Mission
The American Printing History Association (APHA) is a membership organization that encourages the study of the history of printing and related arts and crafts, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing. The organization does this through a wide variety of programs and services: the annual three-day conference and Lieberman Lecture series; the oral history project; the fellowship program; the scholarly journal Printing History and other special publications; annual individual and institutional awards that honor distinguished achievement in the field of printing history.
APHA is international, with members all over the world. The parent organization is supported by regional chapters that sponsor active programs of lectures, field trips, and other opportunities to meet fellow APHA members on an informal basis.
APHA Founders
APHA was founded in 1974; the founding board included J. Ben Lieberman, Catherine T. Brody, Joseph R. Dunlap, Stuart C. Dobson, Paul Noble, Robert Leslie, Herbert H. Johnson, Elizabeth M. Harris, Philip Grushkin, Martin K. Speckter, Terry Belanger, Jean Peters, Stephen O. Saxe, and Susan O. Thompson.
The newly elected officers and trustees of the American Printing History Society, May 15, 1974. Left to right: Joseph R. Dunlap, Terry Belanger, Herbert Johnson, Stuart C. Dobson (behind Johnson), Philip Grushkin, Catherine T. Brody, Susan O. Thompson, Elizabeth M. Harris, Jean Peters, Martin K. Speckter, J. Ben Lieberman. Not in picture: Robert L. Leslie and Paul Noble (Photo: Jonas Grushkin)