CFA can evaluate film collections and provide plans to organize, manage, conserve and utilize moving image collections that have lain dormant because of lack of equipment or expertise. By gaining access to these collections of moving image documents, their historical content can be better understood, analyzed and exhibited in ways that bring meaning to various communities today.
This process typically involves creating inventories, arranging, and inspecting the films and stabilizing them to interrupt any deterioration. CFA can transfer the films to digital mediums and can create catalog records for each reel in order to describe both their physical condition and their content. These records will inform plans for any further preservation and use for the future. CFA also offers storage in our climate-controlled vault. Estimates for this process or any part of it can be provided after a site survey. Cost of the initial survey is billed at $90/hour.
For more information call (312) 243-1808, or email info@chicagofilmarchives.org