Board games (game sets)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection
Collection
Identifier: 0392
Abstract
The G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection consists of photographs, correspondence, ephemera, realia, graphic materials, games, reference works, material from stage and film adaptations, and other archival material relating to children's literature author, mathematician, and writer Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Most well known for his first children's novels, Alice's...
Dates:
1865 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Patt Morrison collection of Los Angeles memorabilia
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049037444]
Identifier: 7113
Abstract
A collection of four board games, nine cans of "smog," a button and t-shirt relating to the 1984 Summer Olympics, a "powdered smog" postcard, and a dish towel collected by journalist, author, and radio and television personality Patt Morrison. Most of the items in the collection relate to Los Angeles smog and air pollution, but a few of the items relate to Los Angeles generally. The collection's board games include two copies of the board game titled "Smog: The Air Pollution Game" made by...
Dates:
1950 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Sexism board game
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049039903]
Identifier: 6284
Scope and Contents
A board game, titled Sexism, published in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, created by Houger & McCaw (Carolyn Houger and Martin McCaw), and sold by the National Organization of Women (NOW). According to the game's designer, Carolyn Houger, the game was meant to "bring out the humor in the Women's Liberation Movement and, at the same time, sensitize people so they realize what sexism means, for both men and women." The game's goal is to make it from the doll house at the start of the game to...
Dates:
1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections