James Card

James Card joined the staff of the newly created George Eastman House (now George Eastman Museum) in November 1948, as Assistant Curator in charge of Motion Pictures. From then until his retirement in 1977, Card led its Motion Picture department, where he built a world-renowned film collection. His relationship with FIAF, which the George Eastman House joined during the 1952 Congress in Amsterdam, was not always an easy one. Card attended three FIAF meetings (1953, 1958, and 1960) and he sat on the Executive Committee from 1953-55 and 1958-60 (and served twice as Vice President). However, in 1955 he announced the George Eastman House's resignation from FIAF (although it seemed to reintegrate it shortly afterwards), and in the early 1960s, Card supported Langlois in his dispute with FIAF. The George Eastman House was finally excluded from the Federation in 1964, after failing to pay its membership fee for three consecutive years. It would be not be readmitted as a full member of FIAF until 1978, a year after Card's retirement.

Paolo Cherchi Usai, "James Card, founding film curator of George Eastman House (1915-2000)", Journal of Film Preservation, Issue 60-61, July 2000, pp.68-70