Box 1
Contains 12 Results:
Polo - notes, sketches, reference, and correspondence; 1963-1979 [bulk 1978-1979]
“Qubic” [3-D Tic-Tac Toe] - notes, sketches, reference, and correspondence; 1972-1979 and n.d. [bulk 1978-1979]
Calculator - notes, reference, and sketches; 1977-1979 [bulk 1979]
“VCS Checkers” [Video Checkers] - notes, reference, sketches, and correspondence; 1960-1980 [bulk 1979-1980]
Atari Personal Computer Systems Software Catalog, 1980
This subseries contains a 1980 Atari Personal Computer Systems Software Catalog, which features descriptions for several programs developed by Shaw (including Calculatorand 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, which Shaw marked in pencil on the catalog pages).
Activision business cards, Carol Shaw, Designer, n.d. [c. 1982-1984]
Within this subseries are advertisements by Activision for Carol Shaw’s River Raid in both English and German, as well as catalogs, commercials, a poster, and business cards. (These advertisements and catalog pages are notable for highlighting Carol Shaw as the designer of River Raid, since companies did not typically acknowledge the creator in the game’s title.)
Activision “Carol Shaw’s River Raid” sell sheet, 1983
Within this subseries are advertisements by Activision for Carol Shaw’s River Raid in both English and German, as well as catalogs, commercials, a poster, and business cards. (These advertisements and catalog pages are notable for highlighting Carol Shaw as the designer of River Raid, since companies did not typically acknowledge the creator in the game’s title.)
Activision River Raid Jagdflieger sell sheet, 1983 [in German]
Within this subseries are advertisements by Activision for Carol Shaw’s River Raid in both English and German, as well as catalogs, commercials, a poster, and business cards. (These advertisements and catalog pages are notable for highlighting Carol Shaw as the designer of River Raid, since companies did not typically acknowledge the creator in the game’s title.)
Activision Video Game Cartridge catalogs, 1983-1984, and River Raiders high-scorer patch, n.d. [c. 1983]
Within this subseries are advertisements by Activision for Carol Shaw’s River Raid in both English and German, as well as catalogs, commercials, a poster, and business cards. (These advertisements and catalog pages are notable for highlighting Carol Shaw as the designer of River Raid, since companies did not typically acknowledge the creator in the game’s title.)
Carol Shaw with Atari 800, photographic slide, April 1981
This series holds a photographic slide of Carol Shaw, a letter from an Activision executive upon the release of the Atari 2600 Action Pack (which featured River Raid) in 1995, and a list of the materials donated by Shaw to The Strong in 2017.