OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

I guess I should give a little background for the folks who haven't heard Just a few weeks ago or so (has it been that long already?), I ended up rescuing nearly an entire ham shack/photo/woodworking shop from a 40cu yard dumpster. A friend of mine who lived around the corner died a few years ago, and even after picking up tons of stuff from his family, and after numerous attempts to arrange pickup of the remaining stuff, I found out some of his family dumped the entire shop into a huge dumpster (or skip for you folks on the other side of the pond). Thankfully, I found out about it *before* the dumpster was to be picked up. I spent a total of around 22+ hours (with permission from the folks who filled the dumpster) over the course of two nights with the help of a work light pulling out everything I could salvage. There were a few things missing (someone else got there first), and 1000s (I'd guess that number anyway) of magazines and some books were ruined due to rain before I found out about the dumpster. Magazines dating from the 1940s to the 1970s were mostly ruined beyond salvage. These included titles such as Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Mechanix, and Popular Electronics. It also included 3-4 different photo oriented publications with dates from early 1970s to the 1980s. Ironically, they also accidentally trashed 1000s and 1000s of photos, slides, negatives (both plastic and glass plate), and home movies. I've been returning those items as I sort them from the rest, since they did not mean to trash them. I still need advice on unsticking/cleaning the home movie films, since none were in water tight containers. Most are small reels in 3"x3"x3/4" cardboard boxes. I did explain to the family how to separate/clean prints, and I think about 99% of those were successfully salvaged. I am currently trying to figure out how to clean/salvage books that were exposed to the water, and since the texts are irreplaceable, I'm hesitant in what I try. Many books have a very fine powder-like mold on their covers, while the pages are ok. Some books have small amounts of mold growing on the edges of the pages. I also rescued a huge vinyl 33 1/3 record collection that needs to be cleaned up somehow. They were added to the dumpster (by mistake I was told) after the initial dive, and were subsequently exposed to yet more rain (Houston really sucks sometimes). I'm very worried about cleaning any mold from the album covers, but I imagine most of the vinyl is currently ok. Some of the records may have been broken when they were dumped into the dumpster, but I expect to find most intact. I imagine these may be the most time sensitive of all the rescued materials. I am also trying to figure out how to clean minor mold from and separate QSL cards that are stuck together. The cards date from the 1950s, but thankfully most were not exposed to water. I also have 100s of HARC publications that need to be salvaged. Some are in very good condition, while some have a significant mold growth on them. I should also add that I am keeping all the items stacked (and piled) in my (unfinished) computer building (nowhere else to put them at present), and have been keeping the lights on 24/7 to help inhibit the growth of mold. Also, if there is anyone located in Houston that feels like lending a hand in sorting/cleaning up stuff, please contact me. It is abit overwhelming for me to try to deal with ~50-60 years worth of items. -Toth