The Michelson Cinema Research Library is a film research library containing 5,000 books, 30,000 photographs, and more than 1,000,000 clippings, scrapbooks, and ephemera.[1]
It was overseen by Lillian Michelson who used the library to assist in the production of films.[2]
In December 2020, it was announced that the library would be donated to the Internet Archive.[3] The new home of the library was unveiled on January 27, 2021 with approximately 1,300 books made available to the public online.[4]
References
edit- ^ Price, Gary (December 15, 2020). "The Legendary Michelson Cinema Research Library Finds a New Home at the Internet Archive". LJ infoDOCKET.
- ^ "Column: Lillian Michelson built Hollywood's most famous research library. Can someone give it a home?". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 2020.
- ^ "Column: Lillian Michelson and her one-of-a-kind film library get a digital Hollywood ending". Los Angeles Times. January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Community gathers for an online celebration of Michelson Cinema Research Library | Internet Archive Blogs". 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-10-15.