There are many benefits of an SCA membership, including our regular email newsletter, SCA Roadside Roundup, and two outstanding printed publications: SCA Journal, published semi-annually and SCA Road Notes, published quarterly.
There are many benefits of an SCA membership, including our regular email newsletter, SCA Roadside Roundup, and two outstanding printed publications: SCA Journal, published semi-annually and SCA Road Notes, published quarterly.
Looking for more roadside news? Sign up for the recently launched Society for Commercial Archeology e-newsletter – Roadside Roundup. The quarterly e-newsletter will bring the latest SCA news, a roundup of roadside news articles and more. Through Roadside Roundup, SCA is publishes short user-submitted articles, calls attention to endangered roadside resources, highlights roadside places for sales and shares up-to-the-minute roadside news. Send in your tips and suggestions to enews@sca-roadside.org.
The Roadside Roundup is available to SCA members and friends. Anyone interested in the American roadside is encouraged to subscribe. If you are a current SCA member and have not yet received the Roadside Roundup, we might not have your e-mail on file.
To sign up for the Roadside Roundup, click the subscribe button. You can unsubscribe at any time.
SCA Road Notes provides timely news about the organization and commercial archeology. Produced quarterly since 1993, the eight-page publication features articles and announcements on commercial archeology. This newsletter has been designed by noted roadside historian and graphic designer Rick Kilby since 2005, and features four regular columns:
The SCA Journal, published semiannually since 1978, features scholarly articles on commercial archeology. Richly illustrated, this full-color publication focuses on topics such as auto trails, historic highways, diners, motels, movie theaters, tiki culture, mid-century architecture and gas stations. Additional subjects include historical travel journals, trading posts, rest areas, shopping centers, auto hood ornaments, and the minority experience on the road.
Edited by Douglas Towne since 2004 and designed by Brian Butko since 1994, the SCA Journal has six regular features:
The SCA website is a public/member resource for researchers, preservationists and enthusiasts. Articles from our journal and newsletter are published here regularly, as are news stories, advocacy alerts and information on upcoming events. In addition, this site offers SCA conference brochures and tour guides dating back to 1980, and through the site’s store, back issues of the SCA Journal and SCA Road Notes.
Many of the articles published here are open to all. But SCA members get special full-content access to all articles and are able to download digital versions of our publications for free.
We apologize for ongoing issues with our online registration process. We hope to have this fully resolved very soon. Most of the main product categories are active, but several “add on” options are not. Sorry!