Society for Industrial Archaeology Records
name: label: Donor
content: Engman, David
label: Donor
content: Simmons, David
label: Author
content: Society for Industrial Archeology
label: Donor
content: Starbuck, David, Dr.
topic: label: Topic
content: Industrial archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collections was donated by the Society for Industrial Archeology, through David H. Shayt, May 3, 1999.
creator: label: Donor
content: Engman, David
label: Donor
content: Simmons, David
label: Author
content: Society for Industrial Archeology
label: Donor
content: Starbuck, David, Dr.
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content: Society for Industrial Archaeology Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of the records of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, including officers' files; grant files, journals, newsletters, editorial files, films, photographs, and posters.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: The Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) Records continue to grow as files generated by SIA officers and members are retired from active use and sent to the Archives Center.

The Archives Center only accepts materials documenting the functions of SIA as a professional organization. Examples of materials accepted include correspondence, conference programs, papers delivered at conference sessions, final reports, committee files, and photographs. We are not accepting digital records or personal papers that relate to non-SIA activities. For example, letters of recommendation and books and articles published by SIA members are not accepted.

When transferring records to the Archives Center, all records must be in labeled file folders. Please remove materials from hanging folders, binders, envelopes, and comb bindings, and remove binder clips from the records. Create a list of the folder titles in each box. Be sure that the list matches the order of the folders in the boxes.

Email the list of folder titles to the Archives Center and staff will schedule a time to pick-up the records or coordinate shipment.
Please contact the Archives Center prior to sending your donation at 202-633-3270 or archivescenter@si.edu.

The Society for Industrial Technology (SIA) continues to transfer records to the Archives Center. Addenda were received from David Engman, January 26, 2002; David R. Starbuck, Ph.D, September 2, 2003; the Ohio Historical Society, through David Simmons, April 1, 2003; Ted Sande, December 2015; Justin M. Spivey in 2016; and Helena Wright in 2021.
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: The roots of the Society for Industrial Archeology can be traced back to a seminar on industrial archeology held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C, on April 11, 1967. Kenneth Hudson, the prominent British archeologist, was the featured speaker and main attraction. More than 30 people attended this day-long seminar, including state and federal government officials involved in historic preservation; museum professionals from the Smithsonian, other technology museums, and a handful of historic sites and parks; and representatives of several engineering societies. The sessions concentrated on what was being done in Great Britain and on the Continent to promote the study of industrial archeology, and what needed to be done in the United States. This seminar planted the seeds for the eventual founding of the SIA, seeds which germinated for more than four years before bearing fruit.

The SIA was officially born at the conference held at the Smithsonian Institution on October 16, 1971. Paul E. Rivard, then director of the Old Slater Mill Museum, proposed a meeting to develop means to improve the exchange of ideas and information among people working in the "new" field of industrial archeology. Ted Sande, Philadelphia architect and doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, and Robert M. Vogel, curator of mechanical and civil engineering, Smithsonian Institution, organized the meeting. Nearly 50 people involved in the field attended this all-day conference, including architectural historians, historical archeologists, historians of technology, museologists, and preservationists. They came from museums, state and federal agencies, universities, and historical societies (see the appendix for a list of attendees). The same interesting collection of individuals, institutions, and interests remain well-represented in the SIA to this day.

(Extracted from IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology, Vol. 17, No. 1 1991 Copyright 1991-1999, The Society for Industrial Archeology) Compiled and Edited by Charles K. Hyde.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 40 Cubic feet (100 boxes, 7 map-folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-2017
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0688
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
label: Type
content: Newsletters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into 11 series. 

Series 1: Annual Meetings, 1971-2002	


Series 2: Fall Tours, 1972-2002	

 
Series 3: International Conferences, 1973-1994	

 
Series 4: IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, 1985-2018	

 
Series 5: Editors' Files, IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, 1982-1994; undated


Series 6: SIA Newsletters, 1971-2024

 
Series 7: SIA Publications, 1971-2003

 
Series 8: Grants, 1981-1992	

 
Series 9: Awards, 1998-2001	

 
Series 10: Local Chapter Reports and Activities, 1978-1999	

 
Series 11: Addenda, 1965-2017
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Archives Center Staff, 2013; addenda processed by Alison Oswald, 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Records of the Society, including officers' files, grant files, journals, newsletters, editorial files, records relating to SIA's activities such as tours and conferences, films, photographs, and posters.