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When a loved one passes the burden is deep. However, that burden isn’t usually millions of material artifacts deep.

23-year-old Phoenician Austin Wright has inherited quite the “prodigious” collection of political memorabilia after loosing his father a few years back.

His father, the late Jordan M. Wright, was a momentous collector of political memorabilia. The historical enthusiast who carried his passions with him collected over one million items throughout his four-decades of activity.

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That collection, once recognized by Museum of The City of New York, Smithsonian Institution, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is now idly compartmentalized into boxes throughout storage units in Long Island City, Queens.

The aspiring political consultant, the young Mr. Wright, is seeking out various ways to bring light and activity to his father’s precious collection. What deserves to be publically highlighted and accurately cataloged will cost quite a substantial amount of money.

Wright, as well as the Museum of Democracy, the non-profit who oversees the collection, would be very grateful for any financial support to begin the curation and indexing of the collection.

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*Photos courtesy of The New York Times.

This full story and profile hasn’t just made noise in Arizona, but has created national buzz from The New York Times. To read the full-length New York Times article: click here.