The scans already exist -- for those willing to pay. Back issues of IRE Proceedings are available online from the IEEE:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta...number=4051484
Their price for a non-IEEE member to download a personal copy of an article is high. At $30 per article, it would cost $1,440 to get the 48 articles in the Jan. 1954 issue.
For my CT-100 design article, I asked permission to reproduce two or three of those articles. The IEEE charges a $300
per article license fee to do that. I settled for using a couple of photos (free) and providing a link to their website.
Perhaps Steve, on behalf of a non-profit museum, could negotiate a free or very cheap deal to host these.
Phil Nelson