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The Society of Automotive Historians in association with the National Association of Automobile Museums will hold its Eighth Biennial Automotive History Conference in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, from March 25 to 27, 2010. Entitled The Automobile in a Time of Crisis Lessons of History, the conference will be a symposium exploring the response of the automotive industry and of public policy when confronted by changing economic conditions, political imperatives and cultural preferences. Of interest to a wide range of people, from academic researchers to lay historians to museum professionals, it will be hosted by the Tupelo Automobile Museum.

Attendance is open to SAH members, friends and others. Previous conferences have drawn a wide group of those with an interest in automotive history and provide an excellent opportunity to interact with colleagues and make new contacts in our field of study. The conference brochure which sets out the three-day program in detail is downloadable here as a PDF file. All are encouraged to attend.

The Bradley Award honors the work of libraries and archives whose mission is to preserve motor vehicle resource materials. In 1982 the now-defunct Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association of the United States—a resource library of the then “Big Three”—received the very first Bradley Award. Since that time, the award has gone to collections in six different countries and eight states. As a former award winner—2008—I can tell you what a great feeling of accomplishment it is to receive this award. We toasted our success with an after-hours celebratory party and our award hangs proudly in our reading room.

I encourage you as historians and users of libraries, archives, and other collections, to recognize the repositories that you rely on and send in a nomination. Just send a brief essay to me explaining why you think the institution is worthy of the award. In order to qualify, the institution’s collection must be available for public use. Private collections that do not open their doors to the public do not qualify.

Applications are due July 31, 2010, and the award will be presented at the SAH annual banquet in October. My committee members Jim Wagner, Mark Patrick and I will review the nominations and select this year’s winner.

Nominations can be sent to:

Nominations for the award of Friend of Automotive History are now being accepted. The deadline for submitting a nomination is April 15, 2010.

The Friend of Automotive History Award is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Society and to the cause of automotive history. Contributions to automotive history may include collecting, preserving, writing, editing, and publishing, or any other automotive history-related activity

Nominations may be made by any SAH member in good standing. Nominees need not be members of the Society of Automotive History. Current SAH officers/directors are not eligible for nomination. Posthumous awards have not been made.

Past Friends of Automotive History are: Henry Austin Clark, Jr., Charles L. Betts, Jr., Dick and Grace Brigham, Beverly Rae Kimes, Peter Helck, Keith Marvin, Ralph Dunwoodie, Michael Lamm, David L. Lewis, John Conde, Walter A. MacIlvain, Chester L. Krause, L. Scott Bailey, Lord Edward Montague, Michael Worthington Williams, David Brownell, Paul Berliet, Thomas E. Warth, John Martin Smith, Richard M.Langworth, Karl Ludvigsen, Taylor Vinson, Leroy D. Cole, Bobbie'dine Rodda, Malcolm Jeal, Thomas Brownell, and G. Marshall Naul

Please submit nominations to:

A nominating statement, supporting each nomination is required.