Friends of Dard Hunter
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The Friends of Dard Hunter (FDH) was established in 1981 to preserve and promote hand papermaking and book arts in the spirit and tradition of Dard Hunter
. With over 345 members, the group produces a quarterly newsletter The Bull & Branch, and the annual Membership Directory.
The Friends of Dard Hunter is an organization founded to assure the preservation of the Dard Hunter Paper Museum’s collection, now housed at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
at Georgia Tech in Atlanta GA, and it is an organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating the study, use, creation, and appreciation of handmade paper
1975 Group of about 40 papermakers convene at IPC for the first International Hand Papermaking Conference, organized by papermaker Joe Wilfer. A committee on the Dard Hunter Paper Collection is formed “to gain support for a new facility to publicize both the collection and hand papercrafts.” Arnold Grummer, Curator of DHPM, helps introduce the attendees to the collection.
1978 Paper conservator Doug Stone meets with William McClenahan of IPC and volunteers as DHPM consultant.
1980 preliminary meeting is held in San Francisco, California, at AIC conference to discuss establishing a Friends group for the Dard hunter Paper museum.
1981 First official Meeting of the Friends of the Dard Hunter museum (FDHPM) is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during AIC conference; attended by 53 people. Official name, bylaws, constitution, and $10 membership fee are adopted. First Executive Council is elected to a two-year term.
1982 Second Official Meeting of FDHPM is held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during AIC Meeting; attended by 50 People. An important resolution is passed during the AIC Book and Paper Group Business Meeting, stating that no conservation work is to be carried out on the samples of paper which Dard Hunter Collected.
First Friends; Newsletter is published. Editors are Christine Smith and Karen Garlick.
Friends’ Membership: 70.
1983 One Hundredth Anniversary of Dard Hunter’s birth. Special FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Columbus and Chillicothe, Ohio, home of Dard Hunter; attended by over 30 members.
Friends’ Membership: 263.
1985 First FDHPM Annual Meeting is held at the Dard Hunter Paper Museum, Appleton, Wisconsin: organized by Doug stone; attended by 47 members.
Articles of Incorporation of Friends of The Dard Hunter Paper museum, Inc. are drawn up with the state of Wisconsin.
Doug Stone becomes Newsletter Editor.
Friends’ membership: 200.
1986 Second FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Appleton; attended by 85 members.
Membership dues are raised to $15 per year.
Friends’ membership: 240.
1987 Third FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Appleton, Wisconsin (final meeting in Appleton); attended by 90 members.
Friends officially become a tax-exempt organization.
Friends’ membership: 351.
1988 fourth FDHPM Annual Meeting is held at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, in conjunction with Friends of Lilly Library; attended by 150 members.
IPC announces move, along with the DHPM, to Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. The Dard Hunter Paper Museum would close in January 1989. Friends videotape the museum as it is, and appraisal of the museum is undertaken, and the collection is catalogued.
Part I of conservation survey of DHPM collection funded by IMS grant written by Cathy Baker with IPC support.
Friends membership 480.
1989 Fifth FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Reno, Nevada, co-hosted by the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA); attended by 150 members.
Second FDHPM Open Board Meeting is held in Chicago, Illinois. The home of Cathy Baker is chosen to be the Friends National Office.
Dard Hunter II dies in Chillicothe, Ohio at age 72.
IPC becomes the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST). DHPM is catalogued, inventoried, and packed, using in large measure IMS grant, part II, for archival storage material and qualified assistants. Collection is shipped to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and stored under climate control while the new IPST building is being completed.
Friends membership: 610.
1990 Sixth FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Philadelphia (King of Prussia), Pennsylvania, with the Friends of Historic Rittenhouse Town, commemorating the 300th anniversary of papermaking in America; attended by 150 members.
Groundbreaking is held for new IPST building on campus of Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Friends’ membership: 552.
1991 Seventh FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Grant’s Pass, Oregon: attended by 126 members.
Membership dues are raised to $25 per year.
IPST announces name change of Dard Hunter Paper museum to The American Museum of Papermaking.
Friends’ membership: 595.
1992 Eighth FDHPM Annual Meeting held in Iowa City, Iowa; attended by 115 members.
1993 The American Museum of Papermaking featuring the Dard Hunter collection is opened in the newly dedicated IPST building in Atlanta, Georgia. Ninth FDH Annual Meeting held in Atlanta; attended by 142 members.
Articles amended to change name of corporation to Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc. (FDH).
1994 Tenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Chillicothe, Ohio and at Mountain House; attended by 172 members.
1995 Eleventh FDH Annual Meeting held in Austin, Texas: attended by 125 members.
1996 Twelfth FDH Annual Meeting held in New York City at Dieu Donne Papermill and co-hosted by Carriage House and Dobbin Mill; attended by 245 members.
Change of name of the museum to The Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking instituted by IPST.
1997 Thirteenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Sonoma, California; attended by 120 members.
Betsy Cluff appointed as Acting Executive Director.
Friends’ membership: 420.
1998 fourteenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Burlington, Vermont: attended by 120 members.
Joint membership with Robert C. williams American Museum of Papermaking instituted.
Friends’ membership ___, including 91 joint members with RCWAMP.
1999 Fifteenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois with a pre-meeting pilgrimage to Twinrocker Mill in Brookston, Indiana; attended by ___ members.
Cornell Hunter dies in Chillicothe, Ohio, at age
2000 Betsy Cluff hired for three year term as Executive Director (2000–2003). ECBOD Planning Meeting held in
Troutdale, Oregon.
Dard Hunter
William Joseph "Dard" Hunter was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking—especially by hand, using the tools and craft of four centuries prior...
. With over 345 members, the group produces a quarterly newsletter The Bull & Branch, and the annual Membership Directory.
The Friends of Dard Hunter is an organization founded to assure the preservation of the Dard Hunter Paper Museum’s collection, now housed at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum is a research institution and public museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of paper and paper technology...
at Georgia Tech in Atlanta GA, and it is an organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating the study, use, creation, and appreciation of handmade paper
A chronology of the Friends
1971 Group of 26 paper conservators gather at IPC in Appleton, Wisconsin, for conference and to view the Dard Hunter Paper museum. Idea of a Dard Hunter Paper Museum support group is discussed. Participants would later form the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).1975 Group of about 40 papermakers convene at IPC for the first International Hand Papermaking Conference, organized by papermaker Joe Wilfer. A committee on the Dard Hunter Paper Collection is formed “to gain support for a new facility to publicize both the collection and hand papercrafts.” Arnold Grummer, Curator of DHPM, helps introduce the attendees to the collection.
1978 Paper conservator Doug Stone meets with William McClenahan of IPC and volunteers as DHPM consultant.
1980 preliminary meeting is held in San Francisco, California, at AIC conference to discuss establishing a Friends group for the Dard hunter Paper museum.
1981 First official Meeting of the Friends of the Dard Hunter museum (FDHPM) is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during AIC conference; attended by 53 people. Official name, bylaws, constitution, and $10 membership fee are adopted. First Executive Council is elected to a two-year term.
1982 Second Official Meeting of FDHPM is held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during AIC Meeting; attended by 50 People. An important resolution is passed during the AIC Book and Paper Group Business Meeting, stating that no conservation work is to be carried out on the samples of paper which Dard Hunter Collected.
First Friends; Newsletter is published. Editors are Christine Smith and Karen Garlick.
Friends’ Membership: 70.
1983 One Hundredth Anniversary of Dard Hunter’s birth. Special FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Columbus and Chillicothe, Ohio, home of Dard Hunter; attended by over 30 members.
Friends’ Membership: 263.
1985 First FDHPM Annual Meeting is held at the Dard Hunter Paper Museum, Appleton, Wisconsin: organized by Doug stone; attended by 47 members.
Articles of Incorporation of Friends of The Dard Hunter Paper museum, Inc. are drawn up with the state of Wisconsin.
Doug Stone becomes Newsletter Editor.
Friends’ membership: 200.
1986 Second FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Appleton; attended by 85 members.
Membership dues are raised to $15 per year.
Friends’ membership: 240.
1987 Third FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Appleton, Wisconsin (final meeting in Appleton); attended by 90 members.
Friends officially become a tax-exempt organization.
Friends’ membership: 351.
1988 fourth FDHPM Annual Meeting is held at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, in conjunction with Friends of Lilly Library; attended by 150 members.
IPC announces move, along with the DHPM, to Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. The Dard Hunter Paper Museum would close in January 1989. Friends videotape the museum as it is, and appraisal of the museum is undertaken, and the collection is catalogued.
Part I of conservation survey of DHPM collection funded by IMS grant written by Cathy Baker with IPC support.
Friends membership 480.
1989 Fifth FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Reno, Nevada, co-hosted by the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA); attended by 150 members.
Second FDHPM Open Board Meeting is held in Chicago, Illinois. The home of Cathy Baker is chosen to be the Friends National Office.
Dard Hunter II dies in Chillicothe, Ohio at age 72.
IPC becomes the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST). DHPM is catalogued, inventoried, and packed, using in large measure IMS grant, part II, for archival storage material and qualified assistants. Collection is shipped to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and stored under climate control while the new IPST building is being completed.
Friends membership: 610.
1990 Sixth FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Philadelphia (King of Prussia), Pennsylvania, with the Friends of Historic Rittenhouse Town, commemorating the 300th anniversary of papermaking in America; attended by 150 members.
Groundbreaking is held for new IPST building on campus of Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Friends’ membership: 552.
1991 Seventh FDHPM Annual Meeting is held in Grant’s Pass, Oregon: attended by 126 members.
Membership dues are raised to $25 per year.
IPST announces name change of Dard Hunter Paper museum to The American Museum of Papermaking.
Friends’ membership: 595.
1992 Eighth FDHPM Annual Meeting held in Iowa City, Iowa; attended by 115 members.
1993 The American Museum of Papermaking featuring the Dard Hunter collection is opened in the newly dedicated IPST building in Atlanta, Georgia. Ninth FDH Annual Meeting held in Atlanta; attended by 142 members.
Articles amended to change name of corporation to Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc. (FDH).
1994 Tenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Chillicothe, Ohio and at Mountain House; attended by 172 members.
1995 Eleventh FDH Annual Meeting held in Austin, Texas: attended by 125 members.
1996 Twelfth FDH Annual Meeting held in New York City at Dieu Donne Papermill and co-hosted by Carriage House and Dobbin Mill; attended by 245 members.
Change of name of the museum to The Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking instituted by IPST.
1997 Thirteenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Sonoma, California; attended by 120 members.
Betsy Cluff appointed as Acting Executive Director.
Friends’ membership: 420.
1998 fourteenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Burlington, Vermont: attended by 120 members.
Joint membership with Robert C. williams American Museum of Papermaking instituted.
Friends’ membership ___, including 91 joint members with RCWAMP.
1999 Fifteenth FDH Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois with a pre-meeting pilgrimage to Twinrocker Mill in Brookston, Indiana; attended by ___ members.
Cornell Hunter dies in Chillicothe, Ohio, at age
2000 Betsy Cluff hired for three year term as Executive Director (2000–2003). ECBOD Planning Meeting held in
Troutdale, Oregon.
Annual conference
FDH hosts an annual conference:- 2012 - Cleveland, OH The Morgan Conservatory in joint with The International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) Conference
- 2010 - Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and CraftsArrowmont School of Arts and CraftsThe Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is an arts and crafts center in the U.S. city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The oldest craft school in Tennessee, Arrowmont offers workshops in arts and crafts such as painting, woodworking, glassblowing, photography, basket weaving, and metalworking, and...
- 2009 - Atlanta, GA - Robert C. Williams Paper MuseumRobert C. Williams Paper MuseumThe Robert C. Williams Paper Museum is a research institution and public museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of paper and paper technology...
- 2008 - Kona Hawaii "Paper in Paradise"
- 2007 - Washington, DC
- 2006 - Chillicothe, OH
- 2005 - Salt Lake City, UT
- 2004 - San Antonio, TX
- 2003 - Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Center for Book ArtsMinnesota Center for Book ArtsMinnesota Center for Book Arts is the largest and most comprehensive independent non-profit book arts center in the United States. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, MCBA is a nationally recognized leader in the celebration and preservation of traditional crafts including hand papermaking,...
- 2002 - Portland, OR
Supporting exhibits
- 2009 - Friends of Dard Hunter Tokyo Exhibition: A Selection of Handmade Paper Art at Ozu Washi Gallery Tokyo, Japan
- 2009 - Friends of Dard Hunter Members Exhibition at The Neely Gallery Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
External links
- Friends of Dard Hunter - Official website
- Elbert Hubbard, Dard Hunter and the Roycroft Workshops
- The Life of Dard Hunter at the website of Dard Hunter Studios