Joseph Ishill

Joseph Ishill (February 11, 1888 – March 14, 1966) was a Romanian-born Jewish anarchist typesetter and bookbinder who worked with The Modern School.

A commercial typesetter for most of his life, Ishill is most well known for his work with The Oriole Press, which he and his wife, Rose Florence Freeman founded in 1926.

[1][2] After a period of travel, Ishill eventually settled in Bucharest, where he befriended and was heavily influenced by the anarchist writer and activist Panait Mușoiu.

[1][3] Ishill met his wife and collaborator, the poet Rose Florence Freeman-Ishill, at a Thanksgiving ball fundraiser for the Modern School in New York in 1916.

[3][2] Throughout his life, Ishill worked as a commercial typesetter in New York City, making a daily commute from his rural home.

Ishill published works by several noted radical authors, including Peter Kropotkin, Elisee and Elie Reclus, Havelock Ellis, Voltairine de Cleyre, Benjamin Tucker, Dyer D. Lum, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

Oriole Press colophon, from Manifesto (A Rare and Interesting Document) , by Josiah Warren. Introductory Note by Joseph Ishill. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1952.
Oriole Press colophon by Louis Moreau , from The Oriole Press - Privately Conducted by Joseph Ishill. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1958.