If its about history, Mr Nowhere, how about just collecting the poems and making them available on line for free. For the historians and stuff :nw:. And then you can make a donations page, so people can give money to you. Wait, no I meant him... So people can give money to HIM ... THE WRITER ...
Sorry I'm terrible at explaining things to people who are oblivious. Of course if someone who likes his work is going to give money to someone, it would be to him - ie the person DOING THE WORK. Or, if you get your act together and MAKE A BOOK of his work, maybe then people would give you some money. You know, for HAVING DONE WORK. Either way, Steve Richmond has written some good ones. So if you have rights to some of his poems, sharing them would be appropriate.