Division of Rare and Manuscripts Games collection, 1804-1999.
Collection Number: 6554

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Division of Rare and Manuscripts Games collection, 1804-1999.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6554
Abstract:
Various types of games ranging from historical to contemporary board and card games.
Creator:
Quanitities:
8.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English and French.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Division of Rare and Manuscripts Games collection, #6554. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Scope and content

Various types of games ranging from historical to contemporary board and card games and puzzles. Game titles include: The Adventure Kit of Mathematics, Bingo, The Newlywed Game, Stork Bingo, Scrabble, Monopoly, Happy Families, Old Bachelor--the 90s Version of Old Maid, Flinch, Gumby Colorform Playset, Touring, The Big Board, Architector Jr., Murder at the Missions, Risk, The Fat Albert and the Cosby's Game, Sweet Valley High, African American Discovery, New Town, Marvel Superheroes, Bingo, Old Maid, travel games, Goren's Bridge for 2, Outdoor Survival, Tompkins County Trivia Game, Mental Nuts, Monopoly Deluxe Edition 2002, Monte Carlowe Casino Game Set, and Round the World with Nellie Bly. Also includes picture puzzles and jigsaw puzzles.
Scope and content

Additional games include: An Historical Game of England (1804); The Historiscope, a Panorama & History of America (1868); What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls (1966); Capital Punishment (1981); Dr. Ruth's Game of Good Sex; Public Assistance (1980) and Twinkees and Trolls. Also, an atomic bomb game from World War II, with a picture of an atomic bomb hurtling toward Japan and two pegs which the player tries to insert in the holes marked Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and La Dame de Coeur, a French sex game.
SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Puzzles.
Paper war games.
Games for travelers.
Card games.
Board games.
Form and Genre Terms:
Jigsaw puzzles.
Picture puzzles.
Games.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
The Big Board
 1958
Scope and Contents
Play the stocks at home. Includes board, pieces, and fake money
Box 2
Monopoly: Deluxe Edition
 1998
Scope and Contents
Never played, still in the plastic
Box 3
Architector, Jr.
 1945
Scope and Contents
Stone building blocks in red, beige and blue
Box 4
Deluxe Monte Carlowe Casino Game Set
Scope and Contents
Includes roulette, chuck-a-luck, little bandit, wheel of fortune, horse race, dice, dice layout, chips, and instructions
Box 5
TV's Dallas: A Game of the Ewing Family
 1980
Scope and Contents
Game board, play pieces, play cards and money
Box 5
The Fat Albert and Cosby Kids Game
 1973
Scope and Contents
Board game with pieces
Box 5
Sweet Valley High: Can you find your boyfriend in time for the big date?
 1988
Box 6
Monopoly
 1936
Scope and Contents
Complete game
Box 6
African-American Discovery: An Exciting Black History Game
 1990
Scope and Contents
Includes game board and cards
Box 6
Newtown Planners' Set
 1972
Scope and Contents
Includes complete set and letter and brochure regarding the game
Box 6
Point Count Summary: Goren Official Point Count
Scope and Contents
Requirements, responses and rebids. Board looks like a baking sheet made from tin
Box 6
Small atomic bomb game from World War II
 Undated
Box 7
Risk!
 1959
Scope and Contents
Continental game
Box 7
Las Vegas Wild
 1954
Scope and Contents
Card tile game
Box 7
Round the World With Nellie Bly
 1890
Scope and Contents
Board game with pieces, dial, and instruction booklet
Box 8
Tuco Picture Puzzle
Scope and Contents
100 piece puzzle of children playing with a toy town
Box 8
Tuco Picture Puzzle
Scope and Contents
100 piece puzzle of the Lincoln Memorial
Box 8
Tuco Picture Puzzle
Scope and Contents
100 piece puzzle of the Bill of Rights and onlookers
Box 8
Limited Edition American Heritage Jigsaw Puzzle: The Lindbergh Tapestry
Scope and Contents
500 piece hand-cut puzzle
Box 8
Murder at the Mission
 1984
Scope and Contents
James Swise Mystery game for six people. "Invite your friends, give each a role and a reason to commit murder!"
Box 8
Tompkins County Trivial Pursuits cards
Box 8
Flinch: A Famous Family Game
 1951
Scope and Contents
Parker Bothers, Inc. card game
Box 8
Old Bachelor
 1994
Scope and Contents
The 90's Version of Old Maid
Box 8
Happy Families
Scope and Contents
Card game, no directions
Box 8
Old Maid
 2001
Scope and Contents
Hoyle card game
Box 8
Touring: The Famous Automobile Card game
 1954
Scope and Contents
Parker Brothers
Box 8
Contack
 1939
Scope and Contents
Triangle card game
Box 8
Touring
 1965
Scope and Contents
Parker Brothers Automobile Game
Box 8
De Luxe Games
Scope and Contents
Boxed set, includes Backgammon, Solitaire peg game, Checkers, and Chinese Checkers
Box 8
Deluxe Bingo
 1961
Scope and Contents
Includes 'magic dispenser' and plastic number pieces
Box 8
Marvel Superheroes: The Heroic Role-Playing Game
 1984
Scope and Contents
Includes pieces, instructions, and playing board
Box 9
Perquackey
 1970
Scope and Contents
Plastic word game
Box 9
Mental....Nuts; Can you.......crack 'em?
 1897
Scope and Contents
Trick questions and puzzles booklet
Box 9
Tompkins County Trivial Pursuits Cards
Scope and Contents
In support of Offender Aid and Restoration of Tompkins County
Box 9
Rondo
Scope and Contents
Waddingtons Circular Playing Cards
Box 9
Russell's Library of Games
 1945
Scope and Contents
Includes miniature versions of card games Old Maid, Authors, Dr. Quack, Slap Jack, Animal Rummy, Crossword
Box 9
What's Yours?
Scope and Contents
Faulkners 24 questions, each answered with the name of a well-known beverage
Box 9
Chit Chat
 1963
Scope and Contents
"The Hugh Downs game of conversation"
Box 9
Bridge for Two
 1964
Scope and Contents
Milton Bradley's classic bridge
Box 9
The Newlywed Game
 1967
Scope and Contents
Based on the ABC television program
Box 9
Gumby Play Set
 1988
Scope and Contents
Includes play pieces and living room play board
Box 9
Scrabble
 1953
Scope and Contents
The classic word game
Box 9
Stork Bingo
 1957
Scope and Contents
Themed Bingo for a baby shower
Box 9
Outdoor Survival
 1972
Scope and Contents
"A game about wilderness skills"
Box 9
Brain Quest
 1999
Scope and Contents
A question and answer game for ages 3-4
Box 9
Adventure Kit of Mathematics
 1960
Scope and Contents
Includes books and math tools and games
Box 10
Multi-game set
 1930
Scope and Contents
Includes instructions and pieces for chess, checkers, poker, roulette, dominoes; lacks checkerboard
Box 10
Backgammon set
 1960
Scope and Contents
Includes board
Box 11
What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls
 1966
Scope and Contents
Includes board and game pieces
Box 11
Public Assistance
 1980
Scope and Contents
Includes board and game pieces
Box 11
Capital Punishment
 1981
Scope and Contents
Includes board and game pieces
Box 11
Twinkees and Trolls
 Undated
Scope and Contents
Includes board and game pieces
Box 12
The Historiscope: Panorama and History of America
 1868
Scope and Contents
Includes original tickets, crank and narration booklet
Box 13
Dr. Ruth's Game of Good Sex
 1985
Scope and Contents
Includes board and game pieces
Box 14
An Historical Game of England
1804
0.1 cubic feet.
Box 15
La Dame de Coeur
 1980-1989
0.2 cubic feet.
Scope and Contents
French sex game, similar to Monopoly in structure but not in content. Set includes rules, a board, pieces, and cards. Illustrations on the board are sexually explicit.
Box 16
Revlon's "The $64,000 Question"
 1956