A grant of $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been awarded to the Television Academy Foundation in Studio City to preserve its online archive of “The Interviews: An Oral History of Television.”
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A special initiative of the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program of the NEH, “A More Perfect Union,” which will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, is providing part of this funding.
“The Interviews” is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and has over 3,000 hours of interviews with inventors and other well-known people, spanning from the early days of television to current visionaries and stars. They tell the story of the growth, development, and evolution of television in America.
Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy Foundation, expressed Foundation’s honor in being recognized by the NEH and being awarded this special grant, noting the group’s commitment to representing all the diverse talent influencing American TV.
Jonathan Murray, vice chair of the Foundation and chair of The Interviews committee, added these funds are important to enabling the preservation and digitization efforts of the first three years, which will lead to further fundraising efforts and allow the collection to be shared with everyone at no charge.
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