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Anne D. Williams collection of jigsaw puzzle videos
The Anne D. Williams collection of jigsaw puzzle videos contains recordings on the topic of jigsaw puzzles, various puzzle-makers, and puzzle collectors. These moving image recordings (VHS cassettes and DVDs) are dated between 1983 and 2011.
Anne D. Williams papers
The Anne D. Williams papers contain decades of compiled research (notes, reference, correspondence, photographs, and other documentation) on various companies, independent puzzle-makers, puzzle collectors, and more. The bulk of the materials are dated between 1980 and 2006.
Arthur S. Obermayer Cube Suit collection
This collection contains legal documents, patents, notes, correspondence, drawings, publicity, and other papers pertaining to the patent infringement suit initiated by Moleculon Research Corp. against Ideal Toy Corp. regarding the popular Rubik’s Cube puzzle. The bulk of these materials are dated between 1982 and 1987.
Bob Weisman Rubik’s Cube collection
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.
Collection of John J. Fox Parker Brothers oral histories
Cube puzzle design document
This design document for a Cube Puzzle contains 5 pages (one each for brass cube, orange cube, dirt cube, dark yellow cube, and gunmetal cube) to be made out of wood, at Lewiston Regional Technical Center, Lewiston, Maine, 10/18/2006, designed by C P-G [Calder Phillips-Grafflin].
Deed for a jig saw
This record is a deed for a jig saw, acquired by Ansel French and Francis French from Sumner Blanchard, in Wilton, New Hampshire, dated January 25, 1861.
Portrait of George W. Fiss
A portrait-studio photograph of jigsaw puzzle enthusiast and maker George W. Fiss.
Professor Quizmaster film reels
This collection contains five 35mm film rolls containing individual frames with trivia questions and answer selections designed for use in Professor Quizmaster coin-operated arcade amusement machines, introduced in 1968 in the United States, France, and other countries. The game was sold by Mondial International, Inc. Four of the film reels are in English, and one roll is in French.
“Record Book for Jigsaw Puzzles”
A leather-bound record book kept by George W. Fiss Sr. He used the book to record when each of his home-made puzzles were loaned out, to whom, and when they were returned. There are 114 pages to the book and the last entry is January 18, 1925.