Awards Committee (Committee on Honors), 1961-1988
name: label: Collection Author
content: Society for the History of Technology
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content: Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
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content: Society for the History of Technology Records
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content: Society for the History of Technology Records / Subgroup I: General Records / Series 2: Records of Councils, Committees, and other groups
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0400, Subseries 2.2j
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content: Archival materials
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content: This series contains correspondence between committee members and Kranzberg regarding awards to recipients, vitae of award recipients, and edited copies of the "awards/honors section" of Technology and Culture. The Awards Committee (Committee on Honors), is an advisory committee created to establish conditions and to recommend recipients for various SHOT medals and awards, such as the Usher, Dexter and da Vinci. The power to confer the awards rests with the Executive Council of SHOT. The committee is also responsible for developing citations for the medals and carrying out the nomination process for awards.