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Southwest Scale Productions offers HO scale FP7-F9 after cooler piping for sale which is also sold by Highliners. Justin May
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Gary Bechdol
Highliners also has aftercooler pipes for F-units. Gary
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D. Scott Chatfield
As far as I know the long cooling pipes mounted alongside the radiator fans were aftercooler pipes between the air compressor and the main reservoir. Sounds like the finned pipes on the E6s and E7s had a different purpose. Remember, the radiators on the early Es were nothing like those on the Fs or E8s. My understanding is the aftercooler pipes were a retrofit offered by EMD after being made standard on the F9. So perhaps installed after 1954. Many railroads added them to their earlier Fs. In HO, I think Bowser sells an aftercooler pipe assembly for F units. Scott Chatfield
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Re: Southern FP-7 Details
George Eichelberger
There does not appear to be any drawings of rooftop cooling pipes for FP-7s in the SRHA archive scans. As many early photos of Southern FP-7s do not show the pipes, I expect they were added after delivery by the Southern. If that is correct, the shops may have simply used the drawings created for E-6 and E-7s. I have uploaded one of them before so here is a different, DL-3253, showing how the rooftop pipes were connected to the engine cooling systems. Most of the E-6 pipes had fins to increase their heat dissipation but plain pipes appear to have been used later (a cost consideration as the finned pipes were a special purpose?)
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On Feb 7, 2019, at 6:59 PM, SouRwyFan via Groups.Io <blackaerocoupe@...> wrote: Hi all, I am working on a project and trying to gather info on FP-7's. Anybody got dimensions or drawings of rooftop piping? (Were they cooling coils or air lines up there?) Also what about location of backup headlight and other details of rear of units? I know it's a stretch but what about painting diagram/Spec sheet? Thanks! RS
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File section of the Yahoogroup migrated to groups.io has drawings.
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I know Bob Harp did one of these on the old Southern Modeler site. Check to see if it is still there.
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Hi all,
I am working on a project and trying to gather info on FP-7's. Anybody got dimensions or drawings of rooftop piping? (Were they cooling coils or air lines up there?) Also what about location of backup headlight and other details of rear of units? I know it's a stretch but what about painting diagram/Spec sheet? Thanks! RS
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Operating Contract between the Pullman Co. and Southern Railway System
George Eichelberger
SRHA is in the process of scanning more than 1,000 contracts, operating agreements, leases, joint facility agreements and equipment trusts. In the next few weeks we should be able to upload scans of the cover of every/most contracts in the SRHA archives. Here is a complete scan of Southern Railway contract No. 1109 with the Pullman Co. dated January 1, 1946. Because it is most likely the wording Pullman negotiated with every railroad operating Pullmans at that time, I will cross-post it to other groups.io groups.
Note that this is not a "golden age" Pullman agreement! It covers the dissolution of the Pullman Co. where its stock was sold to the railroads but continues "sleeping car" contracts, modified as needed by the court. There are multiple Pullman contracts in the SRHA archives BUT they never include information on specific car line numbers (Pullman routes) or cars. Much of that data is available in the SRHA archives although it is spread out in multiple files. Ike
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January SRHA Archives Work Session
George Eichelberger
We are back from the Cocoa Beach RPM and this weekend's Atlanta train show. I expect several folks we spoke to will help at Friday and Saturday's SRHA archives work session. We will be working on photo prints, negatives, documents and the 300,000 aperture card drawings from CSX. We would like to get cards for the B&O, PRR, etc sorted so they can eventually be passed to their home road historical groups. Of course, there will be time just to look into the variety of material in the archives.
Friday at Turntable Road (TVRM Grand Jct) from 10:00 til and Saturday from about 7:30 until everyone is ready to leave. Ike
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SOU steam slides collection for sale
Jim King
I recently purchased a Nikon Cool Scan 5000 to scan my large slide collection. Slides I did not take and ones that are no longer applicable to my modeling, research, etc., will be sold off.
The first group to be offered is Southern steam. In 1990, I had the opportunity to borrow the late Ed Griffin’s slide collection to copy and sell thru the SRHA as a fundraiser. Ed (called “Red” by his co-workers) was the Asheville roundhouse foreman from about 1949 until retiring in 1980. I copied 76 of the 135 slides on Ektachrome for maximum color accuracy using a Canon bellows copier and balanced light. They were sold in 3 sets. As you can imagine, these went FAST. They were never rerun. Occasionally, a random slide from these sets appears on eBay but complete or nearly-complete sets have not appeared, at least, not that I’ve noticed. Sets 1 and 2 contained 20 slides each (I have 19 and 14, respectively); set 3 contained 36 (I have 33).
He shot Kodachrome ASA 8 or 10 of mostly parked engines (cold and under steam, some with main rods missing, all uncoupled) around the Asheville roundhouse plus 4 slides of the Skyland Special with 2-10-2 helper (2 trains) on Saluda, a late PM silhouette of a 2-8-2 on High Fill (Old Fort Loops) and 3 action shots of a 2-8-8-2 on Biltmore Hill hauling an empty reefer train. In mid-1949, he was transferred to Sheffield, Alabama (his home) for a couple months where he “kept shooting”; there are several shots of little 2-8-0s including 401 under steam towing a caboose and boxcar (this engine now runs in Indiana). 1 slide shows a long deadline of engines in East Yard with 4-6-2 #1267 in the lead (1 of 4 PS-2s that ran the Murphy Branch). The Asheville slides were taken 1949-1950; my slides are 1st generation copies and all are irreplaceable. The whereabouts of Ed’s original slides are unknown.
These have been valued at $6.00 each simply because they are copy-slides of rare content. Well-lit, original Kodachromes could easily fetch $200-$400 each in an auction setting. I have a total of 66 unique views plus duplicate views of 14 of those, totaling 80 color, Southern slides. Value = 80 x 6 = $480.
In addition to Ed’s slides, I have 82 miscellaneous slides I’ve picked up over the years, including several Kodachrome copy slides of B&W prints of Asheville engines I shot in the 1980s. The engines shown in the B&W Kodachromes are also represented in color by Ed’s slides but from different angles and dates. There are 6 copy slides of Frank Clodfelter Kodachromes shot in 1947-48 in the Old Fort Loops and Asheville roundhouse and 2 more his of a 1951 wreck between a 4-8-2 and green F’s at Craggy (on the Tennessee Division a few miles from Asheville). Most subjects are not from the Asheville area. On average, these are valued at $3.00 each; some are worth more, some less, depending on “what you’re after”. Value = 82 x 3 = $246.
These are being sold as a single collection. Total for the 2 “batches” = $726. The first person to offer $700 gets them, including Priority Mail to a Lower 48 address. Understandably, Ed’s 66 unique COLOR views are the kernel of this collection and well worth the price. Finding well-lit, COLOR images of Southern steam around Asheville is extremely hard to accomplish simply because Southern dieselized here in August 1952 and much of the steam was already stored by 1949-50.
Jim King www.smokymountainmodelworks.com
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Jim King
I recently purchased a Nikon Cool Scan 5000 to scan my large slide collection. Slides I did not take and ones that are no longer applicable to my modeling, research, etc., will be sold off.
The first group to be offered is Southern steam. In 1990, I had the opportunity to borrow the late Ed Griffin’s slide collection to copy and sell thru the SRHA as a fundraiser. Ed (called “Red” by his co-workers) was the Asheville roundhouse foreman from about 1949 until retiring in 1980. I copied 76 of the 135 slides on Ektachrome for maximum color accuracy using a Canon bellows copier and balanced light. They were sold in 3 sets. As you can imagine, these went FAST. They were never rerun. Occasionally, a random slide from these sets appears on eBay but complete or nearly-complete sets have not appeared, at least, not that I’ve noticed. Sets 1 and 2 contained 20 slides each (I have 19 and 14, respectively); set 3 contained 36 (I have 33).
He shot Kodachrome ASA 8 or 10 of mostly parked engines (cold and under steam, some with main rods missing, all uncoupled) around the Asheville roundhouse plus 4 slides of the Skyland Special with 2-10-2 helper (2 trains) on Saluda, a late PM silhouette of a 2-8-2 on High Fill (Old Fort Loops) and 3 action shots of a 2-8-8-2 on Biltmore Hill hauling an empty reefer train. In mid-1949, he was transferred to Sheffield, Alabama (his home) for a couple months where he “kept shooting”; there are several shots of little 2-8-0s including 401 under steam towing a caboose and boxcar (this engine now runs in Indiana). 1 slide shows a long deadline of engines in East Yard with 4-6-2 #1267 in the lead (1 of 4 PS-2s that ran the Murphy Branch). The Asheville slides were taken 1949-1950; my slides are 1st generation copies and all are irreplaceable. The whereabouts of Ed’s original slides are unknown.
These have been valued at $6.00 each simply because they are copy-slides of rare content. Well-lit, original Kodachromes could easily fetch $200-$400 each in an auction setting. I have a total of 66 unique views plus duplicate views of 14 of those, totaling 80 color, Southern slides. Value = 80 x 6 = $480.
In addition to Ed’s slides, I have 82 miscellaneous slides I’ve picked up over the years, including several Kodachrome copy slides of B&W prints of Asheville engines I shot in the 1980s. The engines shown in the B&W Kodachromes are also represented in color by Ed’s slides but from different angles and dates. There are 6 copy slides of Frank Clodfelter Kodachromes shot in 1947-48 in the Old Fort Loops and Asheville roundhouse and 2 more his of a 1951 wreck between a 4-8-2 and green F’s at Craggy (on the Tennessee Division a few miles from Asheville). Most subjects are not from the Asheville area. On average, these are valued at $3.00 each; some are worth more, some less, depending on “what you’re after”. Value = 82 x 3 = $246.
These are being sold as a single collection. Total for the 2 “batches” = $726. The first person to offer $700 gets them, including Priority Mail to a Lower 48 address. Understandably, Ed’s 66 unique COLOR views are the kernel of this collection and well worth the price. Finding nicely-lit, COLOR images of Southern steam around Asheville is extremely hard to accomplish simply because Southern dieselized here in August 1952 and much of the steam was already stored by 1949-50.
Jim King www.smokymountainmodelworks.com
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Need X793 heritage
Jim King
I'm helping the Apple Valley Model RR Club update their web site re: heritage of X793. I have built and renovation dates. I need to know the 4-digit number it once carried and the freight car it was built from.
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Re: Missing Contract Books
rwbrv4
I though Carl had located a complete set up in KY., and they were being transported to the last work session?
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From: Jim Thurston <jthurston@...> To: main <main@SouthernRailway.groups.io> Sent: Mon, Jan 7, 2019 1:13 pm Subject: [SouthernRailway] Missing Contract Books Over the weekend we inventoried the SR Contract Books in our possession, and found that we are missing 4 volumes out of 28. A complete list is attached.
If any of you have copies of these missing volumes, please let us know. We'd like to fill the holes. Thanks! Jim Thurston SRHA Archives
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Re: A Silverside off-line?
Jim King
N&W 475 is what it's coupled to. I have an original color neg showing that engine with the Silverside coupled to it. N&W 433 was already spotted on the Abingdon panel track display before this date. 475 was dolled up to look "ancient" for the 1957 NRHS convention. It was the lead engine on the tripleheader that ran on the Blacksburg branch. 475 has been operating at Strasburg for many years, thankfully.
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Jim King
A few weeks ago, there was a post re: an ebay slide of a Silverside gon. I replied that I have an original negative showing the N&W 4-8-0 475 it was coupled to with info on the envelope stating Bristol VA on September 2, 1960. A reply to that was to the affect the info had to be wrong because a regional "expert" said it would never have happened.. There is an ebay listing now showing this same car in the same location on 9/2/60 just as my negative envelope stated. The car is clearly parked in front of the Bristol yard office to an N&W tender. N&W had fully dieselized in May 1960 so this was a display of some sort, possibly another NRHS convention since September was a common month for those gatherings in that era.
Here's the link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COPY-SLIDE-Southern-Railway-aluminum-hopper-1147-Duplicateal-Ektachrome-slid/163464547325?hash=item260f3f0bfd:g:MMYAAOSw~KNcLSQT While I have no knowledge of the event that led to this strange meeting of a new Silverside coupled to a dolled-up 4-8-0 (the lead engine used in the famous NRHS 1957 convention tripleheader on the Blacksburg Branch), saying that such a meeting would "never have happened" simply because an "expert" said so is how misinformation spreads. Memories are faulty, especially ones from 58 years ago. I rely on multiple historical accounts with photographic evidence whenever possible.
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Re: Index to Southern contracts Vol XII
David Friedlander
Ike, I finally had a day to get back and look at OCRing this (holidays+work took precedence...Happy 2019 btw.)...but all three Google drive links no longer work. Did you move them and can you reshare so I can take a stab at OCRing them in whatever process makes sense? Jason, My original intent was to create PDF's or some other file that you can just search for stuff using the built-in search features. There was a worry from the SRHA on providing material for free. Producing a PDF would allow the SRHA to take the files out of Google Drive and package them up in some other digital collection, whether that be free or for sale, etc. It also removes any dependence on keeping things in Google Drive, especially if Ike runs out of space and does not feel like paying for more space. Thanks, David Friedlander
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Re: SRHA Presidents' Files Indexes
Marv Clemons
George, I regret I've not yet visited the new archive, but would like to commend you and your "staff" of capable volunteers for your outstanding work. The SRHA archive will be a model for any historical society to emulate. Best wishes for happy and productive New Year! Marv Clemons
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 9:23 AM George Eichelberger <geichelberger@... wrote: Now that all of the Southern Railway Presidents' files are in place and accessible in the Chattanooga archives, we can focus on cleaning up and updating the 97 different indexes that cover the 15,000+ files in the SRHA Southern Railway Presidents' files collection.
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SRHA Presidents' Files Indexes
George Eichelberger
Now that all of the Southern Railway Presidents' files are in place and accessible in the Chattanooga archives, we can focus on cleaning up and updating the 97 different indexes that cover the 15,000+ files in the SRHA Southern Railway Presidents' files collection.
"Three Example SRHA Presidents' Files":1898 Samuel Spencer, 1942 Earnest E. Norris and 1974 W. Graham Claytor, are available on Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10hXYS79n1cxiC7-p7J0VfPG9N_EwuaqR?usp=sharing All 97 files are "work in progress" so they are not "pretty", complete or checked for accuracy but these three will provide good examples of the level of detail, and breadth, of the material in the collection. At this point in time, it is not possible for SRHA archives volunteers to respond to research requests or for copies or scans of the material. Until we are better organized, and have the volunteers or paid staff to help, we can only offer to let people go to the archives, help with the files and do their own research. The Archives work session dates for 2019 are on the home page of the SRHA web site @ www.srha.net SRHA archives committee members are available for visits to the archives on almost any other date but arrangements need to be made by email to archives@... to see what can be set up. SRHA and non-SRHA members are welcome. Eventually, we will establish a minimal research fee for non-SRHA members to help defray archives costs. Ike PS I have posed this photo before but for anyone who has not seen it, all seven shelves on both sides of this thirty foot aisle contain the files of the Southern Railway Presidents beginning with Samual Spencer as the Southern Railway System was being created.
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Re: Archives Issues....,
Carl Ardrey
Our partnership with TVRM has allowed us to broaden our exposure to many groups of all ages. Where else can you see 5 operable, 2 steam, Southern Railway locomotives plus other Southern equipment, but at TVRM. We've had many people come by the archives while participating in activities at TVRM. It's all been very positive.
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Re: Archives Issues....,
I think all the questions about preservation, cost, and use are intertwined. If you have materials out there that people can use, you create a following and a group dedicated to the railway's history that goes beyond the people who were alive to see the railway run.
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Find some innovative ways to get kids, young adults, or even older adults interested by appealing to their natural interests (collecting, building, gaming, crowd source funding, etc) and channel that interest through the SRHA and its collections. You don't need railroad history buffs to keep the SRHA afloat. You just need to have people who are interested enough to help, and in so doing, contribute to the preservation. What about getting someone to take those drawings and create 3-D vector graphic images of Southern locomotives and equipment? Find some young 3-D artist and give them access to do things you never considered. Perhaps they'll create something that lots of people from a new generation find attractive and thus willing to support. What about a video show produced every quarter about something from the archive? Find some young, energetic and interesting host to generate views and interest. What about trivia games? Find something that LOTS of people like and is tied to the SRHA. Make them like the SRHA because of that thing. Think about the 1401 as an example. There are a LOT of railroads that do not have a steam locomotive preserved, much less one in the national museum system. My grandfather gave me a green and gold 4-6-2 ho scale model when I was about 12 years old, then took me to see the 1401 in the Smithsonian. That ONE locomotive type got me started with an interest in the Southern despite never having lived near or seen the Southern operate as a real railroad. I've been a member of the SRHS and then SRHA because of that green and gold Pacific in full and scale size. So exposure to one locomotive in full and scale sizes was the key to get me to support an historical society. What other human activities could be re-directed to support the SRHA through a single item? Has the SRHA asked the Smithsonian if they would be willing to have something (like a handout or flyer) about the SRHA located at the 1401 display? Why not? I think that the key right now is getting some interesting materials out there that capture the imaginations (and eventually the wallets or checkbooks) of a new generation--but not necessarily a generation who see the same value in the preservation of an historic collection that existing SRHA members do. Link their passion to the SRHA and the collection, so that supporting the SRHA is supporting their passion. I'm not sure what kind of interests you can capture. It could be making the TVRM a vacation destination and having real historical preservation be a side benefit. It could be getting something out there digitally to attract kids who go on to make a pile of money and contribute to the organization that made their dreams come true. It could be an innovative interactive Southern Railway theme for 3D goggles that interests a whole new generation. If there are materials out there for kids with the inclination, then the interest will not wane as much as Ike fears. But if the materials are hidden away waiting for the day when someone interested in the same things the original members are interested in can donate money, your bet is placed on a smaller and smaller pool of candidates. Eventually, the capital to preserve is gone and the collection goes to the bin heap like so much of history. I think the SRHA has to capture the interest of the next generation or even the materials that are preserved now will be in danger. People predicted the decline of the model train hobby, but I have seen more and more kids get interested and more adults get involved deeper than just a train around the Christmas tree. Modular layouts, sophistical electronics, custom graffiti as weathering, a focus on operations, scenery as art, the use of 3-D printing, laser cut kits, have each contributed to the sustainability of the hobby. No one thing did it; lots of small things contributed. The same might be true of historic preservation. Dave In just brainstorming, I thought of a number of ideas that may or may not have any merit. Right now, the SRHA needs ideas. Let the board sort through the ideas and see which are feasible. brainstorm 1) What makes the photo collections worth preserving? Is it the photos themselves? Or the information they contain? Perhaps the photo collections should be sold off! What if you scanned every photo in the collection, kept a copy for the archive, but sold the original for $5-$10 each? Then the SRHA still has a copy of the information for research purposes, but has a regular source of revenue. Maybe you sell them in limited sets of 10 with themes (water tanks, stations, motor cars, workers) to attract the collector types? If the SRHA keeps a copy and sells the original, then the SRHA doesn't have to spend any money or effort worrying and enforcing copyright, but still has the information that is the most important aspect of a photo. And the modelers--who want the info, but could care less about collecting photos, would have a steady stream of information flowing out to them. You could satisfy the collectors, the modelers, reduce the maintenance or enforcement needs, and have a potential income stream. brainstorm 2) What if we have 1,000 photos of the Southern's locomotives, structures, and equipment preserved in a vault, but no one alive can identify or name the contents of the photos? What if we have only 250 of those photos but they are fully documented because they were shared and knowledgeable people identified the time, place, and contents of the photo? Which is more important? Perhaps you scan a photo or set number of photos each month and place them somewhere temporarily for members and the public to identify the contents (i.e., location, time, place, subjects) in a way that could be collected and associated with the image. Over time, that information could be verified, but at least it will be collected before too many people are gone. If this became a popular thing (maybe have MRH or Kalmbach or a prototype video production company promote the info search to gain followers and get a broader audience). brainstorm 3: Priority setting) What is worth preserving? And what should be preserved? Should all Southern Railway depots be preserved? Probably not worth it. But should one of each major type be preserved? That would be nice. If a depot is preserved as a privately owned family dwelling, is that the same as a publicly accessible building that anyone can measure? Is it enough if a small amount of the paint and wood is preserved, if drawings and photos of the depot exist? Is it enough to know the shop-based varieties of steam locomotives exists, with lists of the variations documented by photographs? Or must one example of a locomotive from each shop be saved? We cannot save it all, so what is important to save and how best should it be saved? Find out the priorities of existing SRHA members and then see if other priorities could attract new members. Big organizations are big because the cater to one need that is widespread or because they can cater to many different needs. Perhaps having all Southern Railway materials possible under one roof in one archive only serves a small population's needs, but with small tweaks to the mission and methods, the SRHA could serve a much larger population's needs? Would those tweaks be worthwhile? I think the SRHA should be debating these kinds of questions and figuring out priorities and testing every possibility to see if one works. It could be the small number of individuals who happen to have the time and willingness to meet and be SRHA board members or to be archive contributors, do not have the answers. Those who are able and willing to serve may care the most and have the most invested, but the qualities that led them to serve might be those that make it hard for them to consider alternatives that might work? Would they really care if the idea to preserve all the materials came from somewhere else, so long as the most material was preserved? Monday, December 24, 2018, 10:49:50 PM, you wrote:
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DF: That tonnage is massive. I can't imagine what you scanned so far even equals a ton, but that is awesome to hear.
DF: That prioritization makes sense, as long as you know everything you generally have scattered about in the 30 tons. I'll help you with the OCR on what you sent earlier today.
DF: Cost wise...At this point, what else is there to acquire? What is the prioritization for acquisition vs. maintain? What happens to a private photo collection if no one is willing to pay for it? Does it just disappear or does it eventually get donated or purchased at a lower cost? Can the owner get a tax write off by donating it? Whats the cost-benefit analysis for the members? Maintaining what the archive may arguably have a greater return at this point in time and seems like a higher priority given the $1M investment into a building. I never mentioned make anything freely available. Perhaps put together more equipment diagrams books or one-off's for particular cars, locomotives etc. Not sure if a modeling e-zine like others do would be worth the effort to perhaps have an additional revenue source to help the archives. Would take considerable effort to put together with volunteer effort for an unknown ability to bring in revenue. I would imagine the best bet to get a considerable sum towards the Archives is to pursue NS for some sort of yearly tax write-off on their part. Perhaps that sort of relationship already exists. DF: At some point down the line...when the current leadership/membership/interested parties no longer have the resources to keep this effort going (that 20-year mark), does it make sense to eventually approach a third party, such as the national archives in DC to outsource the maintenance of the materials? Is the material something that they would take? How quickly do they go through collections and finish "archiving" them? Do they make material available to all?
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