Unions | American Bookbinders Museum

The Journeyman Bookbinder

January 11, 2018

Bookbinder Culture, From the Librarian's Desk, History, International Community, Unions in the Bindery

Just a Journeyman Binder of Books Working from town to town A craftsman old, of an ancient guild With graying hair and wrinkled frown. He binds the books in leather and cloth, Tools them in letters of gold Some printed thoughts that come to naught, Others of priceless mould.

Pension societies and Almshouses for Bookbinders

April 29, 2015

From the Archivist's Desk

This post is the second of a series of features written by our archivist, Jae Mauthe, exploring the development of charitable organizations devoted to social services for bookbinders. The industrial revolution brought about many changes to the worklife of bookbinders. Bookbinder John Jaffery sought social reform in Victorian London through

From the Archivist’s Desk: John Jaffray

March 11, 2015

From the Archivist's Desk, History

This post is the first of a series of features written by our archivist, Jae Mauthe, exploring the development of charitable organizations devoted to social services for bookbinders. I read a moving post on the British Library’s “Untold Lives” blog a couple years back. It was about an 18th century

The Journeyman Bookbinder

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

From the Archivist’s Desk: John Jaffray