[game_preservation] Swag archive?

[Henry Lowood]

Ok, I'll take off my curator hat and put on my collector hat now.  I do 
have a bunch of show gimmes from the late 1970s forward into the 1990s, 
mostly from microcomputer and home computer events, but including a 
bunch of game stuff.  I probably have a few hundred pins, for example.  
However, it never occurred to me to give these to Stanford, and I 
probably wouldn't accept them (as curator), even as a donation from me, 
unless they were part of a larger collection that provided some 
context.  For example, we have the Apple Computer t-shirt collection, 
but that came from Apple as part of their history collection (and it was 
the largest in the world at the time).

Henry

Martin Goldberg wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:

>   

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

>> from conferences like GDC and E3.

>>     

>

>

> I do from CES and other shows going back to the early 80's through mid

> 90's (when the industry left CES to do E3).  From both the video game

> and computing industry.  Pamphlets, brochures, flyers, pins, buttons,

> baloons, mugs, shirts, pens, etc., etc.  Though I do have some E3 era

> material as well - I just don't specialize in archiving that, but

> would be happy to start of there's a desire for the SIG for me to.

>

> Here's a few swagger items from the E2M archive on display as an example:

>

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283@N00/3381618836/in/set-72157615834963880/

> >From top to bottom, row by row - Centipede 2600/5200 announcement pin

> from CES.  Atari XL luggage tag from CES. Atari Computers button (from

> CES and several other shows). Atari Computers #1 keychain with hidden

> pen, from CES and several other shows.

>

> Atari Corp. Advantage holographic pin, CES.  Atari the Next Decade

> holographic button, from AMOA. Atari Starworld '78 from AMOA.  Atari

> Stargate 80 from AMOA.

>

> Tengen KLAX announcement pin, CES.  Tengen keychain, CES.  Atari

> Pac-Man sticker, CES and others.  Atari Pac-Man announcement

> holographic sticker, CES and others.  Atari Defender announcement

> holographic sticker, CES and others.  Atari Lynx holographic pin, CES.

>

> Apple Computer sticker, COMDEX, CES.  Apple IIc announcement pin,

> COMDEX, CES.  Konami Gun Fighters 25th Anniversary pin CES.  Atari

> centipede announcement button, CES.  Atari (Infogrames) light up

> pendant, E3.

>

> Try ColecoVision button, CES.  Sega Genesis announcement coin, June

> '89 CES.  Atari Family Entertainment Center coin, AMOA.

>

> I Shot Mad Dog on CD-I sticker/fully, CES.  Sega Out Run announcement

> button, CES.  IBM PC keychain announcement w/Charlie Chaplin logo,

> COMDEX.

>

>

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283@N00/3380798663/in/set-72157615834963880/

> Activision (Atari 2600 era) bumper sticker, CES.  Sega Dreamcast logo

> necklace, E3.  Atari(Infogrames) watch, E3.

>

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283@N00/3380798355/in/set-72157615834963880/

> Full set of McDonald's Atari 2600 contest material (game pieces,

> placemat).  Not show related, but just an example of other types of

> material in the archive.

>

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283@N00/3381618544/in/set-72157615834963880/

> Asteroids competition related material (1981).  Below, Computer

> industry related promotional pens, COMDEX and CES.

>

>

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:

>   

>> Never seen a site/archive that advertises they take things like this, and I

>> would  be pretty sure space is limited to usually more manual-inclined

>> material or major advertising (this usually found in magazines) rather then

>> flyers...hmm, I do wonder.

>>     

>

> That's what sterlite bins and bubble wrap are for. ;)  For flyers and

> that, acid free bagging, acid free cardboard dividers, and more

> sterlite bins.  But yes, I specifically take that kind of material.

>

>

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:

>   

>> CES shows eh? I wonder what hidden treasures the journalists have - the

>> problem is, developers don't usually keep hold of the stuff they give out

>>     

>

> My experience is the opposite.  A good portion of my material comes

> from industry people who attended the shows (i.e. worked in their

> companies booth) and kept them as souvenirs all this time.  Of course,

> plenty of material comes from journalists and general attendees as

> well.

>

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:38 PM,  <swizzle at dosmuseum.com> wrote:

>   

>> Devin,

>>

>> I have plenty of safe space for it (and can

>> hopefully digitize/publish the material to the web for everyone else

>> assuming there are no copyright concerns).

>>     

>

> If it's flyers and paper material, I always digitize in hi-res TIFFs.

> The other material I take high res digital photos of from every

> possible angle.

>

>

>

> Marty

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
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 Film & Media Collections
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