Created in 1917 as part of the University’s Division of Extension, the UT Film Library offered films on a variety of topics, primarily of an educational nature, on a rental-fee basis to the university community as well as to other educational institutions across the country. The Film Library could provide these services to primary and secondary public schools as a department of the Visual Instruction Bureau. Once the VIB disbanded in 1976, the Film Library became a part of the University’s Division of Continuing Education for a short period until it was permanently absorbed into the General Libraries in March of 1978. The Film Library continued offering rented films, projectionist services, and cleaning services until its operations were discontinued officially on July 13, 1990. Since that time, the services offered by the Film Library have been handled by the University’s Audio-Visual Library.
From the guide to the UT Film Library Collection 89-384., 1928, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
