Envelope

An envelope from James Acord in Seattle to Janet Galore in Seattle, dated 12 December 2008. This contains: (1) a handwritten short letter to Janet; (2) a color print of an Acord drawing of a hand holding a skull from 1979; (3) a color print of an Acord drawing of a ram's skull, from 1981.

An envelope with a scratched out address, with "Jim Photos to Keep UK 1999" written on the front and back. Acord also noted "Things to put on the wall — next residence."
Rather than photographs, this contains: (1) a letter from James Acord, under the "Art Martyrs Brigade" heading, to Janet Galore, c. 31 May 2002; (2) a rather jumbled draft letter on the back of printouts of emails with James Flint.

An envelope addressed from James Acord at the Kalakala Foundation, Kodiak, AK, to Janet and Edward Galore in Seattle, WA, not dated, but likely from just after May 1998. This envelope has a note on the verso: "Galores, Post card I forgot to mail from London — to Button, actually, and I didn't find them until after Ed had left Alaska. Jim. See you soon!"
This contains: (1) the mentioned postcard, showing "The Cambridge Cat" on the recto, with a letter from Jim Acord to Push Button [the Galores' cat] on the verso; (2) a photograph dated May 1998, of Janet and Edward in front of a Baobab tree, with a note from Acord on the verso; (3) a ticket for the British premiere of "(R)eply, (E)rase, (C)opy" at the London Kennington Oval, 19–22 February 1998, with a note for [Push] Button on the face.

An envelope of materials sent from James Acord in Richland, WA, to Janet and Edward Galore in Seattle on 27 June 1994.

An envelope of materials sent from James Acord in Richland, WA, to Janet and Edward Galore in Seattle, on 6 October 1994.
This contains: (1) a color photocopy of photographs of Acord's house and studio in Richland, with a handwritten letter on the verso; (2) a photocopy of the article "Bombs Away!" by Richard Jerome and Mick Wiggins in The New York Times Magazine, 3 April 1994; (3) A photocopy of the cover of the American Nuclear Society newsletter of October 1994, with a comic of "clip 'n' send cards for Lockheed and Martin Marietta"; (4) a photocopy of the schedule of events on October 28th and 29th at the Hanford Museum of Science & History showing multiple talks by "Jim Acord, Nuclear Sculptor"; (5) a photocopy of William C. Bequette's 11 September 1994 article "Nuclear culture not just waste needs cleanup"; (6) an annotated photocopy of Acord's 10 and 25 August 1994 GTE telephone bills; (7) a photocopy of an excerpt from a letter by Mary Frye, published in the WSAC newsletter, with a comic; (8) a photocopy of two letters to the editor of the New York Times on the Integral Fast Reactor; (9) a photocopy of an article by Aviva L. Brandt titled "Hanford scientists decry shutdown of isotope facility"; (10) a photocopy of a 10 September 1994 letter from Wanda Munn to the members of the American Nuclear Society about Hanford's 50th anniversary; (11) a photocopy of an article by Bernard Gilbert titled "U. S. officials undervalue plutonium"; (12) a cover letter and resume from someone asking Acord for employment, with Acord's annotations.

An envelope sent from James Acord at Imperial College, London, to the Galore family via Linley Storm (Seattle), on 30 September 1998. This envelope contains: (1) a two-page handwritten letter from James Acord to Janet, Edward and [Push] Button [the cat] Galore, 25 September 1998 from London; (2) a photocopy of an illustration of a cat, likely by James Acord; (3) a photocopy of a sixteen-page letter to friends of James Acord, undated [c. September 1998]; (4) photocopies of James Acord's Imperial College and London Transport ID cards, with hand annotations by James Acord; (5) photocopy of James Acord's sketchbook drawing of "9-10 pm Sunday eve 6 Sept 1998"; (6) photocopy of James Acord's sketchbook drawing of "Dream of night 2 September — Pet skunk to savage"; (7) photocopy of two advertisements, one for "Good English" and the other for "Capital Carelink"; (8) copy of James Acord's payment fee schedule from The Arts Catalyst, 2 September – 18 November 1998; (9) photocopies of the first two weeks of itinerary for James Acord in London, 2–13 September 1998, with hand annotations; (10) photocopy of the cover letter from Nicola Triscott at The Arts Catalyst, London, to Linley Storm and James Acord, for Acord's formal letters of agreement; (11) a two-page photocopy of the agreement letter from Judith Richards, Director of Visual Art Programmes at Imperial College to James Acord, 24 August 1998; (12) one-page photocopy of the 26 August 1998 confirmation letter from Nicola Triscott at The Arts Catalyst, London to James Acord; (13) a photocopied article from The Times, London, 4 September 1998, titled "Nuclear Acord" by Kate Worsley, with hand annotation.

Two empty Imperial College envelopes from James Acord to Edward Galore, sent on 28 October 1998, with additional materials.
It is not known what was contained in these two envelopes. One has "Edward" in print handwriting, and the other in cursive, both from Acord's hand.

A 10" x 15" envelope of material sent from James Acord in London to the Galore family in Seattle, 28 October 1998. This contains: (1) a handwritten letter from Acord to [Push] Button (the Galore's cat), dated 28 October 1998, with a collage on the verso; (2) a three-page photocopied letter, "Report on month number one: Imperial Artist in Res.," early October 1998; (3) a four-page "Stories from 013A, Metal Shops — Physics Dept. — Imperial College, The Blackett Laboratories" called "The Blind Fish", October 1998; (4) a job listing from Queen Mary and Westfield College at the University of London, 16 September 1998; (5) a photocopy of an "Overheard at the BA" article from Issue 67 of the Newsletter of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 22 September – 5 October 1998; (6) a copy of a "Defend your Right to Vote" tenant letter, 16 September 1998; (7) a photocopy of an article "The Summer of Discontent?" from Issue 1120 of Felix, The Students' Newspaper at Imperial College, 2 October 1998; (8) two class assignments for the Interactive Multimedia Authoring joint honours course in Multimedia Systems at Imperial College; (9) part of the syllabus for the aforementioned course, showing a Week 4 "visit to James Acord's art exhibition showing artwork made from nuclear waste"; (10) a drawing "Blesh..."; (11) a drawing "under ores"; (12) a drawing "lapstrake planked hull"; (13) a drawing "design here with wind billow distortion?"; (14) a drawing "ion propulsion drive"; (15) a birthday card to himself, on the year 1944; (16) a spoof label for NIREX bottled water; (17) an exhibition card for "Atomic" at the Imperial College, London, 5–26 November 1998; (18) two empty envelopes to Edward Galore; (19) a drawn birthday card from James Acord to Edward Galore on his 29th birthday; and (20) a photocopied article from the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki News) titled "Uraanilla merkitty mies" by Timo Paukku, about James Acord.

A bubble envelope sent to Janet Galore in Seattle, likely from James Flint (London) on 23 January 2012.
This contains: (1) a handwritten letter from Nottingham artist Jed Brignal to James [Flint], not dated; (2) a printout of a artwork titled "The Blind Fish of Blackett Labs" completed by James Acord in 1999; (3) a set of eight 6" x 9" glossy photographs between two 7.5". x 9.5" sheets of black pastel paper.

A manila envelope, 9" x 12" addressed from James Acord (Seattle) to the Galore family (Seattle). This envelope is undated, but contains a letter from 12 November 2008. This likely contained additional material, which has since become separated.