[game_preservation] Swag archive?

[Henry Lowood]

The Special Collections term for materials like these: ephemera.   We do 
have a Silicon Valley ephemera collection at Stanford, and I do 
selectively include materials related mostly to California game 
companies & events. So, yes, my GDC programs and some of the flyers that 
I gather on the show floor end up there.  We also have a nice set of 
materials from E3; my sister-in-law was part of the marketing team that 
established the show, and I collected materials when I attended.   
Finally, we have a huge amount of marketing material in the Apple 
collection.

Henry




Devin Monnens wrote:

> I was curious if any of the archives out there have a collection of 

> swag from conferences like GDC and E3. I was about to recycle half the 

> flyers they handed out, but then realized 'I don't know if anyone 

> working at an archive is saving these.' I personally think it's just 

> junk, but it might be interesting to see what all is being handed out 

> at booths as promo. I don't really have the means/space for this stuff 

> (nor a comprehensive collection) so I think it's just going in the 

> recycle.

>

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