>Max has archives
That's the thing exactly, were something to ever happen to Max? I'm thinking the resource here for future seekers of information on folk songs is invaluable treasure and well worth proactively preserving somewhere like Internet Archive in a manner that'd be fully searchable. Like, were I Max I'd contact the Archive directly and see what they'd recommend for such a project, considering them knowing their technical backend and what kind of thing would be most workable/functional/searchable and fully preserved.