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Bob Weisman Rubik’s Cube collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 116.5022
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to Rubik’s Cube from Bob Weisman, former Promotional Manager at Ideal Toy Corporation, during the height of the Rubik’s Cube craze. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from 1980 and 1981.

Dates: 1908; 1980 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1981

Edwin J. Rich papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ORIG.rich
Abstract The Edwin J. Rich papers document the invention, manufacture, distribution, and sales of toys by the Ideal Novelty Co. of Rochester, NY. The collection consists of two copybooks of outgoing correspondence written by Rich during his time as general manager and owner of the Ideal Novelty Co., and personal correspondence pertaining to property and the handling of a relative's estate. Toys represented in this collection include the Beauty Top (Spinning Top, E. R. McCall, patent no....
Dates: 1901-1912