National Associations
and Working Groups

9 January 2007
The British Association of Paper Historians (BAPH)
This is a national association which aims to bring together individuals,
companies and institutions with a common interest in the following areas:
paper in all its forms and diversity, papermaking by hand and machine,
paper conservation, mill and company histories, papermakers, their families
and communities, machinery manufacture and development, and watermarks.
BAPH holds annual conferences. As from 1993 the proceedings are usually
published in the series
Studies in British Paper History
Chairman: Phil Crockett
Treasurer: Tom Bolton
Membership secretary: Frances Wakeman
Conference secretary: Barbara Luff
Editor: Peter Bower
Newsletter editor: Jean Stirk
BAPH delegate in the council of IPH: Prof. Alan Crocker
For more information, visit the BAPH homepage.
Schweizer Papier-Historiker
Historiens suisses du papier
President: August Senn
Vice President: Rolf Maisch
Treasurer/Secretary: Roberto Winistörfer
Editor of the bulletin sph-kontakte: Heiner Schmidt-Westman
(also delegate in the council of IPH)
Address of the executive board:
Residenza Camarino 9, CH-6516 Cugnasco TI
Tel. +41.(0)91-8592179
For more information on the SPH, visit the website of the Basler Papiermühle.
Belgian Paper Historians BPH
BPH exists since 1987 and publishes four times a year a modest magazine of 12 pages
(in French and Dutch) related to the Belgian paper history and industry.
The association also offers a white board to her members to exchange informations and
experience.
Responsible publisher (and delegate in the council of IPH): Jos De Gelas
Address: Destelheidestraat 73/75
B-1653 Dworp
Tel. +32-2.2389564
Fax +32-477.602950
Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Papiergeschichte
c/o Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum
der Deutschen Bücherei Leipzig
Deutscher Platz 1, D-04103 Leipzig
tel. 0341/2271324
fax 0341/2271444
Curator: Dr. Frieder Schmidt
Fachausschuss Papiergeschichte und Wasserzeichenkunde
Chairman: Dipl.Ing. Elgar Drewsen
Address: Georg-Drewsen-Weg 1, D-29331 Lachendorf
The Friends of Dard Hunter

An international organization with a diverse membership
whose interests center around handmade paper and related arts and crafts
President: Peter Sowiski
Address: 155 Dorchester Road, Buffalo, NY 14213 (716)878.4916 W, 716.882.7914 H
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