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== 2007 Unfilled requests ==

The requests in this section have gone stale (>2 years old) and are preserved here for historical reference. [[User:Franamax|Franamax]] ([[User talk:Franamax|talk]]) 20:31, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

===January-February 2007===

====George Gould Strong====

* George Gould Strong born 1910 died about 1964 in Southampton Hospital, Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. I have searched for a NYT obituary with no luck, but there should have been a local obituary. Does anyone have access to the archives of the Southampton Press or the Easthampton Star or another local paper? - <span style="font-family: cursive">[[User:Nunh-huh|Nunh-huh]]</span> 20:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

* JOHN N. STRONG

Specfal to THE NEW' YORE TI:MS.

New York Times (1857-Current file); Nov 14, 1942; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2003)

pg. 16.

:Do you want it? There is sparse mention, it's his dad's obit. I also found a ref to a George Strong who was elected mayor of "The Landing" in the 1930s, is this him? [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 11:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks, Ivo for spotting this. I've had a look, and that's him, but unfortunately his dad's obit doesn't carry enough information about the son for "creating-an-article" purposes. I don't know if George Strong was ever elected mayor of anything.... - <span style="font-family: cursive">[[User:Nunh-huh|Nunh-huh]]</span> 15:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Is this George G. Strong a musician (the guy in this [http://www.playbill.com/features/article/103284.html article])? Or can you tell me a bit what you do know about him? It would help with my search. [[User:Key to the city|Key to the city]] 09:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

:Nunh-huh responded on my talk page with this:

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Yes, George Gould Strong was the guy depicted in the musical Grey Gardens. Basically, I know this: he was born 21 January 1910 in East Hampton, New York, the son of John Young Strong and Fannie (Baker) Strong, growing up in a house on Amagansett Road. He lived for a time in Paris, and in New York City at 725 Lexington Avenue, probably after he lived at Grey Gardens. He was, as depicted in the musical, the personal accompanist of Edith Beale; he was also an accompanist in Paris and New York, and is said to have had a radio show in New York. Though the musical depicts him as gay, it's not that clear that's actually true, and it's certainly not true that he committed suicide (except metaphorically); he died, apparently about 1964 in Southampton Hospital in Southampton, Long Island, the cause of death apparently being gastrointestinal hemorrhage from drinking, complicated by the fact that he had become a Christian Scientist (which may be something he picked up from Mrs. Beale). I wanted especially to firm up his date of death (the 1964 is an estimate based on someone's recollection that he died when she was 12), which is probably only possible if his obituary can be located in the Southampton Bee or Easthampton Star or one of the other local papers. - Nunh-huh 21:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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:I did some research, but I got to admid that this one is out of my league. I hope an American helps you with this request. But I thought I post the answer anyway, maybe it helps other researchers. [[User:Key to the city|Key to the city]] 09:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

===March-April 2007===

====Samuel R. Gerber====

I'm investigating Samuel R. Gerber. Gerber was a famous forensic scientist/pathologist and known for his work in the Sam Sheppard case. I found he's had an obituary in a 1987 [[Plain Dealer]] issue. I think it was May that year. Could someone with access get me a copy? I also want to know if there is a biographical entry for him (National Cyclopedia) or elsewhere. [[User:MacGyverMagic/WIP]] lists the sources I already have although the obituary may not be the complete one. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 08:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

:Been searching in all kinds of biographies (general American, and more specific science and medicine biographies), but no luck. He's not that well-known? I think your best shot would be finding a Wikipedian from Cleveland who wants to get the newspaper from a library archive. [[User:Key to the city|Key]] ([[User talk:Key to the city|talk]]) 15:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

===April-May 2007===

====[[William McCrum]]====

I'm trying to find the obituary of William McCrum. [http://www.fifa.ch/en/print/article/0,4039,22688,00.html This] FIFA page mentions 'In 1932 an obituary appeared in a Northern Ireland paper in [[Milford, County Armagh]]'. I don't know the exact date of the obit' or which paper it was in but it must have been in late December as he died 'just before Christmas'. Sorry for the vagueness, any hints appreciated. [[User:JMiall|JMiall]] 15:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

* There is an obit in the Irish Times (22 Dec 1932); William McCrum died 21 Dec 1932: [http://www.evernote.com/pub/ashleyvh/HandyInformation#Note/f7e4fa16-cf71-43c4-bad6-6128de34b1a1 Irish Times 1932] contains link to original source.—[[User:Ash|Ash]] ([[User talk:Ash|talk]]) 13:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

====[[State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)]]====

This is a bit of a long shot, but I would like the text of the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No. 262), entitled "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth...". If it's long, anything relating to Route 159 or Union Boulevard would be the most useful. I believe that portion begins "Beginning at a point on West Union Boulevard", and if it mentions anything about Broad Street or Market Street being removed. I am neroute2 at gmail. Thank you very much. --[[User talk:NE2|NE2]] 00:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

====[[Bethlehem Pike]] ====

Could you guys find out any information on the 19th century turnpike of this historic route. I eould really appriciate I you would find any additional information about the route. I am [e-mail]. Thanks. -- '''[[User:JohnnyAlbert10|<font color="Blue">JA</font><font color="red">10</font>]]''' ^{<font color="navy">[[User talk:JohnnyAlbert10|T]]</font> · <font color="orange">[[Special:Contributions/JohnnyAlbert10|C]]</font>} 06:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

==== Request for [[Pennsylvania Route 739]] ====

I need to replace a few refs in [[Pennsylvania Route 739]] and need one for its establishment. Thank you.[[User:Mitchazenia|Mitch]][[User talk:Mitchazenia|azenia]] 23:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

:Does [http://books.google.com/books?um=1&tab=wp&hl=en&q=%22bethlehem+turnpike] help? --[[User talk:NE2|NE2]] 07:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

::Yeah, but alot of the references are from books and I was hoping to get a newspaper article. -- '''[[User:JohnnyAlbert10|<font color="Blue">JA</font><font color="red">10</font>]]''' ^{<font color="navy">[[User talk:JohnnyAlbert10|T]]</font> · <font color="orange">[[Special:Contributions/JohnnyAlbert10|C]]</font>} 01:36, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

===July-August 2007===

====[[Snickersville Turnpike]] (the first toll road in the U.S.)====

I would like the full text of chapter xxx of the Acts of 1785 of the U.S. state of Virginia. This includes "leading into the town of Alexandria from Snigger's and Vesta's Gaps". neroute2 at gmail. Thank you. --[[User talk:NE2|NE2]] 00:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

====[[Homerun (film)]]====

Finding referenced information on Singaporean movies is difficult. I have expanded this article as far as I can with web-based references alone. However, I will need newspaper references to expand it further. Around the day the movie was released in cinemas, [[The Straits Times]] published an article about the differences between [[Children of Heaven]] and Homerun (I could write an entire section comparing the two movies, solely based on that reference). Furthermore, The Straits Times and [[Channel NewsAsia]] are likely to provide enough references to write a decent Production section (a neccesity if I ever push the article for GA status). Other newspapers may provide referenced information that I could use to expand the Political satire and Reception sections. Could somebody search LexisNexis, Factiva and/or Newslink for newspaper articles about the movie, and e-mail their full text and citation information to hildanknight(AT)gmail(DOT)com? --[[User:Hildanknight|J.L.W.S. The Special One]] 13:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

==== [[Jelqing]] ====

"''There has been only one study on “jelqing” done by Dr. Brian Richards in the late 1970s. The [[British Journal of Sexual Medicine]] published the results. According to the study, 87 percent of men had positive results.''" [http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2004/11/01/Opinion/On.Top-2050962.shtml]. Does anyone have access or exact bibliographical reference? [http://worldcat.org/oclc/6464121&referer=brief_results] -- Thanx [[User:Cherubino|Cherubino]] 12:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

: The only remotely similar reference I could find in [[Pubmed]] was Richards BA. "Mechanical aids to sex." Br J Sex Med. 1975 Oct;2(5):33-5, 37. No abstract available. PMID: 830127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]." This is probably it, but I don't have access to the journal. The term doesn't appear anywhere in PubMed, which is pretty suspicious. -- [[User:phoebe|phoebe]]/<small>([[User talk:Phoebe|talk]]) </small> 01:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

===October 2007===

====[[Louis R. Vitullo]]====

I already have plenty of newspaper articles about the guy (Chicago Sun-Times), but I wonder if the National Cyclopedia of American Biography I requested for Paul Kirk also has info on Vitullo. I came up empty in my own library, but they lack a lot of publications. Any other biographical entry is welcome too. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 18:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

====[[Robert Wornum]], [[George Wilkinson (music publisher)]]====

Michael Kassler in [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3870/is_200607/ai_n16522881/pg_1 "Broderip, Wilkinson and the first English edition of the '48'"] Musical Times, Summer 2006 quotes a little from an advertisement with details about the fire at 315 Oxford street in ''The Times'' but NewspaperArchive seems to be missing the issue from October 13, 1812 - I don't know if Gale has it. [e-mail]

*''The Times'' October 13, 1812, p.2

- [[User:Mireut|Mireut]] 14:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

*It seems that paper is so old, that there is no digital copy available; Lexis Nexis doesn't have it either. I think you'd have to ask The Times directly, or head for the [[British Library]]. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 17:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

===November 2007===

====[[History of California's state highway system]]====

If anybody could get me the text of chapter 767 (page 2034) in the 1933 California state statutes, it would be much appreciated. Thank you. --[[User talk:NE2|NE2]] 21:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

==Filled requests==

====[[42nd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)]] and [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]]====