Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Muir family collection on play-by-mail games
Date (inclusive): circa 1991-2007
Collection Number: MS 414
Creator:
Broden, Shannon Elise-Muir
Creator:
Muir, John C.
Extent:
2.08 linear feet
(5 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of materials related to various play-by-mail games collected and developed by John C. Muir and his
daughter Shannon Elise-Muir Broden, including rulebooks, specification sheets, forms, newsletters, team rosters, turn results,
reference manuals and play-by-mail publications.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Muir family collection on play-by-mail games (MS 414). Special Collections &
University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gifts of John C. Muir and Shannon Elise-Muir Broden, 2016.
Processing History
Processed by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant, 2018.
Processing of the Muir family collection on play-by-mail games was completed by undergraduate students from the University
of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015.
This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to various play-by-mail games collected and developed by John C. Muir and his
daughter Shannon Elise-Muir Broden (represented as Shannon Muir in the collection), with Broden often playing as a beta tester
for the games. Items in the collection include basic and advanced rulebooks, specification sheets of Gunfighter technology,
blank forms to add to player's characters and locations, newsletters about game progress and player interaction, team rosters,
turn results for specific characters played by Broden, reference manuals, and play-by-mail publications of game reviews.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1.
CTF2187, 1991-2007
- Series 2. Other play-by-mail games, circa 1989-1990
- Series 3. Periodicals, 1983-2007
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Fantasy games
Play-by-mail games
Genres and Forms of Materials
Correspondence
Notes
Publications