"According to Smith, after Manhoff’s wife died he was asked to check the home of a former official for valuable memorabilia."

I wonder how much valuable memorabilia is just getting thrown away because no one thought to check for it.

Here's your nudge to ask your older relatives about their memorabilia, and record conversations with them while they are still alive.

If you want to put the info online somewhere to increase the chance that it's useful to someone someday, you could try a free genealogy website like familysearch.org or wikitree.com