[TUHS] free dead trees, to the best possible home

[TUHS] free dead trees, to the best possible home

[Rich Morin]

TL; DR.  I'm trying to find the best possible home for some dead trees.

I have about a foot-high stack of manilla folders containing "early Unix papers".  They have been boxed up for a few decades, but appear to be in perfect condition.  I inherited this collection from Jim Joyce, who taught the first Unix course at UC Berkeley and went on to run a series of ventures in Unix-related bookselling, instruction, publishing, etc.

The collection has been boxed up for a few decades, but appears to be in perfect condition.  I don't think it has much financial value, but I suspect that some of the papers may have historical significance.  Indeed, some of them may not be available in any other form, so they definitely should be scanned in and republished.

I also have a variety of newer materials, including full sets of BSD manuals, SunExpert and Unix Review issues, along with a lot of books and course handouts and maybe a SUGtape or two.  I'd like to donate these materials to an institution that will take care of them, make them available to interested parties, etc.  Here are some suggested recipients:

- The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA, USA)
- The Internet Archive (San Francisco, CA, USA)
- The Living Computers Museum (Seattle, WA, USA)
- The UC Berkeley Library (Berkeley, CA, USA)
- The Unix Heritage Association (Australia?) 
- The USENIX Association (Berkeley, CA, USA)

According to Warren Toomey, TUHS probably isn't the best possibility.  The Good News about most of the others is that I can get materials to them in the back of my car.  However, I may be overlooking some better possibility, so I am following Warren's suggestion and asking here.  I'm open to any suggestions that have a convincing rationale.

Now, open for suggestions (ducks)...

-r

Re: [TUHS] free dead trees, to the best possible home

[Rich Morin]

I received several recommendations for the Living Computers Museum, including some from folks on this list.  Based on this, I contacted Stephen Jones and am now working with him to tie down the details.  Thanks to all who responded; you guys rock!

Because no good deed goes unpunished, I may be asking some of you for autographs on things you wrote.  (I asked Stephen if this would be useful to them; no response as yet).  Also, if you have some detritus that you've been meaning to give away to a good home, this might be a good way to make it happen.  Let me know if you want to get involved...

-r

[TUHS] free dead trees, to the best possible home

[rdm]

Back in mid-January, I posted a note saying:

> TL; DR.  I'm trying to find the best possible home for some dead trees.  ...


A lot (far too much, IMNSHO!) has happened since then.  In any case, I thought folks here might appreciate an update.  In brief, Iain Maoileoin offered to pay for shipping a largely unknown amount of technical (mostly computer-related) books to his repurposed missile sile (!) near Inverness, Scotland.

Early this Fall, I packed up 16 cardboard boxes (designated 0-F, of course :-) and the shippers hauled them off.  Dunno when they'll arrive, let alone in what condition, but trying to save them from recycling seemed worth the effort.  FYI, the total weight was a bit over a ton.

Meanwhile, my spouse and I gave away and/or packed up the rest of our things and drove ourselves and five cats up to Seattle, WA, USA.  Somewhere in a shipping container, there is still a cubic foot or so of historical Unix papers from Jim Joyce; when it surfaces, I'll post again about rehoming it.

-r