It looks like I don't need to keep these original books, and I don't
need to scan anything. Anyone who wishes to have the pages can get
them from the internet. A little bit of exploring brought these
links to light:
What I had in mind in the beginning was a small book with a title
something like The Boy Mechanic Maps the Neighborhood.
Included in it would not only the cartography articles but also the
articles about making the tools and whatever can be found about
tricks with math (I found at least one). Someone else would have to
do it, though, because I lack the software to take the PDFs apart
and re-assemble the articles into a single document. In an ideal
world, the whole thing might be tested by a school, and the testing
managed by someone who's on this list. Does anyone know of a
middle-school administrator who'd like to work with this idea?