New Grant to Preserve Two Films from the Hampton Collection
The National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) has awarded WashU Libraries $9,192.30 to preserve two short films made by Henry Hampton’s...
Category: Film and Media Archive
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Never Before Seen Interview with Bernice Johnson Reagon
A great American has left us. We’ll let others more fully eulogize the amazing accomplishments of singer, activist, and scholar... -
Libraries Complete Digitization of 1963 Campus Film
WashU Libraries have completed the preservation and digitization of the short film Once Upon a Hill…There was a School! (1963) in University... -
Libraries Win Grant to Preserve 1963 Film Shot on Campus
The National Film Preservation Foundation recently awarded the Washington University Libraries a 2023 Basic Preservation Grant. The $3,513 grant will... -
New Grant to Preserve Unseen Interviews with Civil Rights Activists
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) awarded the Washington University Libraries Film & Media Archive a grant of... -
New Rosa Parks Documentary Uses Rare Footage from the Jack Willis Collection
Johanna Hamilton and Yoruba Richen’s new documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks is an adaptation of Jeanne Theoharis’s biography of... -
Recorded Voices Digitized and Revived: Assembly Series Lectures
Numbering in the thousands, recordings of the Assembly Series Lectures in University Archives were recently digitized for access by students... -
Libraries Finish Preservation Project on 1980 Sex Ed Film
The Washington University Libraries has completed the photochemical preservation and digitization of the 1980 short film A Matter of Respect. The... -
Interviews from Eyes on the Prize II Now Digitized
The Washington University Libraries are excited to announce that it has completed a three-year grant to digitize, reassemble, and share... -
Rarely Seen Interview with Nichelle Nichols
The galaxy lost a star on Sunday, July 31st. Actor and performer Nichelle Nichols passed away at the age of... -
Libraries Complete Digitization of a 106-Year-Old Film
The Washington University Libraries’ Julian Edison Department of Special Collection has successfully completed the preservation and digitization of the silent... -
Teaching and Learning with the Kartemquin Films Collection
The Washington University Libraries acquired the collection of the esteemed documentary production company Kartemquin Films in the spring of 2021....