Society of Automotive Historians

The 2021 SAH Awards have been announced by the Awards Committee. NICOLAS-JOSEPH CUGNOT AWARD, ENGLISH Henry Dominguez, The Cellini of Chrome: George Walker – Ford Motor Company’s First VP of Design (2020). Presented for a books written in English that best […] Read More

The Eastern Division AACA Fall Meet will take place this year in Hershey, PA, October 4-7, 2022.  For more information on the meet, see the AACA event page. Note that, beginning this year, the Fall Meet will take place from […] Read More

“Although I began my career as a writer about current events in the car world,” said Society of Automotive Historians honorary member Karl Ludvigsen when accepting the Friend of Automotive History Award, “I was always interested in what had gone before.  […] Read More

The new SAH website Login procedures are now in place. Active members were sent an email on 3/22 titled “Website Access Alert from the Society of Automotive Historians” which provides instructions on their new usernames and passwords, which they will […] Read More

Sixth Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History Planning is under way for the sixth Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History, which is to take place in November, 2022 at Watkins Glen, NY. Watch here for updates. Read More

Michael Lamm Michael Lamm (0042H) became a member of the Society of Automotive Historians over 50 years ago. As he recently observed, “It’s been a long ride, and that’s one of the advantages of advancing age: “We duffers gain more […] Read More

The SAH Book Signing at our Orange Field tent and our Annual Banquet at the Hershey Country Club scheduled for October 6-8 were regretfully cancelled due to pandemic concerns. These decisions were made with the health and safety of all […] Read More

In Memoriam Richard B. Brigham Dick Brigham was born on May 10th, 1907 in Toledo, Ohio, and resided there until 1962 when he moved to Marietta, Georgia, where he passed away July 6th, 1995. Dick had a lifelong interest in […] Read More

In Memoriam Henry Austin Clark, Jr. (1917-1991)​ Henry Austin Clark, Jr., was Vice-President of SAH during the 1988 and 1989 term that Beverly Rae Kimes served as President.  These two officers of SAH combined to author the Standard Catalog of American […] Read More

In Memoriam Beverly Rae Kimes (1939-2008) Beverley Rae Kimes, former Society President, Friend of Automotive History and world class historian and writer, passed away May 12, 2008 after a lingering illness.  For decades the First Lady of Automotive History, she […] Read More