International Federation of Lithographers, Printers and similar Trades Archives

Period 1910-1949
Total size   0.8 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

Founded in London 1896, in order to organize the lithographers' and printers' trade independently from, in particular, the typographers' trade; secretariat in London 1896-1908, Germany 1908-1920, Brussels 1920-1929, Amsterdam and Amstelveen 1929-1949; much of the organization was destroyed during the First World War; modest revival from 1920; during the mid-1920s serious conflicts arose between offset printers and typographers; the Nazi take-over in Germany 1933 meant the loss of almost half of its members; after the Second World War the course was set to fuse the typographers and bookprinters, resulting in the foundation of the International Graphical Federation (IGF) in 1949; periodical: Bulletin (from 1908).

Content

Documents relating to congresses 1913-1927, 1936-1949: convocations, proceedings, reports; records of the Executive Committee: minutes 1910-1916, 1919, proceedings, reports, proposals 1929-1931, 1948, circulars to the members of the Executive Committee 1934-1949; correspondence with and files on the cooperation with the International Federation of Bookbinders and the Typographers' International 1927-1949; correspondence with and documents received from other international organizations, affiliated organizations and persons 1910-1949; circulars 1931-1939, 1945-1949; financial reports 1932-1934, 1946.

Processing information

Inventory made by J.R. van der Leeuw in 1965.