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Latest news and announcements from Uncommon Ephemera.
September 24, 2026
Mark O'Brien will open boxes of filmstrips and soundtracks sent in after The New York Times featured the project, live on YouTube and Twitch JOHNSON CITY, NY - September 24, 2026 - Uncommon Ephemera...
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Arts-section feature profiles the one-person archive alongside a Europe-wide university project to recover a format "almost completely written out of history" JOHNSON CITY, NY - September 5, 2026...
Read More →September 4, 2026
A QNAP NAS now hosts the archive's databases, websites and services; QNAP is featuring the migration as a customer story JOHNSON CITY, NY - September 4, 2026 - Uncommon Ephemera has partnered with...
Read More →July 6, 2026
A donated collection broadens the range of what's known to survive from the filmstrip format JOHNSON CITY, NY - July 6, 2026 - Uncommon Ephemera, the filmstrip preservation initiative founded by Mark...
Read More →April 23, 2026
Filmstrip chapter written for the Internet Archive's online report now appears in its first print edition JOHNSON CITY, NY - April 23, 2026 - Mark O'Brien, founder of the filmstrip preservation...
Read More →April 1, 2026
A mid-century home restoration newsletter introduces its readers to filmstrip preservation JOHNSON CITY, NY - April 1, 2026 - Mark O'Brien, founder of the filmstrip preservation initiative Uncommon...
Read More →March 4, 2026
Preservation began with a rescued shelf of school library filmstrips and a car trunk in 1999 JOHNSON CITY, NY - March 4, 2026 - Mark O'Brien, founder of the educational filmstrip preservation...
Read More →January 1, 2026
Uncommon Ephemera continues solo mission to preserve educational filmstrips before they decompose JOHNSON CITY, NY - January 1, 2026 - Uncommon Ephemera, the only known initiative dedicated to...
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