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The History of Amateur Journalism
by Truman J. Spencer
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The writing for The History of
Amateur Journalism was completed in 1940, although revisions
were still being made by its author, Truman Spencer, up until his
death in 1944.
The book was published by The Fossils, Inc., in 1957 in a
limited edition of 500 copies.
In the 1990s, Martin Horvat put much of this History
on-line via his American Private Press Association Web site. This
Web page links those sections together in the original order
presented in the book.
CONTENTS
I--Introductory
- Foreword by H. L. Lindquist
- Biographical Notes by Edward H. Cole
- Author's Preface
II--Amateur Journalism: Its Nature and Origins
- What Is Amateur Journalism?
- Early Unorganized Amateur Journalism
- The Pioneers
- School Journalism
- Exchanging Papers and Organizing
- The Advent of the Low-Cost Press
- Pioneer Organizations
- The Earliest Organization
- American Boys at the Vienna Exposition
III--Organized Amateur Journalism
- The National Amateur Press Association
- The First Permanent National Organization
- The Long Branch Convention, 1877
- The Chicago Convention, 1878
- The Washington Convention, 1879
- The Cincinnati Convention, 1880
- The Buffalo Convention, 1881
- The Detriot Convention, 1882
- The New York Convention, 1883
- The Milwaukee Convention, 1884
- The Boston Convention, 1885
- First Convention on the Pacific Coast, 1886
- Second Philadelphia Convention, 1887
- The 1888 Convention at Chicago
- The 1889 Convention at Buffalo
- The 1890 Convention at Indianapolis
- The Crisis of 1891 at Philadelphia
- The Convention at Boston in 1892
- Chicago's Most Successful Convention, 1893
- Harmony at Boston in 1894
- A Cry for Youth
- A Political Storm in 1902
- Once More on Calm Seas
- A Woman as President
- Youth Takes the Helm in 1910
- Death in the Presidential Chair
- Lights and Shadows in the Association's History
- Rival Organizations, International or Otherwise
- Amateur Editors Lyceum
- International Amateur Authors Lyceum
- Literary Lyceum of America
- Mutual Benefit Amateur Press Association
- Interstate Amateur Press Association
- Atlantic Coast Amateur Press Association
- The Distaff Side
- United Amateur Press Association
- American Amateur Press Association
- Sectional Organizations
- The Eastern Amateur Press Association
- The Western Amateur Press Association
- The New England Amateur Journalists Association
- The Southern Amateur Press Association
- South Eastern Amateur Press Association
- Southern Journalists Association
- The Pacific Coast Amateur Press Association
- The Pacific Amateur Press Association
- The Fossils
IV--Fruits of the Hobby: Fine Works and Fine Citizens
- The Fossil Library
- Literary Highlights
- The Engraver and Illustrator
- The Publisher of Books
- The Art of Puzzle Making
- Some Distinguished Graduates
| James Montgomery Beck
| Ralph Metcalf
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| Theodore Bodenwein
| Edith Miniter
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| Cyrus H. K. Curtis
| John Moody
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| Josephus Daniels
| George Higgins Moses
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| Charles Sanford Diehl
| Frank Brett Noyes
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| Thomas Alva Edison
| Charles Scribner
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| Edwin Atkins Grozier
| Henry Gordon Selfridge
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| Frederick Eugene Ives
| Burton Egbert Stevenson
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| Henry Edward Legler
| William Lewis Terhune
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| Charles Stedman Macfarland
| John Adams Thayer
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| Other Amateur Journalists of the Past
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VI--Appendix
- Delegates to the Organizing Meeting, National Amateur Press Association
- Convention Seats, Presidents, Official Editors
- National Amateur Press Association
- Eastern Amateur Press Association
- Western Amateur Press Association
- Southern Amateur Press Association
- New England Amateur Press Association
- United Amateur Press Association
- American Amateur Press Association
- Laureateships, National Amateur Press Association
- Laureateships, American Amateur Press Association
- Representative Books by Amateur Publishers
Postscript