Magnetic Media in the Pacific Northwest: Saving our Visual Media

FAIN: PW-253708-17

MIPoPS (Seattle, WA 98104-1822)
Rachel Price (Project Director: July 2016 to March 2021)

The appraisal and digitization of audiovisual collections held by members of the Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) regional consortium, including materials documenting Pacific Northwest history, Native American languages and cultures, and the history of industry in the region. The four participating institutions would participate in training to build their capacity for the stewardship and preservation of audiovisual collections.

The urgency of digitizing audio and videotape is a critical concern for professional moving image archivists. Magnetic media tapes have a lifespan of twenty to thirty years from the date they were created; tapes in archives across the country are reaching the end of their lifespan. Based on a 2015–16 pilot program, MIPoPS is poised to address the magnetic media crisis in the Pacific Northwest on a larger scale. This grant proposes assisting four institutions with videotape in their holdings preserve a portion of their visual history, by targeting specific collections that have not been preserved or made accessible: University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives, University of Washington Special Collections, Museum of History and Industry and Wing Luke Museum. Participants will work with MIPoPS to digitize video of high research value, creating preservation quality digital surrogates, while also providing important access to previously hidden collections.

Media Coverage

Moving History: Cassette Commander (Media Coverage)
Author(s): 4Culture
Publication: 4Culture
Date: 5/6/2018
Abstract: Post for sharing the 5/13/2017 Moving History Screening Night event via Facebook.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/4Culture/posts/10156534725021029

Moving History: Taking Seattle's Past From Tape to Terabyte (Media Coverage)
Author(s): 4Culture
Publication: 4Culture
Date: 2/4/2018
Abstract: Share post of 2/11/2018 Moving History event via Facebook
URL: https://www.facebook.com/pg/4Culture/posts/?ref=page_internal

CityStream: Digitizing Seattle's History (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Diane Duthweiler
Publication: Seattle Channel
Date: 2/28/2019
Abstract: Public access news story on MIPoPS: Most people don't think of VHS tapes as historic, but some recordings are now 40 years old. That's a problem for a small West Seattle museum trying to preserve its video history before it disintegrates. Coming to the rescue: a tiny nonprofit located in Seattle City Hall called Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS). It has the tools to digitize everything from VHS to Betacam, one-inch to Hi8 video. As Diane Duthweiler reports, the work being done is preserving some interesting aspects of the city's history.
URL: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos?videoid=x102595

A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Lisa Stiffler
Publication: GeekWire
Date: 10/1/2018
Abstract: This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology.
URL: https://www.geekwire.com/2018/nonprofit-battles-magnetic-media-crisis-digitizing-aging-movies-vanish/

MIPoPS, Wing Luke, and the Northwest Asian American Theater Collection (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Libby Hopfauf, Ari Lavigne
Publication: The Sound Archivist
Date: 2/1/2019
Abstract: Press release for work beginning on the Northwest Asian American Collection from the Wing Luke Museum (part of this grant project).
URL: https://seattleareaarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-Sound-Archivist-Winter-2019.pdf

NW Asian American Theatre comes back to life in digital project (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: Northwest Asian Weekly
Date: 2/7/2019
Abstract: Enveloped in a windowless office in City Hall, the history of Asian American Theatre in the 1990s in "Seattle is being preserved. In conjunction with the Wing Luke Museum, the Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) are digitizing recordings from the Northwest Asian American Theatre (NWAAT)."
URL: https://www.mipops.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/NWAW_February2019.pdf

MIPoPS, Wing Luke Museum to Preserve Asian American Theater History (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Libby Hopfauf, Ari Lavigne, Roger Tang
Publication: The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA)
Date: 1/16/2019
Abstract: Press release (with additional content) for the work on the Wing Luke Museum's Northwest Asian American Theatre collection. "Around 100 performances will be digitized and made available to the public – Seattle’s Northwest Asian American Theatre was one of a small handful of national theaters dedicated to exploring the Asian American experience."
URL: https://caata.net/mipops-wing-luke-museum-to-preserve-asian-american-theater-history/

Moving History X (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Libby Hopfauf
Publication: The Stranger
Date: 7/1/2019
Abstract: Recommendation/calendar event listing for upcoming archival screening night at the Northwest Film Forum.
URL: https://www.thestranger.com/events/40008377/moving-history

MIPoPS Presents the Films of Vi Hilbert (Media Coverage)
Author(s): MIPoPS
Publication: The Evergrey
Date: 9/1/2018
Abstract: Reccomendation to attend event hosted by MIPoPS at NWFF.
URL: https://theevergrey.com/event/mipops-presents-the-films-of-vi-hilbert/

Associated Products

Demystifying Digitization: Videotape Preservation in the Pacific Northwest (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Demystifying Digitization: Videotape Preservation in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Rachel Price
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Abstract: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) was formed to help archives, libraries, and other cultural and heritage organizations with analog video in their collections but with neither the resources nor expertise to address these at-risk materials. Our presentation will describe the open source tools and techniques utilized by MIPoPS to support our participants, ensuring affordability, demystifying the digitization process and empowering them to succeed. By communicating with these institutions and freely sharing our experiences, tools and techniques, we support awareness, preservation and access of other regions’ moving image collections. This presentation seeks to further this effort to provide support and resources to institutions with similar needs.
Date: 07/21/2017
Primary URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o1f83z6gfunla5q/NEHFSS_Presentation_2017_FINAL.pdf?dl=0
Primary URL Description: link to PowerPoint presentation in Dropbox
Conference Name: Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium

Collaborative Conversion: Open Tools and Workflows in AV Preservation (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Collaborative Conversion: Open Tools and Workflows in AV Preservation
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Andrew Weaver
Abstract: The preservation of audiovisual collections can be a daunting (as well as expensive) proposition, especially for archives that are not already equipped to handle materials of this nature. Fortunately, there is a growing archives-oriented community that is working to address this problem. This session will cover specific examples of collaborative tools, spaces and workflows with a focus on the open source community and ethos. It will give an overview of the various tools and open projects that are available to aid institutions getting started with A/V preservation presented as a specific case study from Seattle’s Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) showcasing how they are simultaneously benefiting from and contributing to this collaborative approach to audiovisual archiving. MIPoPS was formed to help archives, libraries, and other cultural and heritage organizations with analog video in their collections but with neither the resources nor expertise to address these at-risk materials. Our pop-up session will describe the open source tools and techniques utilized by MIPoPS to support our participants, ensuring affordability, demystifying the digitization process and empowering them to succeed. By communicating with these institutions and freely sharing our experiences, tools and techniques, we support awareness, preservation and access of other regions’ moving image collections. This presentation seeks to further this effort to provide support and resources to institutions with similar needs. Following this, we will transition a community discussion to provide support and resources to institutions with similar needs.
Date: 12-02-2017
Primary URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gkzfaa1iwl6l20g/2017_AMIA.pptx?dl=0
Primary URL Description: PowerPoint presentation via Dropbox
Secondary URL: http://www.amiaconference.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-Conference-Program.pdf
Secondary URL Description: AMIA Annual Conference Program, 2017, New Orleans
Conference Name: Association of Moving Image Archivist Annual Conference

Let’s Do It Together: Open Tools and Workflows in A/V Preservation (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Let’s Do It Together: Open Tools and Workflows in A/V Preservation
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Andrew Weaver
Abstract: The preservation of audiovisual collections can be a daunting (as well as expensive) proposition, especially for archives that are not already equipped to handle materials of this nature. Fortunately there is a growing archives oriented community that is working to address this problem. This session will cover specific examples of collaborative tools, spaces and workflows with a focus on the open source community and ethos. It will give an overview of the various tools and open projects that are available to aid institutions getting started with A/V preservation in addition to presenting specific case studies from Seattle’s Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound and the University of Washington. These examples will highlight how institutions can simultaneously benefit from and contribute to this collaborative approach to audiovisual archiving.
Date: 05/19/2017
Primary URL: https://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/NWA%20CIMA%20Conference%20Program%20single%20fixed.pdf
Primary URL Description: Preserving the Voice of the West: The 2017 Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists/Northwest Archivists Joint Annual Meeting
Conference Name: 2017 Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists/Northwest Archivists Joint Annual Meeting

Movie Night with MIPoPS (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Movie Night with MIPoPS
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Ari Lavigne
Abstract: In recognition that NWA 2018 is held in a federally-recognized Tribal nation and in keeping with this year’s theme, Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) will screen archival footage relating to the Indigenous people’s experience in the Pacific Northwest. All videotape was digitized at MIPoPS, in collaboration with partnering institutions (the University of Washington Libraries, Ethnomusicology Archives’ Vi Hilbert Collection and the Seattle Municipal Archives’ Seattle Channel collection), thanks to funding from NEH, NHPRC, and 4Culture grants. Selections include: Vi Hilbert (Upper Skagit Tribal Elder) presenting stories and songs from "Sharing Legends at Upper Skagit", a Lushootseed language and storytelling program; and excerpts from the documentary, "Bernie Whitebear: A Modern Warrior". To conclude, we will share two clips that are unrelated, but that are some fan favorites from Moving History (MIPoPS’ quarterly screening night series) - two comedic PSAs created and animated by the Seattle Fire Department, featuring Big Red - the talking fire hydrant!
Date: 04/25/2018
Primary URL: https://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/NWA2018program-FINAL%20UPDATE.pdf
Primary URL Description: Conference Program
Secondary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11V7dUD-Kynl12L31hNOutC4P7mPb6289
Secondary URL Description: Event Program

Community Engagement in the Digital Age (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Community Engagement in the Digital Age
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Ari Lavigne
Abstract: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) was formed to help local archives, libraries, and heritage organizations with analog video in their collections, but with neither the resources nor expertise to address these at-risk materials. MIPoPS recently experienced some major growth; we went from one full time staff member to two! This has allowed us to redefine our outreach strategies which involve in-creased social media presence, forging new partnerships with local media outlets, improved planning and execution for community events, as well as tapping into our creativity to reach new users. In this presentation, we will outline the key components of our new marketing strategy and methods of monitoring success. We will provide example excerpts from Moving History (our quarterly screening night series) highlighting ways we’ve incorporated art and music to engage new users with archival video material. A community discussion will follow to provide support and resources to institutions with similar needs.
Date: 04/27/2018
Primary URL: https://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/NWA2018program-FINAL%20UPDATE.pdf
Primary URL Description: Conference Program
Secondary URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v198h5askf34w01/2018_nwa_AriEdited.pptx?dl=0
Secondary URL Description: PowerPoint Presentation
Conference Name: Northwest Archivists Conference

Beyond Pressing Play: Tools and Strategies for High Quality Reformatting of Field Recorded Materials (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Beyond Pressing Play: Tools and Strategies for High Quality Reformatting of Field Recorded Materials
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Andrew Weaver
Abstract: From small regional archives to large academic institutions, portable recording formats such as compact cassettes and DV tapes abound in oral history and field recording collections. As such, they are a crucial element in the preservation of community voices and heritage. Since these formats are universally subject to the risk of “degralescence,” a dual threat of physical deterioration and loss of playback equipment, it is paramount to create the truest digital proxy possible when any reformatting is undertaken. This talk will dive deep into the underlying technologies and methods involved in the reformatting of these items, touching on topics such as playback head demagnetization, the provenance metadata contained within DV videos, and reformatting tools (both existing and under development). Attendees will come away with an enhanced understanding of open resources and techniques involved in making the digital preservation of these items both optimal and attainable.
Date: 04/27/2018
Primary URL: https://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/NWA2018program-FINAL%20UPDATE.pdf
Primary URL Description: Conference Program
Secondary URL: http://privatezero.github.io/nwa2018
Secondary URL Description: Presentation

Moving History Series Page (Web Resource)
Title: Moving History Series Page
Author: Northwest Film Forum
Abstract: Series page for events associated with Moving History. Moving History is the quarterly archival screening night presented by Moving Image Preservation of the Puget Sound (MIPoPS) to showcase videotape digitized by local participating heritage institutions. Funded, in part, by grants from 4Culture and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/series/moving-history/
Primary URL Description: Moving History Series Page on the Northwest Film Forum website

Moving History Strikes Back: Battling the Magnetic Media Crisis (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History Strikes Back: Battling the Magnetic Media Crisis
Abstract: Moving History is back with new selections from Seattle-area heritage organizations including Southwest Seattle Historical Society – Loghouse Museum, as well as fresh material from previous participants the Sally Sykes Group, Scarecrow Video, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Schools, the Wing Luke Museum, King County Archives, Seattle Municipal Archives and the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Featured moving image material includes glimpses of rare feature films, historic Seattle, oral history interviews, dance performances by Pacific Northwest artists and much more. This archival screening night is presented by Moving Image Preservation of the Puget Sound (MIPoPS) to showcase video digitized with funds from 4Culture and the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information about MIPoPS, please visit their website. To view video digitized by MIPoPS, check out their collection on Internet Archive.
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Date: 06/22/2017
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxhePmBncJGxCCRh7ZC6qQDS8D0-jyTi5
Primary URL Description: YouTube Playlist of Screening Night Content

Moving History: Sound & Color (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History: Sound & Color
Abstract: Join us for the 4th installment of Moving History at the Northwest Film Forum! MIPoPS is back with new selections from Seattle-area heritage organizations including Southwest Seattle Historical Society – Log House Museum, as well as fresh material from previous participants the Sally Sykes Group, Scarecrow Video, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Schools, the Wing Luke Museum, King County Archives, Seattle Municipal Archives and the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Featured moving image material includes glimpses of rare feature films, historic Seattle, oral history interviews, dance performances by Pacific Northwest artists and much more. Moving History is the quarterly archival screening night presented by Moving Image Preservation of the Puget Sound (MIPoPS) to showcase videotape digitized by local participating heritage institutions. Funded, in part, by grants from 4Culture and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Date: 11/12/2017
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://youtu.be/dknBcEpvteg?list=PLxhePmBncJGzZBbj39w9z22s89iPR77Pn
Primary URL Description: YouTube Playlist of Screening Night Content
Secondary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=13S7puRgUVmTJeK6-PDyKcHv468wp72mj
Secondary URL Description: Event Program

Moving History: Taking Seattle's Past From Tape to Terabyte (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History: Taking Seattle's Past From Tape to Terabyte
Abstract: Join us for the 5th installment of Moving History at Northwest Film Forum! Featured moving image material includes glimpses of rare feature films, historic Seattle, oral history interviews, dance performances by Pacific Northwest artists and much more. Moving History is a quarterly archival screening night presented by Moving Image Preservation of the Puget Sound (MIPoPS) to showcase videotape digitized by local participating heritage institutions. Funded, in part, by grants from 4Culture and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Date: 02/11/2018
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://youtu.be/_5rDIVFKpHg?list=PLxhePmBncJGzCfvIwYkpnfgP6LrzCBcFk
Primary URL Description: YouTube Playlist of Screening Night Content
Secondary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=13pY-5smc4cwJ6-UpScEvkmUwafopyRJ1
Secondary URL Description: Event Program

Moving History: Cassette Commander (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History: Cassette Commander
Abstract: ** Join us for happy hour at 4pm! A Q&A panel with representatives from participating institutions, moderated by MIPoPS Program Manager/Audiovisual Archivist Libby Hopfauf, will follow the screening ** About MIPoPS is back with fresh material from Seattle-area heritage organizations. From MIPoPS’s Rachel Price: We’ve got another EXTREMELY rare clip from Gay Camp Classics series (from Seattle’s Something Weird Video), courtesy of Scarecrow Video. This time it’s Les Boys (1970) Material from Bernie Whitebear, A Modern Warrior (2000) from the Seattle Channel and Seattle Municipal Archives Oral history, combined with stunning regional footage from the venerable Loghouse Museum/Southwest Seattle Historical Society Learning Lushootseed (1982), more from the Vi Hilbert (1918-2008) Collection (UW Ethnomusicology), Upper Skagit Elder dedicated to preserving the Lushootseed language, stories and traditions Big Red! Seattle Fire Department’s rustic and endearing animated fire hydrant strikes again! Educatin’ and dousin’ … AND Seattle Art Museum (an interview with a young Jeff Koons), UW Libraries Special Collections, King County Archives, and Seattle Mime Theatre and more, more, more! Moving History is the quarterly archival screening night presented by Moving Image Preservation of the Puget Sound (MIPoPS) to showcase videotape digitized by local participating heritage institutions. Funded, in part, by grants from 4Culture and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Date: 05/13/2018
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://youtu.be/1ZS1KJtpQzo?list=PLxhePmBncJGyiPLHkZMng00NZAJv1jvAo
Primary URL Description: YouTube Playlist of Screening Night Content
Secondary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SJS4m_F0FwSYTLxhX23Cm4XOjOx4jZdM
Secondary URL Description: Event Program

Cleaning Demo/Example (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Cleaning Demo/Example
Writer: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
Director: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
Producer: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
Abstract: A short recording demonstration/example of the cleaning apparatus that MIPoPS created and uses to clean U-matics tapes after baking.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1H1FIbnz4-2P-MPl75lYrXzv2rPS1svPY
Primary URL Description: Link to video in Google Drive
Access Model: open access
Format: Digital File

Chapter 5: Baking and Cleaning (Book Section)
Title: Chapter 5: Baking and Cleaning
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
Editor: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
Abstract: A revised chapter from the MIPoPS Processing Manual (used by staff and participating institution representatives) that covers updated baking and cleaning procedures for U-matic videotapes.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MIF0_kt0-1UvJ5Eia4cfg72VAfU-RVnC
Primary URL Description: Link to PDF of manual section via Google Drive
Access Model: open access
Publisher: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
Book Title: MIPoPS Processing Manual
ISBN: N/A

Evergreen Cinema: Filmmaking in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Evergreen Cinema: Filmmaking in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest
Abstract: A panel at the Society of Cinema & Media Studies 2019 conference in Seattle. MIPoPS' Audiovisual Archivist/Program Manager Libby Hopfauf was on the panel and presented a promo montage of material digitized at MIPoPS and a clip from the Wing Luke Museum (material was digitized as part of this grant).
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Date: 03-17-2019
Location: SIFF Egypian Theatre, Seattle, WA
Primary URL: https://youtu.be/xjns1EAB1_c
Primary URL Description: YouTube link to MIPoPS Promo Montage video.
Secondary URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qh8Y2V8MoqfYmAel38lt3chztW3-vDLe1YfNdLXQg_8/edit?usp=sharing
Secondary URL Description: SCMS 2019 Conference Program

MOHAI x MIPoPS - Don Schmechel Oral History Collection Goes Live on Internet Archive (Blog Post)
Title: MOHAI x MIPoPS - Don Schmechel Oral History Collection Goes Live on Internet Archive
Author: Ari Lavigne
Abstract: Announcement for the content digitized from the Don Schmechel Oral History Collection (as part of this project) being available online via the MIPoPS Internet Archive collection.
Date: 02/01/2019
Primary URL: https://mipops.tumblr.com/post/183474133121/mohai-x-mipops-don-schmechel-oral-history
Primary URL Description: Link to blog post on MIPoPS Tumblr (linked through the MIPoPS website).
Secondary URL: https://archive.org/details/mohai
Secondary URL Description: MOHAI subcollection on MIPoPS Internet Archive collection
Blog Title: MOHAI x MIPoPS - Don Schmechel Oral History Collection Goes Live on Internet Archive
Website: MIPoPS Tumblr

Museum of History & Industry subcollection (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Museum of History & Industry subcollection
Author: Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Abstract: Online accessibilty point for material digitized from MOHAI's Don Schmechel Oral History Collection as part of this grant project.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://archive.org/details/mohai
Primary URL Description: MOHAI subcollection on MIPoPS Internet Archive collection
Access Model: Open access

MIPoPS x WLM - NWAAT Collection (Blog Post)
Title: MIPoPS x WLM - NWAAT Collection
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Ari Lavigne
Abstract: Annoucement of work beginning to process the materials from the Ming Luke Museum as part of this grant project and details on the collection content.
Date: 01/01/2019
Primary URL: https://mipops.tumblr.com/post/182011642251/moving-image-preservation-of-puget-sound-and-the
Primary URL Description: Blog post of MIPoPS Tumblr
Blog Title: MIPoPS x WLM - NWAAT Collection
Website: MIPoPS Tumblr

Moving History: Caturing Cascadia's Cassettes (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History: Caturing Cascadia's Cassettes
Abstract: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) is delighted to invite you to the latest installment of Moving History: Capturing Cascadia’s Cassettes, an archival movie night at Northwest Film Forum! Ever wonder what kind of video treasures are sequestered in the depths of places like MOHAI, the Wing Luke Museum, or Seattle Art Museum? MIPoPS (pronounced mee-pops) works with your favorite local libraries, museums, and archives to digitize the video treasures hidden in their collections. They have U-matics, Betacam, DVCAM, LaserDiscs, VHS tapes, and more – and MIPoPS has the equipment and know-how to bring those old formats back to life.
Author: MIPoPS
Date: 05/12/2019
Location: Northwest Film Forum (Seattle, WA)
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/moving-history-capturing-cascadias-cassettes/
Primary URL Description: Event listing on NWFF website.
Secondary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1859313807508326/
Secondary URL Description: Link to Facebook event on MIPoPS' page.

Moving History: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Film Forum (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Film Forum
Abstract: Ever wonder what kind of video treasures are sequestered in the depths of places like MOHAI, the Wing Luke Museum, or Seattle Art Museum? Join Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound on Sunday, August 12th at the Forum and satisfy your curiosity! Oral history recordings, coupled with archival footage and photographs from the Southwest Seattle Historical Society – Log House Museum Another Gay Camp Classic from Scarecrow Video! New selections from the recently digitized Vi Hilbert Collection, from the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives Clips from Seattle Art Museum, King County Archives, and the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections will also be in the mix MIPoPS (pronounced mee-pops) works with your favorite local libraries, museums, and archives to digitize the video treasures hidden in their collections. They’ve got U-matics, Betacam, DVCAM, LaserDiscs, VHS tapes, and more – and MIPoPS has the equipment and know-how to bring those old formats back to life. Partnerships between MIPoPS and local heritage organizations have brought hundreds of tapes from moldering, musty shelves back to the big (and small) screen! Video tape is a magnetic medium with a shelf life of less than 30 years. This means that any existing video tape is at critical risk of being lost to degradation – forever. MIPoPS is fighting the good fight against this magnetic media crisis, and they want to share the gems that they’ve discovered in the process!
Author: MIPoPS
Date: 08/12/2019
Location: Northwest Film Forum (Seattle, WA)
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/moving-history-funny-thing-happened/
Primary URL Description: Event listing on NWFF website
Secondary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1572825566137640/
Secondary URL Description: Link to Facebook event on MIPoPS page

Moving History: Sticky Shed Syndrome (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History: Sticky Shed Syndrome
Abstract: For this installment of Moving History, we'll be sharing new material from: • Bainbridge Island Historical Museum • King County Archives • Museum of History and Industry • Scarecrow Video • Southwest Seattle Historical Society, Log House Museum • University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections And more! Our screenings are great opportunities to see video that you won’t find anywhere else. We'll be hosting a Q&A after the screening with representatives from our partnering organizations. If you’re interested in archives, museums, moving images, history, or art – these screenings will check all of your boxes! We can’t wait to see you there!
Author: MIPoPS
Date: 11/11/2019
Location: Northwest Film Forum (Seattle, WA)
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/moving-history-sticky-shed-syndrome/
Primary URL Description: Link to event listing on NWFF's website
Secondary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/680028319064093/
Secondary URL Description: Link to Facebook event on MIPoPS page

Wing Luke Museum subcollection (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Wing Luke Museum subcollection
Author: Northwest Asian American Theatre
Author: Wing Luke Museum
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Abstract: Content digitized as part of this project from the Wing Luke Museum's Oral Histories (staff productions) collection and Northwest Asian American Theatre collection.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://archive.org/details/winglukemuseum
Primary URL Description: Subcollection in MIPoPS' Internet Archive collection.
Access Model: Open access

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections subcollection (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections subcollection
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Author: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections (UWSC)
Abstract: Materials digitized as part of this project from UWSC's Karen Morrell Film & Videotape collection.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://archive.org/details/uwlibrariesspecialcollections
Primary URL Description: UWSC's subcollection in the MIPoPS Internet Archive collection.
Secondary URL: https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/p16786coll8/search/order/title/ad/asc
Secondary URL Description: "Morell (Karen L.) Africa, Trinidad, and New Orleans Multimedia Collection" on UWSC's Digital Collections website.
Access Model: Open access

Local Sightings 2018 – Films of Vi Hilbert, digitized by MIPoPS (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Local Sightings 2018 – Films of Vi Hilbert, digitized by MIPoPS
Abstract: A screening of two short features from the Vi Hilbert collection at part of the Northwest Film Forum's Local Sightings Film Festival 2018. Featuring a panel discussion with Hilbert’s granddaughter Jill LaPointe, and Laurel Sercombe, retired UW Ethnomusicology Archivist who worked with the Vi Hilbert Collection. Discussion mediated by MIPoPS Program Manager/Audiovisual Archivist Libby Hopfauf.
Author: MIPoPS
Author: UW Ethnomusicology Archives
Author: Vi Hilbert
Date: 09/23/2018
Location: Northwest Film Forum (Seattle, WA)
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/events/local-sightings-2018-mipops-presents-films-vi-hilbert/
Primary URL Description: Link to event listing on NWFF's website
Secondary URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/271651490341502/
Secondary URL Description: Link to Facebook event on MIPoPS' page.

MIPoPS Presents: 1st Annual NWA Archival Screening Night (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: MIPoPS Presents: 1st Annual NWA Archival Screening Night
Abstract: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) will host Archival Screening Night for the first time this year at the Northwest Archivists’ Annual Meeting. The Great Outdoors will explore the endless variety of outdoor activities and scenic locales—wildlife preservation and observation, national and regional parks, hiking, boating, and bicycling, in addition to iconic camping and backcountry experiences. Content includes oral histories, news footage, music, experimental, and documentary footage. Please join us for an evening of entertainment and awareness for archival moving image content as we view film and video from participating archival collections.
Author: MIPoPS
Date: 05/16/2019
Location: Bozeman, MT
Primary URL: https://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/NWA%202019%20Program.pdf
Primary URL Description: Link to Northwest Archivist 2019 conference program

You Got This! Empowering Archivists to Use Open Tools to Process A/V Materials (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: You Got This! Empowering Archivists to Use Open Tools to Process A/V Materials
Abstract: This panel will provide several hands-on demonstrations of AMIA Open-Source tools including vrecord, ltopers, audiorecorder, and QCTools detailing their use and opportunities to customize them to fit your workflow. We will also review opportunities in digitization that were earlier unfeasible. We will discuss recent collaborative work amongst archivists to address videotape digitization issues. This includes the creation of online manuals, resources, and software, such as those developed in the amiaopensource GitHub organizational account. We hope to address the challenges of analog tape digitization and demystify the entire process of planning and maintaining in-house audio and videotape digitization projects. The audience will gain a clearer understanding of digitization objectives, as well as, how and where many digitization practices achieve or miss the mark.
Author: MIPoPS
Date: 05/16/2019
Location: Bozeman, MT
Primary URL: https://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/NWA%202019%20Program.pdf
Primary URL Description: Link to Northwest Archivists 2019 conference program

SAA Archival Movie Night (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: SAA Archival Movie Night
Abstract: A clips from the Vi Hilbert collection was selected for inclusion in the archival screening night at Society of American Archivists Conference 2018.
Author: MIPoPS
Author: Vi Hilbert
Author: UW Ethnomusicology Archives
Date: 08/15/2018
Location: Washington D.C.
Primary URL: https://www2.archivists.org/am2018/program
Primary URL Description: Link to conference program

AMIA Archival Screening Night (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: AMIA Archival Screening Night
Abstract: A clips from the Wing Luke Museum's Northwest Asian American Theatre collection was selected for inclusion in the archival screening night at the Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference 2018.
Author: MIPoPS
Author: Wing Luke Museum
Author: Northwest Asian American Theatre
Date: 11/30/2019
Location: Portland, OR
Primary URL: http://www.amiaconference.net/2018-conference-presentations/
Primary URL Description: Link to conference program

What You Need to Know About Writing a Successful Grant (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: What You Need to Know About Writing a Successful Grant
Abstract: Presentation on writing NEH and NHPRC grants as part of the Washington Museum Association Annual Conference 2018.
Author: Libby Hopfauf
Author: Rachel Price
Date: 06/22/2019
Location: Whatcom Museum (Bellingham, WA)
Primary URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzv38hhi5xuob6k/2018_WaMA.pdf?dl=0
Primary URL Description: Link to presentation in Dropbox.

What is MIPoPS? (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: What is MIPoPS?
Writer: Steve Straney
Writer: Libby Hopfauf
Writer: Rachel Price
Writer: Anne Frantilla
Director: Steven Straney
Producer: Rachel Price
Producer: Steve Straney
Abstract: A documentary short on who MIPoPS is and what we do. Created to promote access to the material digitized in partnership with MIPoPS.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyucuzYfw5A
Primary URL Description: Link to video on YouTube
Access Model: Open access
Format: Digital File
Format: Web

Moving History X: Breaking News (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History X: Breaking News
Abstract: MIPoPS presents “Breaking News!” featuring archival news stories and programming from regional archives. We’ll explore our local news history, starting with On Cue, a program aired on the first anniversary of KIRO-TV’s inaugural broadcast on February 12, 1959. This “day in the life” of local television news is part of the KIRO-TV Special Programs videotape collection held by the UW Libraries, Special Collections. Following that, we’ll share historical broadcast pieces from our participating institutions, including MOHAI, the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Municipal Archives, the Wing Luke Museum and many more. In an age when we are bombarded with multiple news stories and sources on a daily basis, it is important to reflect on our media history. Before Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, the Seattle area relied on KING, KIRO, KOMO, KCTS, and the Seattle Channel for their local television news. How we documented and described ourselves through broadcast reporting was (and continues to be) an essential part of how we formed our identity as a city and a community. Television news has been called the first draft of history, but archival collections of local news broadcasts are scarce. Worldwide, more than 30 million hours of unique television programming are broadcast every year, yet only a tiny fraction of it is preserved for future reference, and only a fraction of that material is publicly accessible. Most television broadcasts are simply lost forever, though television archivists have been working diligently to preserve this important resource. Television remains the most powerful medium in our culture, but we have almost no memory of it: broadcasts are ephemeral, and therefore difficult to analyze, fact-check, and evaluate. Publicly accessible television archives could transform television into a medium with a permanent history that is searchable, accessible, and therefore accountable. Following the screening will be a Q&A session with MIPoPS.
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Date: 08/11/2019
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/moving-history-x-breaking-news/
Primary URL Description: Link to event/ticket information on the film forum website.
Secondary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAt0y2PVz44&list=PLxhePmBncJGzBUbHsKJtqr2ryILpnBXKY
Secondary URL Description: Link to playlist of content shown at screening on MIPoPS YouTube page.

Moving History XI: Activism in the Archives (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Moving History XI: Activism in the Archives
Abstract: This edition of Moving History will explore the endless varieties of activism present in local archives! Before the screening, there will be an introduction presented by Seattle Municipal Archives. Following the screening, we’ll hold a Q&A session with MIPoPS staff and participating institution representatives. In our current political climate, providing access to historic records is key to assisting the public in the quest for self-education and unbiased understanding of important events and policies. Protests, public speaking, community centered programs, art and performances, social justice, advocating for public spaces, giving a voice to the stories of marginalized groups, documenting histories of injustice, and promoting more environmentally sustainable and humane futures are just some examples of activism preserved in the audiovisual record. “Public archives…are making a strong effort to reach out to groups and collect materials whose provenance reflects the fullest possible range of social interests and actors. At the same time, social activists and public interest groups are recognizing the value of archiving their own materials, voices and stories for the sake of future generations.” (archivalactivism.wordpress.com) In recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the WTO Protests, this screening will include footage of activists in action from the Independent Media Center collection (recently digitized at MIPoPS). This material is from the 400 hours of video collected by the Seattle Independent Media Center during the 1999 WTO protests. In her article “Another Network is Possible,” April Glaser describes the birth of the Independent Media Center: [full description too long for character limit]
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Date: 11/10/2019
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/moving-history-activism-in-the-archives/
Primary URL Description: Link to event/ticket page on the film forum website.
Secondary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6SsPKex4wM&list=PLxhePmBncJGyQbkFJliEnjDU2W8tKWCfs
Secondary URL Description: Link to playlist of content featured at screening on MIPoPS YouTube page.

Local Sightings 2018 – Films of Vi Hilbert, digitized by MIPoPS [footage] (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Local Sightings 2018 – Films of Vi Hilbert, digitized by MIPoPS [footage]
Abstract: A screening of two short features from the Vi Hilbert collection at part of the Northwest Film Forum's Local Sightings Film Festival 2018. Featuring a panel discussion with Hilbert’s granddaughter Jill LaPointe, and Laurel Sercombe, retired UW Ethnomusicology Archivist who worked with the Vi Hilbert Collection. Discussion mediated by MIPoPS Program Manager/Audiovisual Archivist Libby Hopfauf.
Author: Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS)
Author: LaPointe, Jill
Author: Hilbert, Vi
Author: Sercombe, Laurel
Author: Hopfauf, Libby
Date: 09/23/2018
Location: Northwest Film Forum
Primary URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12JFB4eQGe87o1b7zO4XcA6BzdyP0557W/view?usp=sharing
Primary URL Description: Footage of the Q&A portion of this event with Vi Hilbert's granddaughter and Laural Sercombie (UWEA). Moderated by Libby Hopfauf (MIPoPS).

Lushootseed Language Conference [footage] (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Lushootseed Language Conference [footage]
Abstract: Footage taken at the The 10th Lushootseed Language Conference at Seattle University. In celebration of the 10th anniversary, they are having a special banquet following the conference and will present the first Vi Hilbert Award.
Author: Lushootseed Language Conference
Date: 05/11/2019
Location: Seattle University
Primary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DGxXAqZN2Ll-I72gdw1Kc0tRBkFgmWrf
Primary URL Description: Footage taken of the conference where footage digitized as part of this project was used (and viewed by tribal members, some for the first time). Additional footage: https://drive.google.com/open?id=12T70pptjaLUkSz2LY-kOqqsAqYVtlPw3 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YU8Who7MJNSh3oxfgRLZcpgKeJRaqBq6
Secondary URL: https://tulaliplushootseed.com/2019/05/10/lushootseed-conference-tomorrow-at-seattle-university/
Secondary URL Description: Conference website

Final Financial Report (appendices) (Report)
Title: Final Financial Report (appendices)
Author: Price, Rachel
Abstract: Additional documents related to the final financial report.
Date: 01/31/2020
Primary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_xJ6wFnokiYMlBNT1NmMUV4ZExZcTZqcDBrX20yWFBXNFI0
Primary URL Description: Link to document in MIPoPS Google Drive.
Secondary URL: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_xJ6wFnokiYTWRXSnFoUlNRVS1PQmtjMnVVVXVrMy1KVXdr
Secondary URL Description: Link to document in MIPoPS Google Drive.
Access Model: Tax forms/financial summary

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