Every mile of history has more than one author. This wall honors the people and partners whose generosity keeps the RV/MH story in motion.
1,284+
supporters, sponsors, and artifact donors recognized through today.
Why this wall matters
Gifts care for the artifacts, archives, and places that hold our shared memory.
Recognition links today’s industry to the people and ideas that came before.
Every name makes the museum more personal for the next visitor who walks in.
Legacy in action
Company · 2014
Thor Industries has helped keep the road ahead connected to the road behind. Through sustained support, the company has helped the museum preserve the ingenuity, craftsmanship, and restless curiosity that made the RV industry what it is today.
Read the storyIndividual · 1997
Don Gedert understood that preservation is an active practice. His generosity has supported the people, cataloging, and care behind the archives — the quiet work that lets a researcher find the one photograph or trade journal that unlocks a memory.
Read the storyIndividual · 1988
Ralph J. Scoular believed that an industry should remember the people who gave it shape. His support strengthened the Foundation’s work to honor achievement with the care, context, and dignity those stories deserve.
Read the storyIndividual · 2006
Randy Rusk has shown how individual generosity can become part of something much larger. His support helps the Foundation care for the everyday details that turn a collection into a living place of welcome.
Read the storyThe recognition directory
Search names, organizations, and programs. Filter the wall by how people showed up for the work of preservation.
A company-level commitment to preserving the full story of recreational vehicles — from the first weekend escapes to the communities built around the open road.
A lasting investment in access: making the records of RV and manufactured housing history available to the next generation of students, storytellers, and industry leaders.
A champion for recognition as stewardship — ensuring that honors are not simply awarded, but preserved as part of an enduring public record.
A personal commitment to keeping the museum open, curious, and ready for the visitor who arrives wanting to know where the road began.
A collective voice for a collective history — keeping the Hall of Fame relevant, welcoming, and connected to the people it serves.
A hometown partnership that makes industry history accessible to the community that helped write it.
Generosity that looks across generations — providing a steadier foundation for the artifacts and stories still waiting to be discovered.
A belief that gathering is a form of preservation: every conversation adds another thread to the story.
A present-day investment in the institution that helps the industry understand its own roots.
An archive is made personal one box, one photograph, and one generous act at a time.
Celebration that becomes archive — an annual reminder that excellence is a community inheritance.
A small, permanent welcome for every visitor who walks across the campus.
Preserved design is a teaching tool — a way to understand how the industry solved yesterday’s problems and imagine tomorrow’s.
A shared commitment to keeping the door to research open.
Artifact donation preserves more than an object — it preserves the lives that moved around it.
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Object stories
Artifacts carry the fingerprints of the people who made, used, and entrusted them to the Foundation.
Your place in the story
Support exhibits, archives, and the care of a living collection.
Start a giftOffer an object, photograph, or document for staff review.
Begin a reviewPut your name behind the gatherings that bring the industry together.
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Keep the record accurate
Use either form below to suggest a new recognition entry or request a correction. Submissions are routed to Gena McKeown (genamckeown@northernindianaevents.com), Ryan Szklarek (RyanSzklarek@thervmhheritagefoundation.org), and Daryll Milnikel (daryllmilnikel@thervmhheritagefoundation.org), who will review and confirm updates.