INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PAPER HISTORIANS
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30 December 2009
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New Year Wishes 2010 To
all old and new members our International Association of Paper Historians
(IPH). With
this greeting I want to thank you for your dedication, interest and
contributions to IPH in 2009 - the interim year between the 29th IPH Congress
2008 in Sweden and the 30th IPH Congress IPH Congress 2010 change of dates The new dates are: Angoulęme (F) 7 - 10 October 2010 Arrival Thursday
6 October in the evening, New
issue 2 of the IPH periodical available Discontinued a few years
ago for lack of contributions, new IPH president Anna-Grethe Rischel has
taken up the editorship herself and has produced the first and second issue
of this year. Members of IPH have
already received the printed version. You may download the new
issue You may also download the
issue IPH celebrates its 50th
birthday Congratulations on the 50th
anniversary of our international association IPH ! The first international meeting took place in Only a few of the participants present knew each
other, but they were immediately united in their mutual wish for the creation
of an international association of watermark research, early use of
industrial papers and research in paper history. IPH was born! Read the letter of IPH
president Anna-Grethe Rischel to the IPH members: English version: LetterPres09.doc German
version: LetterPres09DU.doc French version: LetterPres09FR.doc IPH Congress 2010 call
for papers Angoulęme (F) 7 – 10 October 2010
German
version: congress2010DU.doc French
version: congress2010FR.doc International Congress
on Paper and Watermark History on the
occasion of 700th anniversary of paper use
and paper-based history in For
invitation: hung2.doc For application:
hung1.doc Resurrection
of the IPH periodical Discontinued a few years
ago for lack of contributions, new IPH president Anna-Grethe Rischel has
taken up the editorship herself and has produced the first issue of this
year. Members of IPH have
already received the printed version. You may download the new
issue in a pdf file (21 Mb): just
click here. Addendum
and corrigenda to Congress Book 2006 provided by Ton Lloret
Ortínez of the The main corrigendum is a
new version of the article 'Remarks on the invention of true paper by Cai
Lun' by former You may download the
document in pdf (1,7 Mb) by
clicking here and make a print to insert in your copy of the
yearbook (it is edited and in the same format). President's
Letter 2009 by IPH President
Anna-Grethe Rischel, dated 27 February Please download the
letter (in a Word-document) here, just click on the version you prefer: In Memoriam Heiner Schmidt-Westman
Am
15. März 2008 verstarb, nach langer Krankheit, unser langjähriges
Vorstandsmitglied und erfolgreicher Redaktor der sph-Kontakte, Heiner
Schmidt. Heiner war, wie kaum jemand, Redaktor aus Leidenschaft. Als Sohn
eines deutschen Vaters und einer Schweizer Mutter, verheiratet mit einer
Schwedin, war sein internationales Interesse gegeben. Von seinem Großvater,
dem Stadtarchivar Basels, Rudolf Wackernagel, erbte er das Interesse für die
Geschichte und den Druck. Sein erster Beruf als Typograph und seine Tätigkeit
im Verkauf für die Papierindustrie vermittelten die Liebe zum Druck und
Papier. Über viele Jahre durften wir als Schweizer Papierhistoriker von
seinen hervorragenden Artikeln und vielfältigen Kontakten profitieren. Wir
sind Heiner Schmidt zu größtem Dank verpflichtet und sein Wirken werden wir
in bleibender Erinnerung behalten. Aktuar
Rolf Maisch Protocol
of the 2008 IPH General Meeting in For the word-document of
the protocol, click
here. In
Memoriam Rémy Barcham
Green (1912-2004): in English by Dr.
Richard Hills Report
of the IPH congress in For the congress report
by our new IPH-president Anna-Grethe Rischel ( Paper
Manufacture in Central and For an on-line version of
this sizeable article (11 Mb in pdf file), click here. Letter
of the President of IPH, May 2008 For the letter of Dr Jozef
Dabrowski click
here. Obituary Henk Voorn
making paper by hand The IPH has lost its most
prominent member Henk Voorn, who died in Henk Voorn has been an
active paper historian since his early years in the paper business. Henk's
life story is that of the self-educated man who becomes obsessed with his
work and hobby and develops into a universally recognized authority in his
field of expertise: the history of papermaking. Born in From its foundation in
1946 Henk was the first editor of the magazine 'Paper World' (Papierwereld).
Three years later he made his first large financial investment and became the
owner. In the more than 30 years that followed (until 1980 when the
periodical was discontinued) he had a fulltime job as a publisher, being
himself the most important contributor of articles and news items. At the
same time Henk was actively collecting literature, documents and objects
related to paperhistory. His home in He was a pioneer in Dutch
paperhistory, the author of 'The History of the Dutch Paper Industry' (De
geschiedenis der Nederlandse papierindustrie), his magnum opus,
published in three bulky volumes in 1960, 1973 and 1985. He had received the
official commission to write this history from the Association of Dutch Paper
Manufacturers in 1954. For this purpose the Foundation for the Research of
the History of the Paper Industry in The His vast network of
international contacts developed into the International Association of Paper
Historians, which was offically founded in In 1971 his collection
was acquired by the Dutch Royal Library in When he reached the age
of 65 Henk was forced to retire as a curator of HIS collection at the
Dutch Royal Library, obligatory under Dutch law. I was witness to his
farewell and honoured to be his successor, appointed three months before, in
order to ensure a smooth transition. On this occasion Henk received a
Festschrift titled VOORNamelijk papier ('Primarily Paper'), which
contains contributions by - among others - his close friends and paper
historians Henk's life has known
grief and sorrow as well. He lost his wife who died too young in 1980, and
later on also his daughter and his son-in-law. In his last years his health
was deteriorating and he was forced to move to a nursing home in In Henk Voorn we lose a
good friend and a great scholar, who will live on in our memories.
Left, from right to left:
Henk Voorn with his successors at the Dutch Royal Library, Dr. Albert Elen
(1986-1990) and Dr. Henk Porck (1990-) during the Vienna congress in 1992
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