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The Fossils
The Historians of Amateur Journalism
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The Fossils is a non-profit
organization whose purposes are to stimulate interest in and
preserve the history of independent publishing, either separate
from or organized in the hobby known as “Amateur Journalism,” and
to foster the practices of amateur journalism.
To this end, The Fossils preserved the
Library of Amateur Journalism (LAJ), a repository of amateur papers
and memorabilia dating from the 1850s, acquired in 1916 and
donated in 2004 to the Special Collections Department of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and located in Memorial Library.
Individuals or institutions allied with our goals are invited
to join The Fossils. Dues are $15 annually, or $20 for joint
membership of husband and wife. Annual subscription to The
Fossil without privileges of membership is $10.
You can read the By-Laws of
The Fossils (PDF file format -- Adobe
Reader required).
NEW: A scan of the article
"The Phenomenon of H.P.L., a
ten-page biography of H. P. Lovecraft by Helen V. Wesson originally
published in The Fossil for July 1957.
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Information about amateur journalism history.
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