[game_preservation] Research Fellowship deadlines

[Alex Handy]

Great stuff, JP! I love the D&D manuscript!

I will spread the link around!


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Dyson, Jon-Paul <jpdyson at thestrong.org>wrote:


> As I think I’ve shared with the group before, The Strong offers research

> fellowships for people to do research in our collections, library, and

> archives here at the National Museum of Play. This includes all the

> materials from our International Center for the History of Electronic

> Games. We accept applications on a rolling basis but they are reviewed

> three times a year, and since the next deadline is May 30th, I thought

> I’d let the group know now.****

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> You can find information here if you’re interested:

> http://www.libraryandarchivesofplay.org/fellowships****

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> Certainly feel free to contact me if you have any questions.****

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> Also, if any of you have an interest in the connections between video

> games and older forms of play you might be interested in knowing that we

> recently opened our newest permanent exhibit, *Game Time!*, on the

> history of non-electronic games and puzzles. It’s right next to our *eGameRevolution

> *exhibit. Here’s some basic information (

> http://www.museumofplay.org/see-do/exhibits/game-time), but among the

> more interesting artifacts on display is a manuscript of probably the

> earliest version of Dungeons and Dragons (

> http://www.thestrong.org/press/releases/2013/04/4538-rare-dungeons-dragons-manuscript)

>  loaned to us by Jon Peterson, author of *Playing at the World*.****

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> Best,****

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> JP****

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> Jon-Paul C. Dyson, PhD****

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> Director, International Center for the History of Electronic Games****

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