Marion Stokes began taping television in November 1979; by her death in December 2012, she had amassed more than 70,000 tapes, now being digitized by the Internet Archive

For decades, Marion Stokes diligently collected American television news, creating an archive of over seventy thousand tapes. Driven by a skepticism of media portrayals, she aimed to document unbiased truths. In stark contrast to the fleeting nature of modern digital content, her expansive collection underscores the critical need for safeguarding historical information for future generations.