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The lost Feldman files and the loss of direction at the AFI: A personal reflection on archives
- Film History: An International Journal
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 22, Number 3, 2010
- pp. 309-312
- 10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.309
- Article
- Additional Information
The article outlines the ethical and scholarly problems related to the American Film Institute's recent sale of materials from their archival collections, particularly those involving the Charles K. Feldman papers. The author points out the problems this action raises for scholarly research as well as issues related to the AFI's public mandate.