Thank you for preserving that stuff that
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:05 am
Our 2019 End-of-Year fundraising drive was a big success, raising more than $6 million in individual donations and matched contributions! Just as wonderful, though, was the outpouring of encouragement we received from the thousands of you who contributed. We asked you why you choose to give and here are a few of our favorite replies:
I have been relying on your services for, I think, as long as I have been on the internet. I am 28 and first used the internet when I was 7. I love you. —Joseph J.
people think is always going to be there, but isn’t. —Teresa R.
The powers that shouldn’t be are censoring our luminaries special database and truth tellers and throttling our right to free intelligent debate… you may be the last remaining vestige of open source knowledge in our near future and you MUST survive! —Zandra W.
I donated to find new homes for old things —Theo A.
I’ve been looking for early photoplay magazines for about 50 years, primarily for one set of articles on the beginning of the motion picture, part of which started in my hometown….. still need to find the specific article, but now I know I can find, and even copy it here!!! Great! Thank you so much for your wonderful efforts. Only wish I could give more!! —John P.
I appreciate what you’ve done for vintage computing. —Norman D.
It’s an important resource for all to use. I refer to the Wayback Machine often to show changing sites over time, and sometimes to reconstruct a hacked site! I like watching the videos (Prelinger Archives) on my spare time. Thx! —Kristin P.
I have been relying on your services for, I think, as long as I have been on the internet. I am 28 and first used the internet when I was 7. I love you. —Joseph J.
people think is always going to be there, but isn’t. —Teresa R.
The powers that shouldn’t be are censoring our luminaries special database and truth tellers and throttling our right to free intelligent debate… you may be the last remaining vestige of open source knowledge in our near future and you MUST survive! —Zandra W.
I donated to find new homes for old things —Theo A.
I’ve been looking for early photoplay magazines for about 50 years, primarily for one set of articles on the beginning of the motion picture, part of which started in my hometown….. still need to find the specific article, but now I know I can find, and even copy it here!!! Great! Thank you so much for your wonderful efforts. Only wish I could give more!! —John P.
I appreciate what you’ve done for vintage computing. —Norman D.
It’s an important resource for all to use. I refer to the Wayback Machine often to show changing sites over time, and sometimes to reconstruct a hacked site! I like watching the videos (Prelinger Archives) on my spare time. Thx! —Kristin P.