This is a handwritten draft for an email from James Acord to Janet Galore, circa 6 May 2002.
This letter describes: (1) Acord's start to the morning; (2) a date with "Jackie" to talk; (3) work being done on Don [Carver's] computer and the need for some technical assistance.
On the verso of the letter is a shopping list and some telephone numbers.
A four-page handwritten draft of a letter from James Acord to Janet Galore. Written on the back of an email printout from Philip Schuyler to James Acord dated 4 June 2002.
James Acord would often compose his emails by hand before committing them to email. This notes "cc bubba, carver, moody, putnam, luksch."
This letter describes: (1) work at the library for a monologue on "the Fourth Reliquary" and some recent drawings; (2) some details on James Acord's day-to-day life; (3) listening to KMPS station and losing track of time, working into the morning; (4) on sculptor Don Carver and Acord's ironworker friend "Rockin' Robin"; (5) on working at the library, drawing, and time spent on the library's word processor; (6) more on the Fourth Reliquary; (7) on a residency at the Starlight; (8) his dislike of words, coupled with his interest in William Blake's cursive forms.
The letter from Philip Schuyler to James Acord concerns a proposed meeting and an article on "radiological terror" from the New York Times that Schuyler wishes to share with Acord.
On the back of the third sheet is a list of defined terms from Websters 3rd New International Dictionary.
A handwritten letter from James Acord to Janet Galore, undated, c. 2002 based on related content. The letter describes computer issues and a desire to get a letter out to Galore. The letter ends with a note that he is making some good drawings, and invites Janet Galore over.
11 sheets of mostly hand-written letters from James Acord to Janet Galore. Some may be drafts. Some are written on printouts of other letters, and thus may be dated to some precision.
The content includes a number of artworks by Acord, his laptop, letters and notes, magazines, articles, and published material. Acord's formerly calibrated Geiger Counter and tools, and additional ephemera.
