my bad for using the term historical instead of legacy... slip of the fingers for sharing links to things posted online about folks like Barry Finn.

meanwhile there is a crying need for a brick and mortar physical space to house maritime music reference materials ... a library of books and recordings with open access to public view but non-lending. Maybe with online access to public domain PDF & mp3 historical material.

I donated tons of books and recordings to the G W Blunt library until covid shut down the sea music festival and I haven[t been back. Not that access there was all that great. Most of the old books I donated had been discarded from university libraries that then landed on ebay. See the trend? I hoped to scan the books but health issues have stalled that. When I do find free access to scanned books I post the links on facebook or mudcat.