Founded in 1961 by filmmaker Bruce Baillie in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Cinematheque is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to the cultivation of the international field of non-commercial artist-made cinema. The physical Archives of San Francisco Cinematheque consist paper materials, still images; books, periodicals and film distribution catalogs collected during the 61-year history of the organization. These collections contain information on hundreds of films, individual artists, exhibiting organizations, and the curatorial and administrative history of San Francisco Cinematheque itself.