Media Burn Independent Video Archive in a not-for-profit organization founded in 2003 to preserve the work of early independent videotape and television production. Videos are digitized for free online streaming. Topics include Chicago history, American politics, mass media, and urban life. The collection includes numerous videos documenting art and artists, which are individually described online.
935 W. Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL 60642
United States
The Archives of American Art collects primary source materials—original letters, writings, preliminary sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records and the like—that have significant research value for the study of art in America.
Find out how to give your papers, records, recordings, or other primary source material to the Archives of American Art.
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
Original material can be consulted by appointment in our Washington, D.C. Headquarters.
Copies of unrestricted microfilm materials can be obtained through one of our affiliated research centers.
