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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
| 2010 | Johanna Drucker |
| 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
| 2010 | The Center for Book Arts |
| 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 35th Annual Conference, “Learning To Print, Teaching to Print,” meets in Washington, DC, October 15th–17th, 2010, at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. Download the Call for Proposals here.
The Winter 2010 issue of the Newsletter is comprised of an invitation to the upcoming annual meeting; an overview of the 2010 annual conference; detailed reports on the recent 2009 conference; chapter activities from across the country; a plea for information on Ramage hand presses; a synopsis of a talk by Matthew Carter at the Type Directors Cub; a report on a conference in Munich concerned with the materiality of early printed books; obituaries of Ed Rondthaler and Charles M. Antin; and notes the appointment of a new editor. Download it in PDF form here.
The 2010 Annual Meeting will feature the presentation of our prestigious annual awards for distinguished
contributions “to the study, recording, preservation or dissemination of printing history.” The
2010 Individual Award will be presented to Johanna Drucker, prolific author, teacher, speaker and internationally
recognized authority in the book arts. The 2010 Institutional Award will go to the Center for Book Arts, for its encouragement of both
traditional printing and of the contemporary exploration of the book as art object. See a list of past APHA Award-winners and read some of their acceptance speeches here.
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