Prelinger Library: Yearbook 2019 (2020) by Prelinger Library. COVID-19 Recreational Reading.
One of my annual pleasures is receiving the annual Prelinger Library Yearbook in the mail. For those who don’t know about the Prelinger Library, it:
is an independent research library located in San Francisco’s South-of-Market neighborhood. It is open to anyone for research, reading, inspiration, and reuse ... The library is primarily a collection of 19th and 20th century historical ephemera, periodicals, maps, and books, most published in the United States. Much of the collection is image-rich, and in the public domain. The library specializes in material that is not commonly found in other public libraries. (From the website)
Founded in 2004 by Megan Prelinger and Rick Prelinger, the collection is described as follows:
The library is primarily a collection of 19th and 20th century historical ephemera, periodicals, maps, and books, most published in the United States. Much of the collection is image-rich, and in the public domain. The library specializes in material that is not commonly found in other public libraries. (From the website)
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and organized "according to the library’s unique geospatial taxonomy" (From the website). All of that, however, does not encompass the serious fun and research that the library facilitates. The annual Yearbooks documents the many activities that showcase the Library’s role as a center for arts and education. Among the activities this year were:
Jeremy Ferris: Comics
Kendell Harbin and Asa Wilder Research Residency
Klooj
And a list of institutions that used the library as a resource
You can see the library's online catalog here. I would also recommend that you look for Megan Prelinger’s two books when you have a chance: Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race (2010) and Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age (2015) and Rick Prelinger’s amazing collage documentary films, from 2004’s Panorama Ephemera to his Lost Landscapes series (2008 - current). You can find all the films here.
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See my complete 2020 Reading list on Goodreads.
Some photos from my 2006 visit to the Prelinger Library are below.
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