Disasters at Commercial Archives

[Stephen Byers]

Disasters at Commercial Archives

From: Joel Bresler<[e-mail]>
Date: 1 April 2015 at 12:50


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Dear Friends:



I would like to assemble a short list of disasters (and near-disasters) that
 have befallen multimedia archives. Any help building a short list would be
 much appreciated. To get us started:



* MGM and Atlantic labels lost holdings in a fire

* In 1996 a movie lot fire almost demolished the MCA audio archive

* RCA bulldozed a warehouse in Camden, NJ in the 1960s, with master recordings
 and other materials still inside



(These examples from: "Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our
 Cultural Rights" by Bill Ivey



* Destruction of Odeon masters at the end of WWII.



Thanks in advance,



Joel


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[Rob Moss]

Adam Lee.

[Richard Marple]

I remember reading that a lot of early Walter Lantz cartoons were lost in a fire at one time.

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

The fire at the STV Archives, 03/11/69.