I have a huge poorly organized collection, want to start back at square one. Help!

I got into the game at release, and picked up much of the original printings, through Sands of Harad, although I wasn't a completionist. Still, all of the deluxe, many of the adventure packs, the Hobbit Sagas and the Fellowship/Two Towers. My daughter and I went to some of the events, so I have Fog on the Barrow Downs and Inn of the Prancing Pony, even. But as she got busier, we played less, and it's been collecting dust for a while.

A couple of months ago, someone local posted their small collection of the revised edition, and I got the Return of the King to complete the saga. A friend is now interested in playing as well, so it's time to dust it off!

However, I'd like to play through in the order of release, at least roughly, and limit myself to the cards that were available at that point in time. Is this foolhardy? How would I even go about re-organizing my collection to make this possible? I currently keep all the player cards bunched by sphere, in longboxes, and have the early dividers through the early adventures, but nothing more.

What would the best resource be for just laying everything out and "opening" each set again?

Thanks!