1. 1980s litigation, 1981 - 1989
Scope and Content Note
This section contains materials related to 1980s litigation between TSR, Inc. and Mayfair Games, Inc. Legal papers include agreements, correspondence, research, exhibits, and notes.
Materials transferred to the library from box 15, folder 2 include: Fez I: Valley of Trees, Game News (August 1985, No. 6; July 1985, No. 5), Ice Elves, Mayfair Games 1984 catalog, Gameplay (Volume 1, No. 1; Number 10, December 1983), Beastmaker Mountain, The Quest for the Nanorien Stones, Dwarves, From the Casebook of Nick Velvet, The Keep, Dungeons & Dragons Curse of Xanathon, Psionics, Advanced D&D Monster Manual by Gary Gygax (4th ed. 1979).
Dates
- Creation: 1981 - 1989
Creator
- From the Collection: Bromley, Darwin Paul (Person)
- From the Collection: Bromley, Peter Yarwood (Person)
- From the Collection: Mayfair Games, Inc. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to portions of this collection have been restricted. These documents will not be open for research use until the year 2042; they are denoted as such in this finding aid and are separated from unrestricted files. Access to media and digital materials requires advance notice. Currently, access to data cartridges/cassettes, and some floppy disks due to formatting is unavailable; it is possible that certain other formats may be inaccessible or restricted.
Extent
From the Collection: 132.6 Linear Feet (This collection is housed in 199 archival document boxes, 5 rolled storage boxes, 7 oversized boxes, and 18 additional archival media boxes, with additional oversized folders stored in 4 map case drawers.)
From the Collection: 512.1 Megabytes
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository
The Strong
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Rochester NY 14607 USA
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