825 COLLECTION

Archive of 500 16mm films formerly in circulation by the Chicago Public Libraries.

THE STORY:

In summer, 2016 I received an email out of the blue asking if I would be interested in picking up a lot of 500 16mm films that the Chicago Film Archive no longer had space to store. The Chicago Film Archive had opened in 2003 in response to the Chicago Public Library's plans to get rid of their 16mm collections.

A friend of mine worked for CFA at the time and thought I might be willing to take them in. Two weeks later, I showed up with two friends to collect the films. It took 3 car loads to collect all the films.