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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) |
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The Summer 2010 issue of the Newsletter is comprised of a story about the revival of UCLA's Horn Press; the program of the upcoming 2010 annual conference; a reminder of the 2010 Lieberman Lecture; chapter activities from across the country; a review of the 2010 Hofer Lecture; and the bicentennial of George Phineas Gordon. Download it in PDF form here.