In Fall 2007, the Media Preservation Unit received nine cans of 35mm film elements from the George Amberg and Robert Gessner Papers (MC.199), a collection housed in the New York University Archives. In total, the cans contained 82 bundles of film, each comprised of short
Over the past two years, we have been gradually digitizing the Nelson Sullivan Video Collection (Fales, MSS.357) in the Media Preservation Unit. The tapes are a treasure trove of documentation of LGBTQ (and other) life in downtown Manhattan (and elsewhere) in the 1980s. Tomorrow marks
Posted in observance of Preservation Week, today’s post is written by Kate Philipson, Media Preservation Assistant in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation, with input from ARL/SAA Mosaic Fellow Jasmine Sykes-Kunk. Archival inspection of historic film is often like detective work. When there is minimal information, background,