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The Library of Congress has a strong collection as well.
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On Sep 9, 2018, at 5:11 PM, Brian Berg <<a href="mailto:brianberg@gmail.com">brianberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<a href="https://web.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/berlin.html" target="_blank">Leslie Berlin</a> or
<a href="https://people.stanford.edu/lowood/">Henry Lowood</a> may be good contacts re: this.<br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 9:53 PM Gleb J. Albert <<a href="mailto:gleb.albert@uzh.ch" target="_blank">gleb.albert@uzh.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
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Dear colleagues and list members,<br>
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This is a question that has kept me busy for quite some time, yet I am <br>
afraid I might have missed some crucial bit of information, and this is <br>
why I would like to address it to you.<br>
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Are there any preservation institutions (archives, museums etc., apart <br>
from The Strong Museum / National Museum of Play in Rochester/NY) that <br>
host either company archives of computer game companies or personal <br>
papers of people involved in the production and marketing of home <br>
computer games in the 1980s and early 1990s?<br>
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As I already mentioned on this list back in February, I am doing a <br>
post-doc research project on the transnational history of <br>
(non-commercial, low scale) home computer games piracy before the mass <br>
availability of the Internet, and, of course, the perspective of the <br>
back-then games industry is crucial in this question. Of course, the <br>
industry back then was extremely volatile - when companies went <br>
bankrupt, the last thing they thought about was preserving their <br>
archives (in the case of Psygnosis, for example, as far as I know <br>
everything was simply dumped). And those very few 1980s companies which <br>
are still active are very seclusive about their archives (which is <br>
sort-of understandable, given the retromania of today and their possible <br>
hopes of reviving/porting old titles).<br>
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Nevertheless, the papers of Broderbund, Sierra On-Line, and a couple of <br>
other companies luckily ended up at The Strong - and to my knowledge, <br>
this is the only public institution that hosts materials like these. But <br>
maybe I missed some essential info? Are there any other holdings I am <br>
not aware of, particularly concerning the European games industry?<br>
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I would be very thankful for any hints (as well as for contacts to <br>
former game studio and/or publisher/distributor folks who still might <br>
have kept their business papers).<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
Gleb<br>
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