MIRC materials can be viewed on our digital collections homepage. Materials are selected for the repository based, in part, on patrons’ requests. Feel free to contact us at [email protected] or call 803-777-6841 about viewing or obtaining specific footage.

The general public, as well as students, faculty, and staff may view material online free of charge.

The university owns the rights to most of the material held by MIRC and relies in part on licensing revenues to offset the expense of caring for archival film materials. Licensing fees and agreements vary based upon the duration of footage licensed, the nature of the work in which they will be included, and the size of the audience the work is expected to reach.

Search records from the entire Movietone News Collection in the library catalog.

To research and license material for use in film, television, books, or other projects, please email [email protected].

MIRC is happy to support teaching, research, and assist faculty and instructors interested in scheduling instruction sessions.

For all instruction inquiries, tours, and student internships, or for any other general question related to MIRC, please contact MIRC’s Director Daniela Currò at [email protected].

Our curatorial team is also happy to assist patrons with instruction sessions and reference requests not related to licensing activities (for licensing see the dedicated section above). Specific areas of responsibility for curatorial staff are as follows:

Newsfilm and Military Films Collections
Including the Fox Movietone News Collection and the United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Greg Wilsbacher, [email protected]

Regional Film Collections and the Chinese Film Collection
Including home movie collections
Lydia Pappas, [email protected]

Local TV News Collections and Science and Nature Films
Including the WIS-TV, WLTX-TV and WBTW-TV News Collections
Amy Meaney, [email protected]