Council

President:

Patricia Engel (A), 8th president

Vice president:

Leila Sauvage (NL)

Treasurer:

Jos de Gelas (B)

Assistant Members:

Sylvia Albro (US), Angela Campbell (US) Marian Dirda (US), Kari Greve (N), Virginia Howell (US), Silvia Hufnagel (A), Amy Hughes (US), Marinita Stiglitz (UK), Inge van Wegens (B)

Honorary presidents (ex officio members of the council, without a vote)
  1. Henk Voorn (NL 1974, died 2008), in remembrance
  2. Dr. Hans B. Kälin (CH 1984, died 2022)
  3. Dr. Peter F. Tschudin (CH 2000)
Secretary (not a member of the council)
Auditors: Henk Porck (NL), Sabine Zorn (D)

Delegates of national/regional associations
Maria Stieglecker (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria),
Jos. De Gelas (Belgian Paper Historians),
Stephen R. Hill, FInstSMM, FInstPPP (BAPH = British Association of Paper Historians),
Henk J. Porck (Dutch Royal Library),
Claire Bustarret (Anthropologie de l'écriture, IIAC, CNRS-EHESS, Paris, France),
Julia Rinck (Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum, Leipzig, Germany)
Alessandra Fucini (Istituto Centrale per la Patologia degli Archivi e del Libro, Rome, Italy),
Maria José Santos (Paper Museum Terras de Santa Maria, Portugal),
Kari Greve (NPH=Föreningen Nordiska Pappershistoriker / Association of Scandinavian Paper Historians),

Corresponding members
Wang Ju Hua (China, 1986), European Research Center for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration (Austria)

Honorary members
Henri Gachet (F), Peter F. Tschudin (CH), Oriol Valls i Subirà (ES, 1965), Guido Dessauer (D), Jadwiga W. Siniarska-Czaplicka (PL, 1984), Edo G. Loeber (NL, 1984), Theo Gerardy (D, 1984), Bé van Ginneken (NL, 1986), Wisso Weiss (D, 1986), Lore Sporhan-Krempel (D, 1990), Lia Nadler (D, 1992), Hans Lenz (MEX, 1992), Jacques van Houtum (NL, 1992), Richard L. Hills (GB, 1992), Jean Irigoin (F, 1994), Wolfgang Schlieder (D, 1994), Gunnar C. Wasberg (N, 1998), John S.G. Simmons (UK, 2000), Ludwig Ritterpusch (D, 2000), Alphonse Radermecker (B, 2008), Sidney & Elaine Koretsky (USA, 2008), Suzanne Ackerson-Addor (CH, 2008), Frieder Schmidt (D,2024)


Council members, past and present
Presidents
  1. Henk Voorn (NL, 1963-74)
  2. Hans B. Kälin (CH, 1974-1984)
  3. Richard L. Hills (GB, 1984-1988)
  4. Peter F. Tschudin (CH, 1988-1998)
  5. Albert J. Elen (NL, 1998-2004)
  6. Jozef Dabrowski (PL, 2004-2008)
  7. Anna-Grethe Rischel (DK, 2008-2026)
  8. Patricia Engel (A, 2026-)
Presidents posing during the IPH Congress 1990 in Belgium, from right to left:
3rd President Richard L. Hills (1984-88), 1st President Henk Voorn (1963-74), 4th President Peter F. Tschudin (1988-98),
2nd President Hans B. Kälin (1974-84), Vice-President Georg T. Mandl (1986-97), photographed by 5th President Albert Elen
Vice presidents

Theo Gerardy (D, 1963-1976), Jean Irigoin (F, 1976-1980), Leonard B. Schlosser (USA, 1980-1988), George T. Mandl (GB, 1986-1997), Frieder Schmidt (D, 1998-2002), Carlo Federici (I, 2002-2004), Jos De Gelas (B, 2004-2018), Carme Sistach (E, 2018-2021), Patricia Engel (A, 2021-2026), Leila Savauge (NL,2026-).

Secretaries

Gertrud Leissner (D, 1963-1972), Hans Zimmerli (CH, 1974-76), Chantal Kaelin (CH, 1979-84), Ludwig Ritterpusch (D, 1984-2002), Ursula Reinhard (D, 2002-2006), Sabine Schachtner (D, 2006-2014), Magdalene Christ (D, 2014-2015), Anne Marquet (B, 2016-2020), Inge van Wegens (2020-2026), Mark Somogy (2026-)

Treasurers

Hannes Bosschard (CH, -1979-), Berthold Moog (CH, -1981-84), Ludwig Ritterpusch (D, 1984-2003), Alphonse Radermecker (B, 2003-2012), Bruno Kehl (B, 2012-2018), Jos de Gelas (B, 2018-).

Assessors

Armin Renker (1959-60), Theo Gerardy (D, 1959-**), Toni Schulte (D, 1959-**), Lore Sporhan-Krempel (D, 1959-**), Fritz Blaser (CH, 1959-**), Henk Voorn (NL, 1959-63), Wisso Weiss (GDR, 1959-76-), Pierre Schmidt (F, 196*-**), Willy Godenne (B, 196*-**), Jean Irigoin (F, 1963-76), Ove K. Nordstrand (DK, 1963-79), John S.G. Simmons (GB, 1963-72), Bé van Ginneken-van de Kasteele (NL, -1974-**), Oriol Valls i Subirà (ES, 196*-79-), Charles Moïse Briquet (CH, -1972-), Albert Gruijs (NL, -1979-), Richard L. Hills (GB, -1979-84), Leonard B. Schlosser (USA, 1979-84), Jadwiga Siniarska-Czaplicka (PL, -1979-), Kurt K. Karlsson (SF, -1980-88), Marianne Bockelkamp (F, 1981-83), Nicola Milano fu Filippo (I, 199*), Ir. Jacques van Houtum (NL, 1981-92), Jenny Brosnan Hudson (1988-92), Peter Isaac (GB, 1986-**), Lia Nadler (D, 198*-1994), Gunnar C. Wasberg (N, 198*-94), Alphonse-F. Radermecker (B, 1988-90), Albert J. Elen (NL, 1988-94), Eva Ziesche (D, 1990-94), Elly Cockx-Indestege (B, 1994-98), Marie-Hélène Reynaud (F, 1992-96), Richard L. Hills (1990-98), Peter F. Tschudin (CH, 1998-2000), Bozena Schweizer-Makowska (PL, 2002-2006), Victoria Rabal (2002-2008), Stefan Feyerabend (D, -2012) Anna-Grethe Rischel (DK, 2006-2008), Göran Wohlfahrt (2006-2010), Peter Reinhard (D, 1984-2018), Claire Bustarret (F, 2008-2022), Denis Peaucelle (F, 2008-2018), Emanuel Wenger (A, 2012-), Franco Mariani (I, 2012-2018), Giorgio Pellegrini (I, 2012-2018), Carme Sistach (E, 2018-2026), Kari Greve (N, 2018-), Sylvia Albro (2018-), Marian Dirda (2018-), Patricia Engel (2021-), Claude Laroque (2022-).

Editors of IPH's periodical Paper History (discontinued 2003-2009)

Henk Voorn (NL, 196*-7*), Hans B. Kälin (CH, -1984), Henk Voorn (1984-89), Jenny Brosnan Hudson (GB, 1991-92), Dorothea Eimert (D, 1993-96), Magdalene Christ and Sabine Schachtner (D, 1996-98), Annette Späth (D, 1998-2003), Anna-Grethe Rischel (DK, 2009-2018), Patricia Engel (A, 2019 - 2024), Aude Argouse (Chile, 2019-2026) and Silvia Hufnagel (A, 2024- )

Webmasters

Peter F. Tschudin (1997-1998), Albert J. Elen (1998-2013), Emanuel Wenger (2013-).

Addresses and phone numbers

President: Patricia Engel, Rosenhügelweg 24, 3550 Langenlois, Austria, tel. +43 650 5871877
Treasurer: Jos de Gelas, Begijnbosstraat 60, BE-1653 Dworp, Belgium, tel. +32 471 87 25