FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The largest moving image archive of Arkansas history, which consists of more than 24,000 hours of film and video footage dating back to the 1950s, was gifted to the University of Arkansas by Allbritton Communications and KATV Channel 7 in May 2009. An announcement regarding next steps for the preservation of the collection will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the Arkansas State Library. The collection will be moved from KATV to the Arkansas State Library and digitized by the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History at the University of Arkansas.
What: University of Arkansas and KATV announce future home of KATV Collection
When: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010
Where: Bessie B. Moore Conference Room, Arkansas State Library, 900 W. Capitol, Little Rock
Speakers:
- The Honorable Mike Beebe, governor
- Sen. David Pryor
- Fred Ryan, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman for Allbritton Communications
- Carolyn Ashcraft, State Librarian
- G. David Gearhart, Chancellor, University of Arkansas
