In This Issue - Society for the History of Technology

SHOT Newsletter 6
July 2006
EVENTS HOSTED BY SHOT
SHOT Presidential Address:
On Thursday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m., in the Imperial
Palace hotel, SHOT president Rosalind Williams will
deliver the SHOT Presidential Address. All meeting
attendees are welcome.
SHOT Welcoming Reception:
On Thursday, October 12 at 8:00 p.m., following the
Presidential Address, SHOT invites all meeting
attendees to come to our welcoming reception. This
reception will be held in the Imperial Palace hotel’s
famous Auto Collection, and attendees will have the
opportunity to view the many cars on display. This
reception is free for all SHOT meeting registrants, but
please indicate your attendance on the conference
registration form.
SHOT Reception and Special Session:
On Friday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m., at the Atomic
Testing Museum, SHOT will host a reception and a
special session on the topic, “Challenges in
Preserving and Interpreting Atomic History.”
Attendees will have the opportunity to explore the
Atomic Testing Museum’s exhibits. You can find
more information about the Atomic Testing Museum
at http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org/ SHOT will
have buses running to take you between the Atomic
Testing Museum and the Imperial Palace hotel. The
cost for the special session and reception is $5 for
SHOT meeting registrants, and admission is by ticket
only. If you are interested in attending, please sign up
on the conference registration form.
Current Graduate Students and Current
International Scholars Breakfast:
On Saturday, October 14 at 8:00 a.m., the SHOT
officers will host their annual breakfast for currentlyenrolled
graduate students and current SHOT
International Scholars. This breakfast will be in the
conference hotel and will feature a deluxe continental
breakfast. This event will offer graduate students and
international scholars a chance to meet each other and
talk with SHOT officers, to learn about SHOT
programs (including prizes and fellowships), and to
find out more about SHOT’s journal Technology and
Culture. This breakfast is free for currently-enrolled
graduate students and our current SHOT international
scholars (please do not sign up if you do not fit these
categories). Space is limited to the first fifty graduate
students and International Scholars to sign up. You
must register for this event in order to attend; please
indicate your attendance on the conference
registration form.
SHOT Awards Banquet:
On Saturday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., SHOT invites
you to attend the annual Awards Banquet, to be held
in the ballroom of the conference hotel, the Imperial
Palace Las Vegas. This is a wonderful opportunity to
enjoy a relaxing evening with old and new friends, to
show our appreciation to the SHOT community, and
to honor the recipients of SHOT’s annual prizes and
fellowships. The banquet will feature a fabulous
Vegas buffet, the Imperial Palace Italian Feast,
including soup, salad, antipasto platters, pizza, and an
incredible variety of meat, seafood, vegetarian, and
pasta entrees, plus a dessert presentation of cannolis,
cheesecake, chocolate biscotti, fruit, and zabaglione.
SHOT will provide two complimentary bottles of the
house wines, one red and one white, for each table.
Tables may purchase additional bottles from the bar if
they wish. Please sign up for the banquet on the
conference registration form; tickets are $55 a person,
and you must register for the banquet in order to
attend.
Tour 1
TOURS
Hoover Dam: Who can pass up the opportunity to
visit the Eighth Wonder of the World? The world’s
largest dam at its completion in 1935, Hoover Dam
may still be the most famous. Although ordinary
tourists now have to settle for an abbreviated tour
thanks to the new security regulations following 9/11,
SHOT members will get the VIP treatment, what
used to be called the “Hard Hat Tour”. I’m not sure
if you still get to keep the hard hat, but you will get
an extensive look at the interior sections of the dam.
After the dam tour, we will stop at the Boulder City
Museum, where director Dennis McBride, co-author