Strong (History Museum)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Doll Oral History Project collection
Collection — Box 1-8: [Barcode: Doll Oral History Project collection]
Identifier: 1987.doll
Abstract
The Doll Oral History Project collection is a compilation of oral history audio cassettes, transcripts, photographs, reports, and other documentation on this project from Summer/Fall 1987, administered by Dorothy Washburn for the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum. Oral history interview transcripts (along with associated indexes) were digitized in 2019 and are available to access digitally through ...
Dates:
1986-1994, 2019; Majority of material found in 1987, 2019
Game Show History collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022.gameshow
Abstract
The Game Show History collection contains documentation on the development, production, marketing, and distribution of game shows. As archival materials are acquired by the museum, they will be added to this collection.
Dates:
1958 - 2023
ICHEG Video Game Play Capture Project collection
Collection
Identifier: ICHEG-VGPC
Abstract
This collection contains several dozen terabytes of digital capture recorded during the IMLS-funded Video Game Capture Project at The Strong. Researchers interested in this resource should contact staff from ICHEG for contents/extent of video games available from this project.
Dates:
2011 - 2018
Indie Games collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019.IG
Abstract
The Indie Games collection is an ongoing compilation of materials from independent game developers. Archival materials include development art, game builds, design documents, notes, correspondence, and more. The bulk of the collection is dated between 2003 and 2014.
Dates:
2002 - 2018
Pinball playfields and drawings collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022.pinball
Abstract
This is an ongoing, artificial collection compiled by staff members at The Strong. Pinball playfields and pinball-related drawings housed in this collection were acquired in piecemeal—typically through a vendor purchase—and were not part of an existing contextual collection. (Researchers may also be interested in the various company records held in the Brian Sutton-Smith Library & Archives of Play at The Strong, including the ...
Dates:
1958 - 1993
Sumerian Game collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 116.sumer
Abstract
The Sumerian Game collection contains three teletype printouts from the Sumerian Game (also called Sumer), one of the first educational computer games, along with photographic slides and a research report filed to the Office of Education at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The dated materials are from 1962-1967, though some items are undated. Scans of the slides were...
Dates:
1962-1967; 2015
Toys for Bob collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 117.11504
Abstract
The Toys for Bob collection is a compilation of original materials from the production of character figures for Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (a toys-to-life action video game published by Activision) and video oral histories recorded in 2017. Video and audio of interviews are accessible via The Strong’s Preservica-Universal...
Dates:
2011 - 2017
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Game design and development 2
- Oral history 2
- Video games 2
- Baby dolls 1
- Computer adventure games 1
- Computer games 1
- Crayon Physics (Game) 1
- Crayon Physics Deluxe (Game) 1
- Dolls 1
- Double Dare (Television show) 1
- Educational games 1
- Electronic games 1
- Fantasy games 1
- Figurines 1
- Games -- Video & Electronic 1
- Hollywood Squares (Game show) 1
- Idiotest (Game show) 1
- Independent game designers 1
- Indie Games Initiative 1
- Indie games 1
- Name that Tune (Game show) 1
- National Archives of Game Show History 1
- National Toy Hall of Fame inductee 1
- New Treasure Hunt (Game show) 1
- Pinball machines 1
- Pinball machines--Drawings 1
- Pinball machines--History 1
- Play 1
- Quadrilateral Cowboy (Game) 1
- Simulation games 1
- Simulation games in education 1
- Skylanders (Game) 1
- Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Game) 1
- Sumerian Game (Computer game) 1
- Teletype in education 1
- Television -- Production and direction 1
- Television game show hosts 1
- Television game shows 1
- Television game shows -- United States -- History 1
- Television programs 1
- Television quiz shows 1
- Tell Us About Yourself (Podcast) 1
- The Big Game (Game show) 1
- The Price is Right (Game show) 1
- To Say the Least (Game show) 1
- Video gamers 1
- Video games industry 1
- Video recordings 1
- Wheel of Fortune (Game show) 1
- Wild Earth (Game) 1
- World Video Game Hall of Fame inductee 1