Joe,
I wasn't asked for any compensation from either NW historical societies, or our own PNW Oregon City Historical society. But I was treated so well by all of them, and appreciated the info that was so extremely helpful documenting provenance, that I just felt compensation should given without a request.
I've been extremely fortunate in my lifetime of gun collecting to stumble across a number of firearms that could be traced to excellent provenance. I've also hit my share of dead ends too. So whenever I can get some help, I appreciate it.
And ASSRA having Michael's records will someday help people if they know the records are there, and available.