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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people helped me write this book. I would like to take this moment to thank them. The University of South Florida generously funded my travel to the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the University of California, Los Angeles. The University of South Florida DepartmentofCommunicationandtheSchoolofCommunicationatNorth ern Arizona University have also supported this project in many ways. I had much to learn about the moving image archive as I set about writing this book. I am grateful for the many people who pointed me in all the right directions. I am indebted to Karan Sheldon and David Weiss who welcomed me to Northeast Historic Film, opened many archival doors for me, and patiently answered all my questions during the last five or six years. I am also thankful for the insights and encouragement I have received from Snowden Becker, Liz Coffey, Chris Horak, Jane Johnson Otto, Rick Prelinger, Dwight Swanson, Dan Streible, and Katie Trainor. I had the good fortune to interview many talented people working in archivesallacrossthecountry .Theircontributionstothisbookareimmense. I would particularly like to thank Arlene Balansky, Mary Lea Bandy, David Francis, Jere Guildin, Steve Leggett, Alan Lewis, Pat Loughney, Greg Lukow, Mike Mashon, Eddie Richmond, Paul Spehr, Jennifer Teely, Ken Weissman, Todd Wiener, Jim Williamson, Peter Williamson, Pam Wintle, and Mark Quigley. xiv · Acknowledgments I am deeply grateful for the good humor, encouragement, and support of my friends, Wendy Adams, Karina Aveyard, Mariaelena Bartesaghi, Elizabeth Bell, Kate Bowles, Kris Byrd, Annie Cattan, Marcy Chvasta, Dominique Desjeux, David Eason, Liz Edgecomb, Kristi Frazier, Laura Gray Rosendale, Chris Green, Mary Gould, Erica Hamilton, Paul Helford, Elizabeth Hellstern, Jennifer Jenkins, Robin Jones, Bob Kerstein, Christine Kiesinger, Astrid Klocke, Kurt Lancaster, Michael LeVan, Linda Levitt , Lexa Murphy, David Payne, Stephanie Petrie, Keelyn Riley, Rich Rogers , Steve Rosendale, Ella Schmidt, Tara Schroeder, Julie Schutten, Laura Smith, Mary Tolan, Jon Torn, and Michelle Zacks. I am humbled and full of gratitude for Mark Jancovich and Albert Moran ’s support. I am proud and thankful that Meredith Morris-Babb is the editor of this book and that we have worked together on two books at the University Press of Florida. A loving thank you to my family: Rich and Kay Severson, Bob and Kay Jones, Jean Neumann, Lynne Severson, Todd and Missy Severson, Brad and Cindy Severson, Beth Severson, Ron Russell, Peter Neumann, Maria Steele, Rich and Erika Neumann, Scott and Claudia Neumann, and Stacy Neumann and Noah Perlut. And a big thank you to my sister, Julee Jones; when we were little girls, she helped to cultivate my interest in old movies by making me watch Creature Feature with her on Friday nights. I thank my husband and trusted reader, Mark Neumann. I am forever grateful for his love and support of my endeavors, and I admire the way he tears down a barn and reclaims a pasture. ...

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