Melin Printing – quotes, invoices, correspondence, 1993 - 1995
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains materials related to vendors that may have helped with managing printing, packaging, publishing, logistics/shipping. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by vendor name or product type with more generic materials arranged at the end of the subseries. Contents include correspondence, invoices, quotes, price lists, ads, fliers, agreements, reports, and ephemera.
Patch Products, a company with which Mayfair Games, Inc. contracted to produce many games, also operated as Product Sales International, Inc. (PSI); see related materials in box 196, folder 3. (As of 2016, the company name is PlayMonster.)
Note that some vendor reference materials including kits, samples, and catalogs have been transferred to the library for companies including: Bawden Printing, nc., C.W. Fifield Co., Inc., Chicago Press Corporation, China Sources, Clik!Case, Wordright Enterprises, Inc., Crown Roll Leaf, Inc., Dixon Ticonderoga Company, Don Scott Associates, Inc., ERTL Replicas, Folder Factory, Full Wisdom Enterprise Co., Ltd., Game Parts, Inc., Hampshire Specialty Products, Inc., Hinz Lithography Company, Holaxis Holography, Hoyle, LA Marketing, Inland, J.M.S. Graphics, Inc., KCS Industries, Inc., Keener Rubber Bands, Letterhead Press, Midwest Gold Stampers, Inc. (in Remax folder), Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V., Oriental Trading Company, Inc., Osborne Coinage, Regal Images, Stimpson, Summer Metal Products Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tank Shan, The Signery, Trade Winds, Triangle/Expercolor, Universal Elements, Universal Litho, Inc., Visual Horizons, Vultron Incorporated, Western Publishing Company, Inc., and Wicklander Printing.
Dates
- Creation: 1993 - 1995
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.
Full 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.)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 512.1 Megabytes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: 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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