Throughout the spring and fall of 2018, the WCFTR’s film and video collections are moving from the basement of the Wisconsin Historical Society to a new, state-of-the-art climate controlled storage facility on the east side …
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The Juniper Tree (1990) to Be Restored thanks to a Grant from the Film Foundation
The WCFTR has received a grant of over $94,000 in support of the restoration of THE JUNIPER TREE (1990), an ethereal and visionary psychological horror film adapted from the Grimm Brothers fairy tale by American …
Rod Serling Audio Recordings to be Preserved Thanks to a Grant from CLIR
The WCFTR has received a grant of $28,239.60 to digitize 1,152 dictabelts in the Rod Serling collection. This project is supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources …
A New Partnership to Preserve Video Documentation of 1970s-Era Experimental Theatre
WCFTR partners with La MaMa and Bay Area Video Coalition on NHPRC grant funded project “Expanding Access to the Videotaped Record of 1970s-Era Experimental Theatre.” The Archives of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, the world …
The Wisconsin Nitrate Film Project
As the current director of the WCFTR, I am pleased to announce the debut of the Wisconsin Nitrate Film Project. The project represents the culmination of a multi-year, interdisciplinary study of the factors that contribute …
World Records 2017
The WCFTR is co-sponsoring this year’s World Records Symposium with the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture on April 20-21. The symposium officially kicks off Thursday night with a concert at the University Club. Sessions will …
WCFTR’s New Digital Access Portal
During the spring 2016 semester, the WCFTR began to host a digital collection of films on the Internet Archive—a nonprofit dedicated to creating an Internet library and providing long-term access to historical collections in digital …
WCFTR Is Hosting the Northwoods Tour this July!
WCFTR is proud to be hosting the Northwoods Tour this July in the beautiful northwoods of Wisconsin! A trio of archivists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison return to their roots to present ways to preserve …
National Film Preservation Foundation Gives Grant To Preserve “The Inheritance” (1964)
The staff of the WCFTR is delighted to announce that the Center has received a generous grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve The Inheritance (1964). The Inheritance is a documentary film sponsored …
WCFTR Receives GRAMMY Foundation Grant
The WCFTR is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation® to help fund a project to digitize tape and disc recordings of performances or excerpts of many of Marc Blitzstein’s …