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Doll Oral History Project collection

Collection — Box: 1-8

Identifier: 1987.doll

Abstract The Doll Oral History Project collection is a compilation of oral history audio cassettes, transcripts, photographs, reports, and other documentation on this project from Summer/Fall 1987, administered by Dorothy Washburn for the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum. Oral history interview transcripts (along with associated indexes) were digitized in 2019 and are available to access digitally through ...

Dates: 1986-1994, 2019; Majority of material found in 1987, 2019

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

Game Show History collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2022.gameshow

Abstract

The Game Show History collection contains documentation on the development, production, marketing, and distribution of game shows. As archival materials are acquired by the museum, they will be added to this collection.

Dates: 1958 - 2023

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

ICHEG Video Game Play Capture Project collection

Collection

Identifier: ICHEG-VGPC

Abstract

This collection contains several dozen terabytes of digital capture recorded during the IMLS-funded Video Game Capture Project at The Strong. Researchers interested in this resource should contact staff from ICHEG for contents/extent of video games available from this project.

Dates: 2011 - 2018

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

Indie Games collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2019.IG

Abstract

The Indie Games collection is an ongoing compilation of materials from independent game developers. Archival materials include development art, game builds, design documents, notes, correspondence, and more. The bulk of the collection is dated between 2003 and 2014.

Dates: 2002 - 2018

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

Pinball playfields and drawings collection

Collection

Identifier: 2022.pinball

Abstract This is an ongoing, artificial collection compiled by staff members at The Strong. Pinball playfields and pinball-related drawings housed in this collection were acquired in piecemeal—typically through a vendor purchase—and were not part of an existing contextual collection. (Researchers may also be interested in the various company records held in the Brian Sutton-Smith Library & Archives of Play at The Strong, including the ...

Dates: 1958 - 1993

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

Sumerian Game collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 116.sumer

Abstract The Sumerian Game collection contains three teletype printouts from the Sumerian Game (also called Sumer), one of the first educational computer games, along with photographic slides and a research report filed to the Office of Education at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The dated materials are from 1962-1967, though some items are undated. Scans of the slides were...

Dates: 1962-1967; 2015

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

Toys for Bob collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 117.11504

Abstract The Toys for Bob collection is a compilation of original materials from the production of character figures for Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (a toys-to-life action video game published by Activision) and video oral histories recorded in 2017. Video and audio of interviews are accessible via The Strong’s Preservica-Universal...

Dates: 2011 - 2017

Found in: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong

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Doll Oral History Project collection

Game Show History collection

ICHEG Video Game Play Capture Project collection

Indie Games collection

Pinball playfields and drawings collection

Sumerian Game collection

Toys for Bob collection

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