`docs/osu-request-DRAFT.md`

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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