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===The Institution of Engineering and Technology=== A collection of Heaviside's papers is held at the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]] (IET) Archive Centre.<ref>Savoy Hill House 7–10, Savoy Hill, London WC2R 0BU email: archives@theiet.org</ref> The collection consists of notebooks containing mathematical equations and calculations, annotated pamphlets mainly relating to telegraphy, manuscript notes, drafts of papers, correspondence, drafts of articles for ‘Electromagnetic Theory’. An audio tribute from 1950 to Oliver Heaviside by Oliver E Buckley, President of Bell Telephone Labs, has been digitised and accessible on the IET Archives biography of Oliver Heaviside.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heaviside |first1=Oliver |title=Oliver Heaviside 1850-1925 |url=https://www.theiet.org/membership/library-archives/the-iet-archives/biographies/oliver-heaviside-1850-1925/ |website=The IET Archives:biographies |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> In 1908 Oliver Heaviside was made an Honorary Member of the [[Institution of Electrical Engineers]] (IEE). His entry reads as: “1908 Oliver Heaviside FRS” in the IEE Roll of Honorary Members and Faraday Medallists 1871-1921<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Heaviside |first1=Oliver |title=IEE Roll of Honorary Members and Faraday Medallists 1871-1921 |journal=IET Archives Reference: IET/SPE/4/8/1|date=1908}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Heaviside |first1=Oliver |title=From under the sea to the edge of space: the work of Oliver Heaviside |url=https://ietarchivesblog.org/2023/04/05/from-under-the-sea-to-the-edge-of-space-the-work-of-oliver-heaviside/ |website=Stories of the Institution of Electrical Engineers |date=5 April 2023 |publisher=The IET Archives Blog: Stories from the Institution of Engineering and Technology |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> In 1922, he became the first recipient of the [[Faraday Medal]], which was established that year. Later on, in 1950 the Institution of Electrical Engineers Council established the Heaviside Premium Award “The Committee have considered the establishment of some form of permanent memorial to Oliver Heaviside and as a result recommend that a Heaviside Premium to the value of £10 be awarded each year for the best mathematical paper accepted.”<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Heaviside Premium Award |title=IEE Council Minutes | date=2 February 1950 | journal=IEE Archive Reference: IET/ORG/2/1/19}}</ref>
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