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Apr 26, 2022 · Marion Stokes was an activist who preserved more than three decades' worth of television recordings, resulting in what some say is one of the largest known personal archive of such material.
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Apr 26, 2024 · For 30 years, Philadelphia civil rights activist Marion Stokes recorded television for 24 hours a day, amassing over 70,000 tapes. From 1979 to 2012, Marion Stokes recorded her television 24/7. In total, she amassed about 71,000 tapes of archival footage.
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Apr 29, 2019 · Although no one knew it at the time, the recordings Stokes made from 1975 until her death in 2012 are the only comprehensive collection preserving this period in television media history.
Marion Marguerite Stokes (née Butler; November 25, 1929 – December 14, 2012) was an American access television producer, businesswoman, investor, civil rights demonstrator, activist, librarian, and prolific archivist, especially known for her archiving of hundreds of thousands of hours of television news footage spanning 35 years, from 1977 ...
May 7, 2019 · Marion Stokes secretly recorded 70,000 VHS tapes' worth of US broadcasts from 1979 until her death in 2012. Her son explains why, as a new documentary about her is released.
Nov 21, 2013 · It’s 35 years of history through the lens of TV news, captured on a dwindling format. It’s also the life work of Marion Stokes, who built an archive of network, local, and cable news, in her ...
May 7, 2019 · Marion Stokes secretly recorded 70,000 VHS tapes' worth of US broadcasts from 1979 until her death in 2012. Her son explains why, as a new documentary about her is released.
