#endangeredarchives — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #endangeredarchives, aggregated by home.social.
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AsAmNews: Op-Ed: Closure of 2 National Archive offices will hurt families. “Were my sister not able to retrieve these records of our father and hold them in her hands our families would not know nor understand the scope of his journey nor the depth of his courage in grasping the American Dream. He achieved much of it. And may we build upon it and upon his shoulders. We can do so by keeping […]
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Ohio History Connection: Listen, Watch and Connect with LGBTQ+ History. “In 2025, the Ohio History Connection (OHC) was awarded a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to preserve fragile magnetic media – U-Matic, VHS, audio cassettes and 3/4” audiotape – that were reaching the end of their lifespan. The grant made it possible to work with […]
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Artforum: 85% of All US Museums Need Repairs, Study Finds. “According to a survey conducted in March by the US Government Accountability Office, a whopping 85% of all museums in the United States are in need of repair; even more dire, 77% of US museums have at least one structural issue that puts their collections at risk, according to The Art Newspaper.”
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Scene Mag: Scotland’s only dedicated public archive celebrating LGBTQ+ literary heritage launches urgent appeal to secure its future. “The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive, Scotland’s only dedicated public archive celebrating LGBTQ+ literary heritage, has launched an urgent funding appeal as it faces a growing financial crisis that threatens its survival.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/16/scene-mag-scotlands-only-dedicated-public-archive-celebrating-lgbtq-literary-heritage-launches-urgent-appeal-to-secure-its-future/ -
I mentioned the grant for this project years ago but not when the project launched: HBCU Radio Preservation. From the Who We Are page: “HBCU radio stations train students entering broadcasting careers and provide an outlet for communities to engage on issues while reveling in the sounds of the Black diaspora. Their rhythms and stories demand to be heard. And yet, the original programming […]
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Without Why: The Hubert Dreyfus Audio Archive Project. “A massive trove of legendary lectures by philosopher Hubert L. Dreyfus is currently confined to aging cassette tapes in a closet in the Berkeley Hills. With your support, we can build a professionally curated audio archive that preserves this irreplaceable material and makes it accessible to new generations of listeners. Dreyfus’s ideas […]
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Kickstarter: Butch Is Not A Dirty Word’ Is at Risk — Help Us Protect It!. “What we’re doing is counter-cultural. We’re divesting from Big Tech and building our own independent digital archive — a permanent home for a decade of history, built by us and belonging to us. This isn’t a business. It’s not a product. It’s art, it’s archive, it’s history — created to exist outside […]
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Time Extension: Following Valnet’s Purchase Of Polygon, There’s A Battle To Keep Vital Pieces Of Games Journalism Online. “It all started so brightly for Polygon. Launched by Vox Media back in 2012, the site promised to ‘redefine games journalism’ by hiring the best of the best, and even released a multi-part documentary series to promote its launch. While people might argue that Polygon never […]
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TechSpot: Original Fallout creator was ordered to destroy source code, then Interplay lost its official archive. “After [Tim] Cain left Interplay during Fallout 2’s development, the company ordered him to destroy his personal archives. He complied, believing Interplay would maintain the official materials. However, the company failed to preserve them, leaving a significant gap in the […]
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TechSpot: Original Fallout creator was ordered to destroy source code, then Interplay lost its official archive. “After [Tim] Cain left Interplay during Fallout 2’s development, the company ordered him to destroy his personal archives. He complied, believing Interplay would maintain the official materials. However, the company failed to preserve them, leaving a significant gap in the […]
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TechSpot: Original Fallout creator was ordered to destroy source code, then Interplay lost its official archive. “After [Tim] Cain left Interplay during Fallout 2’s development, the company ordered him to destroy his personal archives. He complied, believing Interplay would maintain the official materials. However, the company failed to preserve them, leaving a significant gap in the […]
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TechSpot: Original Fallout creator was ordered to destroy source code, then Interplay lost its official archive. “After [Tim] Cain left Interplay during Fallout 2’s development, the company ordered him to destroy his personal archives. He complied, believing Interplay would maintain the official materials. However, the company failed to preserve them, leaving a significant gap in the […]
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TechSpot: Original Fallout creator was ordered to destroy source code, then Interplay lost its official archive. “After [Tim] Cain left Interplay during Fallout 2’s development, the company ordered him to destroy his personal archives. He complied, believing Interplay would maintain the official materials. However, the company failed to preserve them, leaving a significant gap in the […]