Draft (unsent) data-request letters to Syracuse, Wichita State, Ohio State Billy Ireland

ddb54178cc031665f48a6d60a5e0ffe7e772531a · 2026-09-24 19:18:44 -0700 · Steve Abrams

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 19:18:44 2026 -0700

    Draft (unsent) data-request letters to Syracuse, Wichita State, Ohio State Billy Ireland
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# DRAFT — NOT SENT
+**To:** The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum — cartoons@osu.edu
+**From:** Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
+**Subject:** Research request — catalog records for Paul Conrad holdings
+
+Dear Billy Ireland staff,
+
+I am compiling a non-commercial, metadata-only index of Paul Conrad's editorial cartoons that points researchers to the institutions holding each original. No images are reproduced.
+
+Your online catalog (osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com) appears to hold Conrad material, including the Paul and Kay Conrad Revocable Trust Collection, but it declines automated requests, which we respect, so your holdings are currently unrepresented in the index.
+
+Would you be able to share catalog metadata for your Conrad holdings (title, date, finding/accession number, subjects, collection, record URL) as a CSV or spreadsheet? I would credit the Billy Ireland on every record and follow any terms of use.
+
+Thank you,
+Steve Abrams
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+# DRAFT — NOT SENT
+**To:** Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center — scrc@syr.edu
+**From:** Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
+**Subject:** Research request — item inventory for the Paul Conrad Cartoons collection
+
+Dear SCRC staff,
+
+I am compiling a non-commercial, metadata-only index of Paul Conrad's editorial cartoons that records where each original is held and links researchers back to the holding institution. It reproduces no images.
+
+Your guide to the Paul Conrad Cartoons (library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/c/conrad_p.htm) describes 1,000+ originals, largely from the 1960s Denver Post and Los Angeles Times years. Our automated access to the finding aid is currently stopped by a bot-protection challenge, which we do not attempt to bypass.
+
+Would you be able to share the collection inventory (EAD, CSV, or spreadsheet) with per-item or per-folder titles, dates, and identifiers? I would credit Syracuse on every record and follow any terms you specify. If an export isn't possible, I'd welcome guidance on consulting it on site.
+
+Thank you,
+Steve Abrams
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+# DRAFT — NOT SENT
+**To:** Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives — specialcollections@wichita.edu
+**From:** Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
+**Subject:** Research request — export of the Paul Conrad Cartoon Collection (MS 90-18) description
+
+Dear Special Collections staff,
+
+I am compiling a non-commercial, metadata-only index of Paul Conrad's editorial cartoons (no images reproduced; every record links back to the holding institution).
+
+The Cartoon Collection of Paul Conrad (MS 90-18) in your ArchivesSpace lists titled Los Angeles Times cartoons, chiefly 1968-1971. Automated access to archivesspace.wichita.edu is behind a bot-protection challenge, which we respect. Our index currently marks roughly 200 of your items as "pending direct verification" because we could not read them from your site directly.
+
+Could you share the collection's description as an EAD or CSV export (title, date, box/folder, identifier per item)? That would let us verify those records against your authoritative data and credit Wichita State properly.
+
+Thank you,
+Steve Abrams

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