The Media History Digital Library

The Media History Digital Library is a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals in the public domain for full public access.  Here you will find a wealth of reading material and information on the histories of cinema, broadcasting and sound.  The collections include technical journals, fan magazines and everything in between.  There are literally scans of hundreds of thousands of magazine pages from thousands of magazine issues from 1904 to 1963.

Collections 

Hollywood Studio Systems Collection 1914-1948

Fan Magazine Collection 1911-1963

Early Cinema Collection 1903-1928

Yearbook Collection 1916-1964

Broadcasting Collection 1896-1964

Non-Theatrical Film Collection 1918-1973

Technical Journals Collection 1924-1954

Government & Law Collection 1912-1995

Global Cinema Collection 1904-1957

Each collection consists of dozens of different publications.  Anyone interested in the history of film, broadcast and/or sound should visit this site.  Make sure you have a lot of time on your hands!

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