American Archive of Public Broadcasting
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A collaboration between @GBH and @LibraryCongress to identify, preserve, and make accessible the historical record of public media.
Boston, MA / Washington, D.C.
Joined February 2014
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🎶 Rock and roll history, straight from Southeastern! 📻 The American Archive of Public Broadcasting just launched the Rock School Special Collection — featuring 900+ episodes produced by Southeastern’s 90.9 The Lion! From Woodstock to Taylor Swift, dive into the stories behind
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The American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress, recently announced the launch of the Southeastern Louisiana University radio show Rock School...
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The American Archive of Public Broadcasting is a collaboration between the Library and Boston public media producer GBH. The AAPB Bill Moyers collection preserves more than 50 years of his work, an invaluable look at American history as it was happening. https://t.co/l1sfvFzdc5
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Bill Moyers, who died yesterday at the age of 91, was at the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium one night in the fall of 2023 to mark the preservation of more than 1,000 of his public television programs...
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Always respected Bill Moyers, who has died at age 91. A former spokesman for President Lyndon Johnson, he became a towering journalist at CBS and on public TV. Much of the work he produced for public TV is at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting:
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(1/3) Para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora (#8M), conseguimos pietaje del @amarchivepub : el programa Women, conducido por Sandra Elkin, quien en 1975 se dio a la tarea de entrevistar a las fundadoras de la Federación de Mujeres Puertorriqueñas (FMP).
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Honoring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress, this year's recipient of AMIA's 2024 Ray Edmondson Advocacy Award.
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On this day in 1981, President Jimmy Carter delivered his final address to the American people from the Oval Office. Watch the address from @IowaPBS via @amarchivepub 👇 https://t.co/BlukjuPnyK
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P.S. You can stream full episodes of @GBH's original ZOOM series courtesy of @amarchivepub.
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Join us in remembering President Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived U.S. President, with his 1981 farewell address. Beyond his presidency, Carter was a humanitarian, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. 🔗 https://t.co/m32PUhZjf5
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We’re thrilled to share that the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (a collaboration between @GBH and @librarycongress) has been awarded the Ray Edmondson Advocacy Award by the Association of Moving Image Archivists (@AMIAnet)!
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Thank you, AMIA, for recognizing the AAPB and our mission to preserve and share the rich history of public radio and television!
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"I was just a woman looking at the world trying to find a way to be happy and to be safe and to make a contribution." Nikki Giovanni, the renowned priestess of Black poetry, passed away this week at the age of 81. [🎞️: @PBS's "Bill Moyers Journal" courtesy of @amarchivepub]
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Believe it or not, our archive was specially designed to hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity
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6 y/o me when PBS said "made possible by viewers like you"
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Would you have fallen for Orson Welles' infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast? #OnThisDay in 1938, radio listeners tuned in to what sounded like a live report of a Martian invasion. Relive the thrill (and the chills) with this rebroadcast from @GBH: https://t.co/OzY5AnTArM
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Halloween costume inspo: Julia Child doing her thing 👩🍳🔪
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One of our favorites just in time for Halloween!
It's not for the faint of heart, but did you know that you can listen to the original War of the Worlds radio broadcast on @amarchivepub?!? A great choice for Halloween fans. https://t.co/RPXJU6v2fp
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Congratulations to Karen Cariani, Executive Director of the GBH Media Library and Archives, and AAPB Project Director! We’re so proud of all that you’ve accomplished and excited for the future ahead!
SMPTE is thrilled to highlight this year's James A. Lindner Archival Technology Medal Recipient, Karen Cariani, for advancing technology, techniques, workflows, and infrastructure for preserving and providing access to the public broadcasting archives. Congratulations, Karen!
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Do you have questions about preserving historical content or the items housed in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB)? The staff of @amarchivepub have come to #AskHistorians to tell all, and shed light on this fascinating subject! https://t.co/uH20mbTYeq
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Have questions about preserving historical content or items in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB)? In celebration of #AskAnArchivistDay, we invite you to ask our archivists about the important work we do and the historic content we preserve! Drop your Q's below!
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