Latest 2026 Conference News
This year APHA will collaborate with the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and the Common Press at the University of Pennsylvania…
This year APHA will collaborate with the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and the Common Press at the University of Pennsylvania…
The American Printing History Association (APHA) invites submissions for lightning talks for its annual conference, Revolution in Print, taking place at the Kislak Center for…
Here are four readable jpegs of early printed copies of the Declaration of Independence featured on the cover of Printing History NS38. There are not…
“Font” as a misnomer for “typeface” is a modern usage that arrived with the digital era. Perhaps the wider appreciation of a choice of typefaces, once people became tech-savvy, led to this more sophisticated-sounding term coming into use. I…
The APHA History of Printing Timeline, launched in 2015, has added numerous significant entries. APHA Membership and the public are invited to review and are welcome to submit suggestions and corrections via the Contact form. You are replyi…
APHA members will soon receive Printing History 38. This 76-page issue features these articles: Rebellion on the Page: Jeff Sharlet and Vietnam GI Sedition by Another Name: Business Partnerships and the Local Politics of the Imperial Crisis…
Printing History 39 will spotlight print practices that engage critically with the theme of borders and border crossings. The topic can be approached literally and/or conceptually. We are particularly interested in articles that challenge,
Hi APHA, I have a unique ‘living history’ story for your researchers. I am a 10th-generation descendant of Samuel Green (Harvard’s printer). I currently solo-operate the print shop at Illinois Central College, reviving a department of 14 do…
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Virginia Bartow recently retired from The New York Public Library, where she held key roles in the Preservation and Cataloging Divisions, Rare Books and the Arents Collections, and Special Formats Processing. Her career in librarianship beg…
We are delighted to announce the slate of candidates for APHA officers and board trustees who will be standing for election at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 24, 2026. This talented and dynamic group is essential to the continued g…
We are delighted to announce the slate of candidates for APHA officers and board trustees who will be standing for election at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 24, 2026. This talented and dynamic group is essential to the continued g…