`docs/syracuse-request-DRAFT.md`

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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