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Excuse the delayed response. Hope this is still of interest to the list.

The Morgan Library & Museum owns an extensive collection of games and toys, mostly of English, German, French, Italian, and American origin.

The circa 500 items include peepshows, panoramas, paper dolls, board games, optical toys, building blocks, pop-up books, playing cards, jig-saw puzzles, and miniature theaters, and they were created mostly during the 18th and 19th centuries.

This collection is in the care of the Department of Printed Books, and is available for consultation in the Reading Room by appointment. Application form: http://www.themorgan.org/research/reading-room-application

Selected items have been displayed in various Morgan exhibitions over the years, including: "Honor, Glory, Adventure! Books for boys in the age of Pierpont Morgan", 2002, and "Be Merry and Wise", 1996.

The items can be searched by subject/genre or keyword in CORSAIR, the Morgan’s collection catalog, with search limits set to Printed Books.
http://corsair.themorgan.org/

Best,

Maria Oldal
Manager of Collections Information and Library Systems
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-590-0382

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Mar González Palacios <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello,


Here is a brief description of what we have at the Canadian Centre for Architecture:

 

Comprising over 800 items, the collection of architectural toys and games spans two centuries of toy manufacture in Europe and America and represents the full range of construction toys, including traditional wood building blocks, sets of paper architecture, and construction kits of metal, plastic or artificial stone. These toys and games provide rich insights into architectural history, particularly as toy manufacturers have always been quick to follow and incorporate into their products the latest technological and stylistic changes.

 

This collection is available for consultation but handling of restricted so these are not meant for playing. Toys and games from it are often used in exhibitions. For instance, we acquired a group of games for the exhibition “Sorry, Out of Gas.”

 

Best,

mar

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Mar González Palacios

Chef, Accès à la Collection

Head, Collection Access

 

Centre Canadien d’Architecture

Canadian Centre for Architecture

T 514 939 7001 x 2518

www.cca.qc.ca

 

From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]ORG] On Behalf Of Rachel Beckwith
Sent: November-22-17 9:21 AM
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Hampshire College has a game collection (both analog board games and digital games) which you can read about and browse here:
https://www.hampshire.edu/library/game-library

Rachel

On 11/21/17 5:47 PM, rachel resnik wrote:

I wouldn't say we have a board game collection, but we do have some games out for patrons to play.

 

Most popularly there is always a game of chess being played. [People just do one move as they walk by the board and then flip over the card that says whose turn it is.]

 

We also have very pretty sets of backgammon and dominoes; both from Ridley's.

And:

Spec-trix ( a color game)

CUBU (visual illusion game)

Memory (from Maharam)

Charles Eames' House of Cards

 

 

rachel resnik

technical services librarian

massachusetts college of art + design

621 huntington avenue

boston, ma 02115

617-879-7115

 

From: ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Mackenzie Salisbury <[log in to unmask]>
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I would love to hear these responses as well!

Thanks!

 

 

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:37 AM, David Pemberton <00000010f58072b8-dmarc-[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Does anyone out there have a board/card/dice game collection in their library? What can you tell me about it?

Many thanks! 


David Pemberton
Instruction/Periodicals Librarian 
SVA Library
School of Visual Arts
380 2nd Ave., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-592-2664
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Access and Arts Librarian 
Hampshire College Library
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Amherst, MA  01002
 
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