Chapels, Beer and Case-dustby Patrick Baglee Members of the printing profession and their allied trades (compositors, machine minders, etc.) were the first tradesmen to form … Read More ›
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Spink, Vondy, the March ‘50 NAby Thomas B. Whitbread Helm Spink and Edna Hyde (“Vondy”) McDonald, two of amateur journalism’s all-time greats, became the closest … Read More ›
No Observer, He by Harold Segal FOR A FLEETING moment, Milton Grady considered giving up his seniority, pension and accumulated benefits at the Des Moines … Read More ›
It Takes Two To Tangoby Alvin S. Fick As it approaches its centennial the National Amateur Press Association is enjoying vigorous good health marked by … Read More ›
The Heljeson Talent by Hazel and Harold Segal AT THE OUTSET we had not anticipated any difficulty, but as we read through old journals it … Read More ›
L. Verle Heljeson by Hazel and Harold Segal THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the sudden death of L. Verle Heljeson jolted the Natural Bridge convention and left … Read More ›
Makeready by John S. Carroll FROM conversations I have had with amateur printers, one thing stands out clearly: all of them know what makeready is. … Read More ›
A Mighty Force by Harold Segal BACK in the thirties, before television was invented, we had a radio broadcast during a convention. Burton Crane was … Read More ›
Timber! by Robert Holman “NO MAN but a blockhead ever wrote,” said the famed Dr. Samuel Johnson, “except for money.” So, immediately, introductions are in … Read More ›
A Spink Samplerby Harold Segal THIS issue is dedicated to the memory of Helm Spink, who passed away September 20, 1970. It is meant as … Read More ›