Norman D. Stevens collection of word and reading games, circa 1900-1993

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Summary

Creators:
Stevens, Norman D.
Abstract:
Collection consists of word, card and reading games. Includes such word games as Boggle and Upwards, along with older reading games such as How Silas popped the question.
Extent:
4.0 Linear Feet (4 cartons, 1 flat box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Word and reading games collection (Collection 287). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of word, card and reading games. Includes such word games as Boggle and Upwards, along with older reading games such as How Silas popped the question.

Acquisition information:
Source and date of receipt unknown.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Reprocessed by Lindsay Chaney, 2015. When this collection was re-processed in 2015, original box labels stated the collection title as "Children's games collection, 1979-" and the collector as Norman D. Stevens.

Arrangement:

Games are arranged according to their call number.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Portions of collection unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Word and reading games collection (Collection 287). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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