Society of Automotive Historians

2025 Annual Awards Banquet Save the Date! Saturday, September 20, 2025 at the fabulous Durant-Dort Factory One building in Flint, Michigan A number of automotive-history activities are planned.We hope you will join us for a weekend of car talk and celebration. EVENTS […] Read More

Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History The annual Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History is co-hosted each November in Watkins Glen, NY by the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), the SAH, and Gran […] Read More

The Society of Automotive Historians is pleased to announce the first SAH/Kettering Travel-to-Collections Grant recipient. Jennifer Eaglin PhD, an Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University, will use the grant to continue research for her upcoming book: Auto Americas: […] Read More

SAH members based in the US may now borrow from the Turnquist Library at America’s Packard Museum by mail. America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio, houses the Turnquist Library, a dedicated reading room with more than 3,500 automotive publications. More […] Read More

The deadline for Cugnot-English, Benz, Friend of Automotive History, Brigham, Bradley, and Ingersoll award nominations is upon us. If you’ve read a good automotive book, article, or periodical; viewed a film, documentary, or television program that presented auto history in […] Read More

Thirty members of the SAH Leland Chapter gathered on a chilly day in January at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum to see a fascinating presentation by Barry Levine about the life and career of John Z. DeLorean. The museum has […] Read More

All photos courtesy of Anthony Bristol. Presentations on the history of motor racing, including a keynote by Lyn St. James, drew 65 people to Watkins Glen International Media Center on November 1st for the 8th Annual Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor […] Read More

The Travel-to-Collection Grant provides support for students and scholars to use the Kettering University Archives collections. The award covers research for specific scholarly work such as an article, book, chapter, lecture, film, paper, thesis, or dissertation. The research may cover […] Read More

More details have been released about the 2024 Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History, which will take place in Watkins Glen, NY, November 1 and 2, 2024. This year’ symposium includes 16 talks on topics ranging from the early […] Read More

Details for the 2024 Annual SAH Awards Banquet have been announced.   This year’s Award Banquet will take place in the Keystone Ballroom of the Hershey Country Club on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, during the Antique Automobile Association of America’s […] Read More