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Division of Rare and Manuscripts Games collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6554

Scope and content

Various types of games ranging from historical to contemporary board and card games and puzzles. Game titles include: The Adventure Kit of Mathematics, Bingo, The Newlywed Game, Stork Bingo, Scrabble, Monopoly, Happy Families, Old Bachelor--the 90s Version of Old Maid, Flinch, Gumby Colorform Playset, Touring, The Big Board, Architector Jr., Murder at the Missions, Risk, The Fat Albert and the Cosby's Game, Sweet Valley High, African American Discovery, New Town, Marvel Superheroes, Bingo, Old Maid, travel games, Goren's Bridge for 2, Outdoor Survival, Tompkins County Trivia Game, Mental Nuts, Monopoly Deluxe Edition 2002, Monte Carlowe Casino Game Set, and Round the World with Nellie Bly. Also includes picture puzzles and jigsaw puzzles.

Scope and content

Additional games include: An Historical Game of England (1804); The Historiscope, a Panorama & History of America (1868); What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls (1966); Capital Punishment (1981); Dr. Ruth's Game of Good Sex; Public Assistance (1980) and Twinkees and Trolls. Also, an atomic bomb game from World War II, with a picture of an atomic bomb hurtling toward Japan and two pegs which the player tries to insert in the holes marked Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and La Dame de Coeur, a French sex game.

Dates

  • 1804-1999.

Language of Materials

Collection material in English and French.

Conditions Governing Access

Boxes 17 and 18 closed until processed.

Extent

8.2 cubic feet. (8.2 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Various types of games ranging from historical to contemporary board and card games.

Physical Description

Extent is approximate.

Physical Description

Games

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
July 2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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