"I thought you meant that some other people held the cord mold records, but would not release them or identify chips from them."
That is the case. Cords are ony a small part of the 24,000.

I and others are ready to kick in enough $ to pay for preparing and uploading any or all of the 24,000 records.
We have offered to fly to where they are, digitaltize them, and upload them.
We have in the past offered to pay for a copy of them.

Maybe someday!