This site and its contents would not exist without the Shelby White and Leon Levy WCS Film Archives Initiative. Funded by the Leon Levy Foundation, this 2022-2023 project allowed the WCS Library and Archives to inventory and assess over 1,600 film reels, greatly enhancing knowledge about the collection’s holdings and improving its preservation. The initiative also allowed WCS to digitize approximately 100 films.
Recent efforts to assist the collection’s preservation and accessibility have also been supported by the National Film Preservation Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vidda Foundation, and by interns from NYU's Moving Image Archive and Preservation Program.
The project was carried out by Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Archivist Leopold Krist, along with support from current WCS Library and Archives staff.