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Arranged into sections:-
Associations | Books | Data
| Education | Genealogy | General | History |
Mills | Museums | Paper
Art | Watermarks
and paper identification
Associations
International Association of Paper Historians
The IPH integrates professionals of different branches and all friends of paper within the
field of paper history. It coordinates all interests and activities in paper history as an
international specialist association co-operating with international, regional and local
organisations not only of paper historians but also of keepers of archives and libraries,
conservators, art historians, specialists in books, printing and technology, associations
of the paper industry, the publishing trade etc., including handicraft and artistic
activities in connection with paper.
The Institute of Paper
Conservation
The Institute of Paper Conservation is the leading organisation devoted to the advancement
of the conservation of books, archives, and art on paper.
Paper Federation of Great Britain
The Paper Federation of Great Britain is the trade association representing UK
manufacturers of pulp, paper and board. Site includes industry key statistics.
Paper Industry Trade
Association
The Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) is
an independent, professionally managed organisation and produces the journal Paper
Technology. It provides a forum for the exchange of information and
technology to the benefit of its members in the pulp, paper, converting and
allied trades. Whilst under the management of a dedicated professional team, the
Association's activities are directed by volunteers from all areas of the
industry.
Books
Frances Wakeman Books
Specialists in antiquarian and out-of-print books on papermaking, paper specimens,
watermarks, marbling, decorated paper, as well as books on bookbinding, printing,
typography, etc. At this site you can search a selection of our stock and view our on-line
catalogues. Free printed catalogues available upon request.
John Balston
Three volumes by John Balston on James Whatman and the development of wove
paper. Some details
of the history of the company and on wove paper, includes useful extracts from
the books on making wove paper and associated topics.
British Book Trade
Index
The British Book Trade Index, or BBTI, is an index of the names and brief
biographical details and trade details of people who worked in the book trade in
England and Wales and who were trading by 1851. There is a separate Scottish
Book Trade Index.
Oak Knoll
Oak Knoll website, home of Oak
Knoll Press, publisher, and Oak
Knoll Books, rare and out-of print bookseller. Our database contains the
world's largest inventory of books about books and bibliography.
Data
Pulp and Paper Information Centre
The Pulp and Paper Information Centre is the centralised source of information for the
pulp and paper industry. Site includes information on industry issues, facts &
figures, and a section for children.
Paperonline
Useful site for up to date facts and figures, by country, of paper production. Also a
section on paper history and a very useful question and answer page, particularly for
technical questions on modern paper production.
Paper Federation of Great Britain
The Paper Federation of Great Britain is the trade association representing UK
manufacturers of pulp, paper and board. Site includes industry key statistics.
Fibre Technology
Association
A research organisation for the Pulp, Paper and Board Industries.
Education
Pulp and Paper Information Centre
The Pulp and Paper Information Centre is the centralised source of information for the
pulp and paper industry. Site includes information on industry issues, facts &
figures, and a section for children.
The
Manufacture of Fine Papers
Slide show presentation of the history of paper at the Appalachian State University, ideal
for educational purposes and children.
Genealogy
Papermakers.org.uk
A site which which is intended to become a central focus for all genealogical papermaking interests in the United Kingdom, currently under development but has a
listing of most of the information relating to the paper industry from the 1881 census
returns.
Webguide to the
world of handmade paper
About mid of 1998 this website started as a one-page-only list of links and
developed continuously into a gateway to handmade paper on the internet. All
links are accompanied by short comments in same language as the website referred
to.
A Short
History of Paper Boats
Over a hundred years ago a prosperous industry emerged in Troy, New York in the
manufacture of rowing boats and canoes from paper. These ranged from simple
single-person rowing shells to a 45 foot "pleasure barge" that could
seat seventeen in addition to its six oarsmen.
The Paper
History Channel
Welcome to your gateway to paper industry history. This site is dedicated to bringing you
factual and anecdotal history concerning papermaking, the machines that make the paper,
and the people responsible for bringing papermaking to the level of technology we enjoy
today.
Paperonline
Useful site for up to date facts and figures, by country, of paper production. Also a
section on paper history and a very useful question and answer page, particularly for
technical questions on modern paper production.
Paper History International Hall of
Fame
A predominantly American based organisation but useful for 19th and 20th century
information on U.S. papermakers and papermaking firms.
Sapphire Project
The SAPPHIRE project has created a valuable sound
archive and database of material on social, economic and cultural aspects of the
twentieth century Scottish print and publishing industry from people who are or
have been involved within that industry during their working lives. Part of this
is a new initiative looking into the oral and social history of papermaking
on the Water of Leith.
Recently published book - Papermaking
on the Water of Leith - examines the papermaking industry on the Water of
Leith during the twentieth century, from before the second World War through to
the closure of the last mill in the 1989.
Japanese
paper
Short account of some Japanese papers.
Chronology
of paper & papermaking
Edited from Dard Hunter's chronology.
Colthrop
Mill, Thatcham
Under the 'documents' link.
Dickinson's
Mills, Hemel Hempstead
Fourteen pages on the Dickinson family and the mills they worked. Includes
information on the Apsley Paper Trail.
Dulcote
Mills
Part of the history of Dulcote website.
Norfolk
Mills
Information on Norfolk Mills, many of which have operated as paper
mills.
Snodland
Mill, Kent
Paper on the papermakers of Snodland 1740-1854.
Withnell
Fold Mill, Lancashire
Heron
Corn Mill
In 1988, to commemorate 500 years of paper making in England, the barn on
the site was refurbished to house the Museum of Paper Making, adding
another dimension to the site. Paper making is an important local industry,
established over 250 years ago on the opposite bank of the river.
Museum
of Washi
The history of washi. Washi in modern Japanese culture. Washi overseas. Washi is
an excellent material for repairing cultural properties in many countries.
The Pen Room
The Pen Room is a museum dedicated to the history of the manufacture of pens,
situated in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
Susan Cutts
Susan Cutts is a paper sculptor who has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad.
Her clients include Sotheby's and the Faversham Society.
Tsuguo Yanai's Fibre Art
Tsuguo Yanai is an award-winning Japanese artist who works in the medium of
paper work, or fibre art.
The Thomas L.
Gravell Watermark Archive
A collection of over 7,000 watermarks on handmade paper in both the United States and
Europe from the 15th to the 19th centuries. You will need technical
knowledge in order to use this site.
Watermarks
collected by Gabriel Garcia. Mostly fairly recent examples but good images and worth a
browse for watermark images and references as he is constantly updating.
The Watermark Initiative
Hosted by Bates College, Maine.
Archive of Papers and Watermarks
Paper Registry v 0.1.13, Robert W. Allison & James Hart, 2002
John
Singer Sargent at Harvard University
Includes a keyword search on French watermarks in papers used by Sargent.
Watermarks in
Incunabula printed in the Low Countries
Paper Identification
Database
The
Paper Identification Database is created for collecting data for historic paper
characterisation and identification and evidence of historic paper making and
paper mills. Not only data from water marks, but also details of laid and chain
lines characteristic of hand made rag paper are documented. Size, colour and
acidity measurements, fiber morphology and pulp type as well as paper sizing and
other components in paper have their places in the database.
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