Description
56 thousand messages sent and received by a bookbinder in Port Dunstead.
Provenance
Deposited by the creator, who asked for it to be kept for their grandchildren. The drive spun up and was imaged behind a write blocker in a single pass. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
a35fa35614de2efe0347b34ca1839070ab8463f7ba9ed261e7770e34b3da2da0- Last verified
- Sep 21, 2026, by Vigil
- Migrated to
- EML and PDF/A-2b, with the original mailboxes kept
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
Reading-room copies are migrated to EML and PDF/A-2b, with the original mailboxes kept. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.
Cite as: Chidi Lowe, Email of Chidi Lowe, 2002–2006 (2002–2006). Lazarus Archive, LZ-18952.