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Scuba America is dedicated to preserving the oral, written and visual human history of the sport of recreational skin
and scuba diving in North America. Scuba America was founded by Albert Tillman and Zale Parry in the early 1970's.
The history of recreational skin and scuba diving in North America only dates back to the 1930's. Many of the people
who were there in those formative years have passed on now and it is now more important than ever to protect all this valuable
history for future generations. Our long range goal is to create an online museum that will archive all this information and
make it available to current and future researchers and interested individuals.
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The project: - Interviews with pioneers and innovators in the field of diving.
- Maintain archives of books, photographs, manuals and other ephemera related to diving.
- Maintain and
preserve rare and unique diving equipment.
- Provide displays for museums, libraries, and other organizations
The archives now consist of over 25,000 photographs, over 100 books, complete collections of all diving magazines and
journals, over 500 recorded interviews, films, equipment, and much more.
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