trustee profile of Russell Maret. Download it in PDF form here.
You'll read in the summer newsletter that from the fall issue 2009 (number 172) onwards the Newsletter will only be available in electronic form on this website. It will no longer be printed and mailed to members, a significant cost savings that may have an unexpected benefit: going electronic will make it possible for us to produce more newsletters each year. For the time being the design of the newsletter will remain the same, so those who wish to print it out will have the recognizable and familiar object to hold. Soon though we will reformat it somewhat for easier reading on your i-Phone or Blackberry. Of course we will continue to archive the newsletter on the website, so that all back issues will be available. We are also investigating ways to feed the publication to interested subscribers.
The excellent Brian Frykenberg is stepping down from the editorship of the Newsletter after the next issue and we need are seeking an active and well-connected member to replace him. The new editor will come just as we are migrating from print to electronic, a great opportunity for a creative, web-savvy person to expand and enhance our beloved workhorse. Contact Martin Antonetti, the VP for Publications, at mantonet@smith.edu if you are interested or know of someone who might be.