I think it materializes toxicity in the archive well, as the author intends. Toxicity is made through knowledge and that knowledge must exist in the world in certain forms in order to do the political/scientific/governing work intended of it. Someone must care for, interpret, and archive this toxic knowledge or it will cease to exist. I would love to see the author unpack this idea of toxic archiving more through this image.
For the contributor, I think the toxicity is in the lack of infrastructure around this type of very important archiving. For me, I actually see some of the toxicity in the wild goose chase that seems to be these documents. The toxicity could also be in the disjointedness of the documents and findings themselves. Also, would be interested in getting Wilma’s story? Is there a form of gender toxicity here too? How did she become a one woman show? That history also seems toxic.