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PHA.602.612.616.622.797.874
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10.3 MB
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Page "200" of James Acord's baby book, the "Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book," showing the "First Few Days" page. Early data about James Acord's life is written in this section.
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PHA.602.612.616.622.797.802
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10.8 MB
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Page "198" of James Acord's baby book, the "Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book," showing the "From Birth to Six Weeks" page. Early data about James Acord's birth is written in this section. The section below, "First Physical Examination," is not filled in.
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PHA.602.612.616.622.797.801
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15.2 MB
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Page "197" of James Acord's baby book, the "Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book," showing the "World Happenings on Baby's Birthday" page. This has a number of article clippings pasted onto the page, including headlined on President Eisenhower, Truman, and a Communique from Allied Headquarters, news about WWII.
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PHA.602.612.616.622.797.800
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10 MB
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Page "195" of James Acord's baby book, the "Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book," showing the "Identification" page, which has the inked footprint of James Acord.
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PHA.602.612.616.622.797.799
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10 MB
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Page "193" of James Acord's baby book, the "Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book," showing the "Personal Record" page noting his birth to James Leroy Acord (I) and Gail Acord in Edmonds, Washington, on 19 October 1944, at 1:53 pm. This also notes two subsequent Seattle addresses.
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PHA.602.612.616.622.797.798
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14.3 MB
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A .jpg of the front cover of the "Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book" in which James Acord's parents filled out his early history. The item has a dust jacket that is stained with scuffing, creasing, and some tearing.
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FWC.696.705
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1 book, 6.25" x 4.875" x 0.25", 49 leaves
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An exhibition catalogue for *Break 2.2: Invisible Threat / Nevidna Grožnja*, 94 pages, perfect bound, wraps. Produced by the Kersnikova Institute.
This exhibition occurred between 17–28 June [2003] at multiple venues in Ljubljana, Solvenia.
James Acord is noted within the "symposium" section of this catalogue, at pages 46–48. This provides a bio and a short essay "Lecture: Atomic age —age of promises and peril" in both Slovenian and English.
Notes
This was found in a box of tapes from Fox | Wilmar Productions.
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JGC.355
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1 sketchbook, 7" x 5.5" x 1",
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A notebook/sketchbook owned by Janet Galore in which they were researching Transmutation with James Acord, between 8 May 1999 and 24 November 2000. This looks at transmutation from alchemical, nuclear, and historic perspectives, and notes many of Acord's intentions and thoughts. Around 2/3 of the book is blank.
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JGC.17.354
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1 book, 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.125", 46 pages.
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A 46 page stample-bound chapbook of "Research Reactors," written by Norman H. Jacobson and Frederick H. Martens for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Inforrmation (under the aegis of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission), in 1965.
This likely was Acord's copy, given to Janet Galore.
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JGC.17.125.140
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11" x 8.5"
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A roughly 28-page book in stapled glossy wraps from the U.S. Department of Energy titled "Stewards of a National Resource." This is a piece of marketing material, noted also as "DOE / FM-0002", published sometime in the mid-1990s.
James Acord has affixed a sticky note to the cover noting that the DoE "wants you to know what good folks they really are."
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