WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress announced Monday it has acquired the Prelinger Collection, the country’s largest privately held archive of ephemeral pics. The collection includes some 48,000 ...

In an era of digital media, it’s rare to come across a treasure trove of print materials. But that’s precisely San Francisco’s Prelinger Library’s purpose: to collect, categorize and create a longer ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Prelinger Library has a page-turning history as San Francisco's urban oasis for research, reading, and inspiration. The space is 72 feet deep with shelves 14 feet high, each filled ...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Rick and Megan Prelinger, the curators of the Prelinger Archives and Prelinger Library, are a national treasure. Following their own interests and supported ...

Filmmaker George Griffin is donating his collection of nearly 400 books to the Prelinger Library. Founded by Rick Prelinger and his wife, Megan Shaw Prelinger, in 2004, The Library is an appropriation ...

When Bay Area artist Nicole Lavelle first learned about the Prelinger Library — a collection of ephemera, periodicals, maps and books run by founders Megan and Rick Prelinger — she thought, “I’ve got ...

The live cinema event traverses time periods, New York City boroughs, to present portrait of urban life Courtesy of the Prelinger Collection Rick Prelinger’s city-centric documentaries diverge from ...

The Prelinger Library collection includes 40,000 publications: pamphlets, programs, magazines, and maps. When they were made they were timely, relevant to a narrow audience, and meant to be eventually ...

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