Do we have the first year of the chipboard archive?

Where are they older archives found, can someone provide a link, please.

While doing a searched in the archives this morning it occurred to me that it is a "gold mine" for research materials that someone can use - surely this chipboard now is now but tomorrow the postings and posters becomes history of the chipboard and of the hobby.

Instead of relying in oral history - the archives is written history - if they properly collated into some form of written interpretation and analysis for the future of the chipboard and collecting hobby.

In fact the chipboard archives by itself is are historical documents that shows much about the hobby.