Association for Games & Puzzles International (2017-) (AGPI)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
AGPI collection of Norman Hasselriis papers
File — Box: Individual Manuscripts
Identifier: 116.5455-d
Abstract
These materials, collected by AGPI, include two typed manuscripts from Norman Hasselriis on the history of card games. The manuscripts, titled "An Invitation to a Whist Party" and "A Short Whistory of Bridge," each have an annotation reading "from his unpublished book."
AGPI collection of Sally Sugarman papers
File — Box: Individual Manuscripts
Identifier: 116.5455-c
Abstract
These materials, collected by AGPI, include two manuscripts from Sally Sugarman: "Children's Games as Cultural Commentary" (paper presented at Popular Culture Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 8, 1990) and "Children on Board: Images from Candy Lands" (noted as "forthcoming in a Popular Culture book Images of Childhood").
AGPI collection on bagatelles
File — Box: Individual Manuscripts
Identifier: 116.5455-b
Abstract
This file contains notes, reference photocopies, and original manuscript text on the history of bagatelles by author Richard M. ("Dick") Bueschel. Also included with these materials are a photograph of Bueschel's bagatelle collection hanging on a wall.
AGPI collection on European games
File — Box: Individual Manuscripts
Identifier: 116.5455-a
Abstract
This file of information, collected by the Association for Games & Puzzles International (AGPI), includes two documents detailing early European games. The first, "The Pre-1900 European Game Catalog," was compiled by Bill Alexander in 1989 and lists known manufacturers of games in Europe during the 19th century. The other is a 1993 catalog (in German) created by Austrian organization Die Spiel Collection, documenting games manufacturers in Austria.
American Game Collectors Association [AGCA] "personal" - notes, reference, and correspondence, 1985-2004
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Subseries Scope and Content Note
This subseries houses research and reference files created and maintained by Williams of puzzle makers and collectors.
Anne D. Williams games-related clippings and correspondence
File — Box: Individual Manuscripts
Identifier: 116.5453
Abstract
This folder of games-related clippings includes the published articles "The Guru of Games: The Play's the Thing for Game Inventor Sid Sackson" (Minda Zetlin, GAMES magazine, Feb/March 1987) and "The Insides and Outsides of Game Collecting" (Bruce Whitehill, Inside Collector, March 1991). Also in this folder are drafts of an article "How to Date Your Monopoly Game" by Dave Oglesby, with associated edits, notes, and correspondence with Anne D. Williams.
Anne D. Williams papers
Collection — Box: 1-53
Identifier: 2020.williams
Abstract
The Anne D. Williams papers contain decades of compiled research (notes, reference, correspondence, photographs, and other documentation) on various companies, independent puzzle-makers, puzzle collectors, and more. The bulk of the materials are dated between 1980 and 2006.