Society of Automotive Historians

Begin the automotive history part of your new year on Saturday, January 24, 2026, when SAH’s Leland Chapter will host members and friends for a program on the storied Route 66 presented by longtime Chrysler engineer Bob Feldmaier at the […] Read More

Books nominated for the 2025 Cugnot Award are available now at Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum Each year the SAH receives a number of books and periodicals as part of the nomination process for the SAH Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot Award and the Carl […] Read More

This year we tried something different, hosting the 2025 SAH Annual Awards Banquet at the historic Durant-Dort Factory One in Flint, Michigan, considered the birthplace of General Motors. The weekend of activities included a special tour of the Sloan Museum […] Read More

Society of Automotive Historians 2025 Annual Awards Banquet It’s time to make your banquet reservations!All are welcome: SAH members, non-members, friends New for 2025, the Banquet will take place at the historic Durant-Dort Factory One in Flint, Michigan303 W. Water St., Flint MI […] Read More

On Thursday June 5, 2025, Society of Automotive Historians members Mary Seelhorst and Chris Lezotte traveled to Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, to attend a presentation given by Jennifer Eaglin PhD,  the first SAH/Kettering Travel-to-Collections Grant recipient. Dr. Eaglin, an […] Read More

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