The People's Archive

I stumbled across The People's Archive while browsing open access journals in BioMed Central. I'm not sure why this was linked there but I think it's wonderful and wanted to feature it as today's Reference Site of the Day.

The People's Archive is a web archive of video footage of famous thinkers, creators and artists talking about their lives. From the About page:

"Peoples Archive, part of Web of Stories Ltd., is dedicated to filming for posterity the life stories of the great thinkers, creators, and achievers of our time. The people whose stories you watch on this site are leaders of their field, whose work has influenced and changed our world as we know it."

The subjects of each biographical film speak on a technical level of their achievements rather than attempt to make their creative work understandable to a lay audience. The People's Archive is intended as a resource for present and future researchers to better understand the personalities, lives and times of the seminal thinkers of today.

Oh how I have a soft spot for the wacky Freeman Dyson

Benoit Mandelbrot

Stan Lee