This is communication on the donation of *The Promise and the Peril* and related materials from Diana Wilmar to the Hanford History Project. Received from Robert Franklin at the Hanford History Project on 15 October, 2026.
A copy from the online article "Sculpting with Nukes" by Chris Arnot, as published in *The Guardian* on 25 October 1999, at https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/oct/26/artsfeatures
A document copy of the online obituary for James Acord by Philip Munger, "James L. Acord Passes," as published at https://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2011/01/james-l-acord-passes.html .
A saved copy of Jon Michaud's 19 January 2011 obituary for James Acord, "Postscript: James Acord, Alchemist for the Nuclear Age," as presented on the website of *The New Yorker* [ https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/postscript-james-acord-alchemist-for-the-nuclear-age ]
A copy from the 20 January 2011 online obituary for James Acord, "Postscript: James Acord, Alchemist for the Nuclear Age," by Jon Michaud, as presented on the website of *The New Yorker*, at https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/postscript-james-acord-alchemist-for-the-nuclear-age#ixzz1EqumVghC
An article copy of James' Flint's "Looking for Acord," from *The Observer*, 1998, as published on James Flint's website at http://www.jamesflint.net/looking-for-acord [as of 19 October 2026, this is a dead link, but may be located at https://jamesflint.net/?page_id=100 ].
A note to "George" [possibly George Fox] on 24 November 2003, providing overviews of the contents of tapes 69–71, 73–75, 76–78, 79–81, 82–83, 84–85, and 86–88. This also mentions Fred Moody's book [*Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: From Boom to Bust in the Number One City of the Future* (St. Martin's Griffin)], and Acord's condition, noting his plans to do two more reliquaries.
A copied article — "Making art with radioactive materials – In memory of James Acord" by Rod Adams, as published on Atomic Insights (atomicinsights.com) on 29 January 2012.
Original article at https://atomicinsights.com/making-art-with-radioactive-materials-in-memory-of-jame-acord/
This 87-page document contains time codes and descriptions for the first 56 tapes in the raw material for the unreleased documentary by Fox/Wilmar titled *The Promise and the Peril*, on James Acord.
This 87-page document contains time codes and descriptions for the first 56 tapes in the raw material for the unreleased documentary by Fox/Wilmar titled *The Promise and the Peril*, on James Acord.