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authorization which would address the whole question of preservation of historical materials, too. I do not have any details on that, but that is another Federal agency that may be able to play an important role in this in the future.
Mr. Ingram. Would that program overlap with cun-ent activities of the Archives or the National Historical Publications and Records Commission ?
Dr. Rhoads. I hope that it would supplement it rather than overlap, but I do not have enough details about the NEH proposal myself to be able to give you any categorical answer on that.
Mr. Ingram. They would coordinate this with you in advance?
Dr. Rhoads. There is a great deal of coordination between the staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the staff of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and there may have been some discussions already on this of which I am not personally aware.
Mr. Kindness. Thank you, Mr. Chainnan.
Thank you. Dr. Rhoads.
Mr. Preyer. Thank you.
Mr. Kindness has mentioned the possibility of additional footage of film coming to the Archives. We have heard about the March of Time films and the Universal newsreels.
Are there any specific large acquisitions that are contemplated by the Archives at the present time ?
Dr. Rhoads. From non-Federal sources ?
Mr. Preyer. Yes.
Dr. Rhoads. I do not believe there are, but I think Mr. Moore could perhaps answer that.
Mr. ISIooRE. No, there are no large accessions we contemplate from non-Government sources at this time.
Mr. Preyer. Assuming Miss Gish, who is a very effective campaigner and champion for the cause of getting more newsreel films, convinces more non-Federal groups to donate films to you, (1) would you accept them ; and (2) where would you store them, if they came in tomorrow, for example ?
I understand the old Lansburgh's Department Store facility has been closed as far as any use of nitrate film goes, which I think is a wise move. "Wliere would you store it ?
Mr. Moore. If we were offei*ed any nitrate film, we would not accession it : we would have to convert it before accessioning it.
I assume that if we brought in safety film, the only possibility for storage would be tem^wraiy storage at the Federal Records Center. That is the only other space we have at the present time.
Mr. Preyer. I am glad to hear your comment that you would transfer it to safety film before you stored it. Is that a firm policy ?
Mr. Moore. That is a firm policy.
Mr. Preyer. Why did we not do that back in 1970 ?
Incidentally, who would transfer it to safety film? Is that the Archives' responsibility, or would it be the donor's responsibility?
Mr. Moore. If we were given a gift, and if the donor were not able or willing to pay for the conversion of the material, it would be the responsibility of the Archives to determine if it was valuable enough for us to spend Federal funds to convert that material.
Mr. Preyer. And if you found it was not valuable enough, presumably you would not accept it.