Society of Automotive Historians

The Society of Automotive Historians was well represented at the 2026 NAAM [National Association of Automobile Museums] annual conference, held April 20-23, 2026 at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The four-day conference incorporated presentations on a variety of topics of interest to auto museum […] Read More

During an April visit to the Gilmore Car Museum, Bob Barr met with SAH member John Hansen, who is the Executive Director of the Classic Car Club of America Museum on the Gilmore campus. John generously gave Bob a tour of the Noel Thompson Library and Lassiter […] Read More

The WSAH spring meeting was held in Hartford, Wisconsin on April 25, 2026, again hosted by the Wisconsin Automotive Museum (WAM). Sixteen members were in attendance, including museum Executive Director Dawn Bondhus. The pre-planning and on-the-ground assistance the chapter provides in staging the Iola […] Read More

What follows is the second of three articles addressing available research resources written by Mark Vargas, SAH Board member and Director of Grants and Research at America’s Packard Museum.  Many aficionados of automotive history, like the members of SAH, look for sources […] Read More

Geographically scattered as we are can mean it takes a tad more effort to get to know one another. One with whom a personal friendship has formed—in spite of our living over 1200 miles from one another—is Sigur Whitaker (SAH #4741). Some […] Read More

The Society of Automotive Historians is pleased to welcome the following new members: Tom McKernan, residing in Arcadia, California, has been in love with automobiles since about age 10; he loves the history of the automobile. Tom worked for the Automobile Club of […] Read More

Hello SAH Members: This past month I had the pleasure of attending my first NAAM [National Association of Automobile Museums] annual conference, held at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The four days were filled with engaging presentations as well as fascinating field trips to […] Read More

The International Motor Racing Research Center and the Society of Automotive Historians announce the Tenth Annual Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium on International Motor Racing History at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, in historic Watkins Glen, New York on Thursday and […] Read More

The SAH has received the following research inquiries. Please direct any questions to the researcher. Request for David Lowe contact information I am new member Dave Webb, an Anglo-French citizen living on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, and am […] Read More

FIVA [the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens or international federation of historic vehicles] invites members and friends to the Fifth Pan-European Conference for Automotive History, organised by FIVA in cooperation with the Norwegian Federation for Historic Vehicles (LMK) and hosted at […] Read More