The American Printing History Association’s Awards Committee proudly announces the recipients of its 2026 Individual and Institutional awards: Dr. Elizabeth Savage(University of London) and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center(Hyattsville, Maryland).  [Read more]

The American Printing History Association cordially invites you to attend our Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST. [Read more]

From the Contact form:

I own a commercial building that was used as a newspaper printing facility from the 1930s to 1990. Subsequently the building was used as various offices and a church. I have been using it as my office for 5 years and am considering building an apartment to live there. [Read more]

APHA members will soon receive Printing History 37. This  106-page issue feature articles on: [Read more]

In respect of the 250th anniversary of the printing of the Declaration of Independence, Printing History 38 will examine print as a means of provocation, agitation, and rebellion. We invite author submissions that interrogate print-as-protest across borders and cultural contexts, with a focus on printing’s particular power to foment political and social change. We particularly welcome submissions highlighting the print production of underresearched and/or marginalized groups and individuals.  [Read more]

Celebrate printing history with APHA in San Francisco! We invite you to a weekend of engaging talks, exclusive tours, and a dynamic program of presentations—available both in-person and online. For more information and registration, please visit https://printinghistory.org/2025-conference/.

APHA invites submissions for paper and panel proposals for its annual conference, “Enduring Impressions: Private Presses and Their Legacies,” to be held in person at San Francisco State University from October 23–25, 2025. [Read more]

From the Contact form:

I’m working on a booklet about a weekly newspaper in Sherrard, IL. In 1898, they purchased a used Vaughn’s Ideal Hand Press. I’ve been able to find very little information about the press. I was wondering whether you have any information on it or could point me to an article or book, etc. that discusses it.
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Woodcut on the first page of Geste of Robyn Hode, attributed to the press of Jan van Doesborch at Antwerp, it ca. 1510–1515.

The author of the Gest shares with that other fifteenth-century  compiler, Sir Thomas Malory, the ability to combine and develop  materials of high potency and complexity into a generically new whole of great future impact, which manages to convey and even enhance the source materials’ innate values and power. 

(Knight and Ohlgren, 1997)

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The American Printing History Association is pleased to announce that Maggie Erwin is the new social media coordinator. She will post content on APHA’s Facebook and Instagram accounts and may initiate new accounts as she sees fit. [Read more]