This morning my Sister and I

[Froward69]

were going through family boxes in the basement. we came across the History books our mom bought for us in the 70's and 80's. Some for children and some written for HS/College. About 50 of 'em.

At first the mission was to throw away as much as possible.

then coming across those books we (half jokingly) agreed to save them somehow. like donating to a museum or a High school.
With the crazed right (Texas and now Colorado) wants to rewrite History to such an extent Those books are now a treasure to future generations as to what actually happened in US history!

even if they are just 30 years old.

So the Dilemma is, we want to save these Books. Keep them from being burned, like the right wants to do with Actual History. But what to do with them? So they will be read and not just tossed.

I realize hiding thought provoking, actual History reading material is not essential just now, but it just might be.

[mzteris]

1. look for local bookstore

that specializes in homeschooling materials.

Or look for a homeschool group you can contact. If you need help doing that, let me know.

[SPedigrees]

2. These are absolute treasures.

If it were me, I'd keep them and post particularly relevant pages all over the web for others to see. Once you part with them, the new owners (museum, historical society, whomever) are free to quarantine them in a back room, sell them, or destroy them.

[jdlh8894]

3. I would call the local place of higher learning.

See if they would want them.IMHO, if they are only 30yrs old,they probably have them on the shelf now.

[librechik]

4. donate to public library n/t

[SPedigrees]

5. Public libraries lock a lot of books in back rooms and

hold periodic sales to reduce their volume.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. our local public libraries don't want textbooks.

[Froward69]

7. These are NOT Textbooks

They are Historical stories, First person accounts. Like the defeat at Corregidor, MacArthur's evacuation and the Philippine Death march. (I spent The afternoon with that one.)
As How in front of the news reels MacArthur was defiant and did not want to leave. yet was pretty Quick in meeting the P.T. Boat in the dead of night.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Here is a book I recommend you read on this

Fonner's Who Owns History...

That will give you an insight into how much research and writing of history changes each generation.

As to the books themselves, sounds like you have PRIMARY sources in them, that is first hand accounts... you might want to find a specialist in the field that could use them.

That said, I have found that Google Books is doing yeoman's work in putting these things online... you'd be surprised at all the material I have found on it that previously I'd have to go to ... the library... research these days is that much easier from the good ol' days of GRADUATE school.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. Oh.. I see. Then I would check with the library