Chances are that since you’ve been using the internet, someone has sent you a link from archive.org, or you stumbled across it yourself. Archive.org, officially known as Internet Archive, is a non-profit that was founded in 1996 for the purpose of creating an Internet library. Their goal is to offer permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
The archive.org website includes archives of texts, audio, moving images, and software. It’s probably most well known for its Wayback Machine where you can look up old archives of almost any website. Internet Archive is also well known for its Open Library project, which seeks to create “one web page for every book ever published”. In other words, free and easy access to all published books online.
I noticed last week that the church at 300 Funston at Clement had a new sign up in front for the Internet Archive. I contacted them and it turns out they are moving out of their offices in the Presidio and into the Richmond District! June Goldsmith, a member of the Internet Archive staff, tells me they chose the new location because they liked the neighborhood and the church is beautiful.
The Internet Archive logo also bears an uncanny resemblance to the church’s facade, even though the logo was developed sixteen years ago. This match was clearly meant to be. 😉
June says that they’ll be slowly moving out of their Presidio offices and into the new location on Funston. They expect to have the doors open for public drop-ins beginning in June, 2010.
One of the more enjoyable archives on the site is old time radio programs. Click below to check out an episode of 1953’s The Six Shooter, which brought James Stewart to the NBC microphone for a series of folksy Western adventures. This episode is called “The Coward”.
[audio:https://richmondsfblog.com/dloads/sixshooter.mp3]Welcome to the Richmond District, Internet Archive!
Sarah B.
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