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Spotlight On The LFL Research Library Posted By Mike on March 15, 2012
ILoveLibraries.org have shined their spotlight on the wonder that is the Lucasfilm Research Library. Featuring a history of the library, a description of the library's collection and interviews with library Manager Jo Donaldson and Research Librarian Robyn Stanley, the article provides a glimpse inside what is essentially a massive tribute to filmmaking. We've provided a library history excerpt for you below, but please make sure to click here for the full read.
"George Lucas is a great admirer of motion picture studio research libraries, and in the late 1970s he decided to create his own research library to support Lucasfilm productions.
The Lucasfilm Research Library was established in 1978 at Lucasfilm's Los Angeles offices. In 1981 the Library moved to Northern California, and then to its present location in the Main House at Skywalker Ranch in 1985. The Library acquired the long-dormant Paramount Studios Research collection in 1987 and the Universal Studios collection in 2000, adding two amazing historical collections to our resources.
The Paramount Studios Research Library began in the 1920s and operated during the heyday of the Hollywood studios. The library provided research in all areas of filmmaking until closing in the late 1960s.
The Universal Studios Research Library began in 1915, and like the Paramount collection, helped countless filmmaking professionals with their craft over the years until closing in 2000. Additionally, in 1993 Lucasfilm acquired the Elstree Collection, a compilation of location photographs and visual reference materials gathered during EMI and MGM studios productions shot in England from 1948 to 1969.
In the early 1980s the Lucasfilm Research Library obtained a small collection of film scripts, publicity photographs, title cards and advertising literature from the California Motion Picture Corporation, a San Rafael based motion picture studio in operation during the 1920s."
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