Acord, James Leroy

A photograph of Eddie the cat, taken in Fremont, Seattle, WA. in April 1995 by James Acord.
Acord has written on the verso: "Eddie-the-Cat gards [sic] his mouse againt [sic] the onslaught of Fremont dogs. | April 1995."

A photograph of James Acord's cat Eddie in Richland, WA. On the back of this photograph, Acord wrote a full letter to his "Friends" [Janet & Edward Galore], dated 10 May 1995.
This letter concerns: (1) Acord's thanks for them visiting him and Eddie; (2) Acord's hopes that the Galores made it to Dale Travous' party and are having fun in L.A.; (3) Acord sharing the company Zombie with people in Hanford; (4) that Acord bought a cat brush and is now brushing Eddie; (5) Acord's thoughts about what Eddie is thinking in the image.

A page from a spiral-bound sketchbook, with a drawing by James Acord on each side.
On the recto is a drawing of "9–10 pm Sunday eve' 6 Sept 1998" of the "2nd clossest [sic] Pub. Ready for tomorrow."
On the verso is a drawing of a reliquary with razor wire. Jim Gibb is noted at the bottom of the page.

A drawing of "Old Housekeys March 2002" by James Acord.
There are multiple variants of this, thus this is "Version B."

A drawing of "Old Housekeys March 2002" by James Acord.
There are multiple variants of this drawing, and thus this is identified as "Version A."

An undated, handwritten card from James Acord to Janet Galore. The face of the card shows a picture by Ken Harris of the 13 April 1949 earthquake damage in Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA. Acord has added a note below the picture: "I remember this earthquake!"
The content of this card notes a book (that this likely accompanied) by "Wallace," possibly with "Infinity" in the title [I assume that this refers to "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace]. Acord notes that he read it twice, but "couldn't follow it all" and notes that Wallace is "a good, though highly eccentric, writer". Acord also mentions Prof. Georg Canton.

Article clipping from the 25 July 1995 issue of Tri-City Herald of "More Mid-Columbians accelerate onto the Internet," with a note from James Acord in red ink noting: "What Hanford computer people look like!! — I have the IBM done up and running (with much de-buging [sic] and training help from Hero)".

A manila 5" x 11.5" mailing envelope, addressed from "Eddie-the-Cat" and James Leroy Acord in Richland, WA to Janet & Edward Galore [noted as "Wheat People"] in Seattle. Not postmarked or dated, but based on contents this dates from around July 1995.
Contents include: (1) two short stalks of wheat; (2) A page from the 19 July 1995 Tri-City Herald with an article "Good news keeps growing for wheat crop"; (3) a clipping from the 25 July 1995 Tri-City Herald with a handwritten note from James Acord; and (4) a flyer for "Hanford Peace Week 1995".

A single-sheet, 2-page handwritten letter titled "Galore house-sit" from James Acord to Edward and Janet Galore, 21-29 April, but no year noted. This is a sheet removed from a spiral notebook.
This letter concerns: (1) arrival on the 21st and staying at the home on the 22nd; (2) Sunday morning visits from Don Carver and daughter Vanessa and then Linley Storm, and then feeding the cat ["Push Button"]; (3) Sunday night at Don Carver's; (4) spending the 25th through the 28th with Tom Putnam at his studio; (5) leaving to Eastern Washington on the night of the 28th, after clearing out the food in the home; (6) Don Carver picking him up on the 29th to return to Everett, WA; (7) final efforts to clean up the Galores' home.

A 1-page, single-sided printed email from James Acord [it also notes Tom Putnam, whose address it was sent from] to Janet Galore on 24 May 1999 on the subject of "the plans of transmutation."
This email concerns: (1) Christopher MacRae possibly making a sound work for the plan; (2) some challenges that "Jacqueline" is undergoing, and Acord likely bringing her to a Roq La Rue Gallery exhibition; (3) a prompt to look for some lab gear together as well as source materials.