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Contains 27 Results:

Block game instructions draft (fragments), n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains information related to game development at Parker Brothers, including several of the company’s most popular board game titles. Draft game instructions and notes are housed within these folders.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries A: Game development

Clue historical information and rules drafts, c. 1949-1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains information related to game development at Parker Brothers, including several of the company’s most popular board game titles. Draft game instructions and notes are housed within these folders.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries A: Game development

Cluedo game instructions draft, c. 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains information related to game development at Parker Brothers, including several of the company’s most popular board game titles. Draft game instructions and notes are housed within these folders.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries A: Game development

Monopoly historical information (marked “Confidential”), n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains information related to game development at Parker Brothers, including several of the company’s most popular board game titles. Draft game instructions and notes are housed within these folders.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries A: Game development

Senet historical information, c. 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains information related to game development at Parker Brothers, including several of the company’s most popular board game titles. Draft game instructions and notes are housed within these folders.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries A: Game development

Wit’s End game instructions draft, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains information related to game development at Parker Brothers, including several of the company’s most popular board game titles. Draft game instructions and notes are housed within these folders.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries A: Game development

Patent No. 469,089 - Game Apparatus, George S. Parker, patented Feb. 16, 1892

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries houses patent papers for various board and card games, along with related correspondence and reference from the U.S. Patent Office.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries B: Patents and related correspondence

Patent No. 748,626 - Game Board, Lizzie J. Magie, patented Jan. 5, 1904, and associated correspondence, c. 1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries houses patent papers for various board and card games, along with related correspondence and reference from the U.S. Patent Office.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries B: Patents and related correspondence

Patent No. 792,345 - Card Game, George S. Parker, patented June 13, 1905

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries houses patent papers for various board and card games, along with related correspondence and reference from the U.S. Patent Office.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries B: Patents and related correspondence

Patent No. 952,939 - Game Cards, George S. Parker, patented Mar. 22, 1910, and Patent No. 1,129,423 - Card Game, George S. Parker, patented Feb. 23, 1915; associated patent correspondence, c. 1952

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries houses patent papers for various board and card games, along with related correspondence and reference from the U.S. Patent Office.

Dates: 1892-1952
Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong / LeRoy Howard papers / Series I: Business papers / Subseries B: Patents and related correspondence

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