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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 ...
Nov 21, 2013 · Stokes was a former librarian who for two years co-produced a local television show with her then-future husband, John Stokes Jr. She also was engaged in civil rights issues, helping organize...
Apr 26, 2022 · Updated April 28, 2022. Image courtesy of ZeitgeistFilms/YouTube. Marion Stokes was an activist who preserved more than three decades' worth of television recordings, resulting in what some say...
Nov 14, 2019 · Marion Stokes, a former communist activist who died in 2012, recorded over 70,000 Beta and VHS tapes that are now recognized as a treasure trove chronicling recent American history.
Jun 29, 2024 · The collection was the life’s work of Marion Stokes, an activist and television producer who had died almost a year to the day earlier, at 83. “She was obsessed with the mediation of media,” said her son, Michael Metelits.
Apr 26, 2024 · In 1960, Stokes married a teacher named Melvin Metelits, with whom she had one son, Michael. The couple later split, and Marion would go on to marry television anchor John Stokes Jr., whom she met while working as a panelist on a local news show called Input.
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Nov 23, 2013 · Former librarian Marion Stokes began recording the news in 1977, after having done a stint co-producing a local news broadcast with her husband.
