X-Message-Number: 3325 Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 12:21:08 From: Steve Bridge <> Subject: CRYONICS CD-ROM History Proposal To CryoNet >From Steve Bridge, Alcor October 21, 1994 Regarding Mike Perry's Message: #3304 - posting, proposal Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 01:15:54 From: Mike Perry suggests an on-going history project to place documents from cryonics history on CD-ROM and offers a donation to help begin the project. He suggests that making all of the CSNY documents available for open research would be the best start. I completely agree with Mike's proposal. Alcor has been looking into putting CRYONICS magazine on CD-ROM, too; and there may be other items from the past that could be recorded. However, 22 years of Alcor history (some of which must remain confidential) will be a monstrous project to sort out. An easier project, or at least more direct one, would be to put the entire history of all major cryonics newsletters and other publications on CD ROM. There is a huge reservoir of cryonics history right there. And I have most of the records from the Institute for Advanced Biological Studies (IABS), the cryonics organization that Mike Darwin and I (with several other people) began in Indianapolis in 1977. Mike Perry cannot do this alone, of course. We estimate the CSNY archives alone contain at least 30,000 items. Each has to be handled to make a copy (and very carefully, since most are over 25 years old), and a fair amount of re-organizing would have to be done to make the material accessible. Alcor will be willing to contribute some of the cost of this, and we can help supply some volunteer labor (assuming I am persuasive enough to talk volunteers into it). One problem yet to be solved is determining what the actual cost will be. A collection of source materials for cryonics history has long been needed, and I hope many others out there will wish to contribute to this project with ideas, labor, and funds. In addition, since this is an historical project, rather than an experimental research project, there well may be some grant funds available from historical, publishing, or library sources. Steve Bridge Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3325