This collection contains material related to the game of checkers, also known as draughts, collected by an enthusiast and competitive player, Alfred C. Darrow, throughout his life. Materials date from 1808 to 2019 with the bulk of materials dating from 1960 to 2010. The collection is comprised of checkers match annotations and analyses, correspondence, manuscripts, newsletters, notes and reference materials, published material, scrapbooks, tournament programs, and more.