Be Kind, Rewind: Putting Endangered Collections First

Quad Tape, soon to appear at a nonprofit regional archive near you.

Tick-tock! Time is running out for videophiles to enjoy the glitchy, retro pleasures of analog media. Last year, the last videocassette recorder (VCR) was manufactured in Japan, and preservation experts recommend migrating VHS and other types of analog video to digital formats within 10 to 12 years. Langsdale Special Collections has been caring for two major audiovisual news morgues: the WMAR collection and the WJZ collection, which both consist of raw footage and broadcast materials from the two local network-affiliated television stations. 

Sneak Preview: Ten Hills Collection

A sneak peek at archival records in the Ten Hills Collection

Langsdale Library Special Collections is pleased to announce a new addition to the archives, the Ten Hills Collection. Longtime neighborhood resident and Ten Hills history buff, Stephen Israel, worked with the community association and archivists in Special Collections to transfer the material earlier this week.

Want to know more about Ten Hills? Check out the community profile on the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance website. A summary of the Ten Hills Collection exists in the library’s archival collection database. Staff in Special Collections will be digging into the boxes over winter break, so additional information will be available to researchers soon!