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Marion Stokes was a librarian from Philadelphia who dedicated her life to recording television broadcasts from 1975 until she passed away in 2012.
She amassed 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes, arguably the most extensive archive of TV content from that period.
Stokes financed her recording and storage ventures through savvy early investments in Apple. By the end of her life, she had done very well for herself, allowing her to store her vast tape collection across nine apartments she owned.
Film director Matt Wolf described Stokes as someone deeply invested in ensuring public access to information and archived media to empower people with the knowledge required for informed decision-making.
Given her history of #political activism, Stokes harbored a strong belief that she was under government #surveillance, leading her to be particularly secretive about her recording activities.
Stokes' invaluable work is now being preserved digitally by the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization hosting a vast collection of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
She amassed 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes, arguably the most extensive archive of TV content from that period.
Stokes financed her recording and storage ventures through savvy early investments in Apple. By the end of her life, she had done very well for herself, allowing her to store her vast tape collection across nine apartments she owned.
Film director Matt Wolf described Stokes as someone deeply invested in ensuring public access to information and archived media to empower people with the knowledge required for informed decision-making.
Given her history of #political activism, Stokes harbored a strong belief that she was under government #surveillance, leading her to be particularly secretive about her recording activities.
Stokes' invaluable work is now being preserved digitally by the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization hosting a vast collection of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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