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Slocum mss., ca. 1955-2009

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Creator
Slocum, Jerry

Title
Slocum mss., ca. 1955-2009

Collection No.
LMC 2681

Extent
ca. 30,000 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Slocum mss., ca. 1955-2009, consists of the papers of Jerry Slocum and the Slocum Puzzle Foundation.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Jerry Slocum was born in Illinois and received his education at the University of Illinois and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Trained as an aerospace engineer with a minor in experimental psychology, Slocum began his career designing cockpit displays for military fighter aircraft. He served at Hughes Aircraft Company for thirty-eight years until his retirement in 1993. Slocum began collecting mechanical puzzles as a child. In 1955, he launched a lifetime of research activity on the history and design of mechanical puzzles with an article in Science & Mechanics magazine. Slocum has published several books on puzzles, including The 15 Puzzle Book, The Tangram Book, The Book of Ingenious & Diabolical Puzzles, and Puzzles Old & New. Upon his retirement, he established the Slocum Puzzle Foundation as a nonprofit public benefit corporation to promote the study of puzzles and support their use as educational tools. In 2006, Slocum announced that he would donate his world-renowned collection of over 32,000 puzzles, 4,000 puzzle-related books, and his papers to the Lilly Library.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Research Files; III. Catalogs; IV. Periodicals; V. Business Records; VI. Writings; VII. Patents; VIII. Directories; IX. Rubik's Cube Trial; X. Puzzle Descriptions; XI. Education; XII. Photographs; XIII. Audio-Visual; XIV. Articles; XV. Artwork; XVI. Biographical; XVII. Posters; XVIII. Exhibitions; XIX. Miscellaneous Puzzle-Related Materials.

Scope and Content Note

The Slocum mss., ca. 1955-2009, consist of the papers of Jerry Slocum and the Slocum Puzzle Foundation. Correspondence is listed in alphabetical order by name of correspondent or topic and includes letters from Will Shortz, editor of crossword puzzles for The New York Times; Martin Gardner, writer of Scientific American's popular "Mathematical Games" column for twenty-five years; and Ricky Jay, magician and actor. Research Files include subseries of materials from Jack Botermans, David Klarner, Leon Bankhoff, and Holger Larsen, all friends and colleagues of Slocum. Writings include drafts, page proofs, and accompanying research materials for Slocum's publications. The series on Patents contains photocopies of puzzle patents from 1849 to 1989. The Rubik's Cube Trial series features depositions and transcripts from the 1982 patent infringement suit in which Slocum was a key witness. Puzzle Descriptions is an extensive card file describing Jerry Slocum's puzzle collections as well as puzzles that have appeared in exhibitions. The Education series features materials on the use of puzzles in mostly K-8 classroom settings. Additionally, there are several oversized posters, prints, page proofs, and other materials.

Indexing Terms

Related Material

For additional information about the Lilly Library puzzle collection and other Jerry Slocum materials, see the online Guide to the Jerry Slocum Collection (http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eliblilly/overview/puzzles.shtml).

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2009, 2010

Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
Slocum mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Series: Box 1 I. Correspondence

Arranged alphabetically by either name of correspondent or topic of correspondence.

Abbott Award—Bits & Pieces

Box 2 Blackman—Coffin

Box 3 Coffman—Dowse

Box 4 Draughon—Gardner

Box 5 Gardner—Gordon

Box 6 Gordon—Hordern

Box 7 Hordern—Lalanne

Box 8 Lamb—Nelson

Box 9 Neto—Roosevelt

Box 10 Roscoe—Slocum, Jack

Box 11 Small—Uri

Box 12 Valentine Collectors—Yoshigahara

Box 13 Yoshigahara—Unidentified

Series: Box 13 II. Research files

Libraries and Museums

Arranged alphabetically by name of library, museum, or occupying institution.

Abbot Hall—American Museum of Magic

Bates College—Birmingham

Boston

Brighton & Hove

British Museum (3 folders)

Brooklyn Museum (4 folders)

Buffalo Bill Historical Center—Cumberland Toy Museum

Box 14 Danish Toy Museum—Derby City

Edinburgh—Exploratorium

German Museums—Getty

Hampshire—Harvard

Henry Ford Museum—Huntington Library

Ipswich—Los Angeles Public Library

Manchester (University of)—Morgan Library

Musee des arts decoratifs—Museum of the American China Trade

Museums (general)

National Art Library

New York City

New York Historical Society—New York Public Library

Ontario Science Center—Paris

Peabody Museum—Pennsylvania (University of)

Perelman Antique Toy Museum—Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pollock's Toy Museum—Princeton

PuzzleQuest Museum Exhibit—Puzzle Research Subjects

Ryerss Library and Museum

St. Petersburg, Russia

Santa Monica Toy Museum—Smithsonian

SOAS Library—Strangers Hall

Strong Museum

Sudbury Hall—Swedish Museums

Swinton Museum—Swiss Toy Museums

Box 15 Toronto—Toy Museums (U.K.)

UCLA

U.K. Museums (general)

Waterloo Library

Williamsburg Library

Winterthur—Yale

Unidentified

Box 18 Non-Mechanical Puzzles

Illusions—examples

(3 folders)

Illusions—references

Stamps

Hidden images—examples

Rebus examples

Box 19 Word puzzles

(2 folders)

Cryptograms

Alphametics

Slant writing

Tobin's puzzle

Postcard puzzles

Puzzle cartoons

Clippings

More solutions

(2 folders)

Puzzles—France

Put-Together Puzzles, new data

Put-Together Puzzles, reference material

Layout (Old)

Dexterity Puzzles, text

Put-Together Puzzles, text

Take-Apart Puzzles, text

Interlocking Puzzles, text

Disentanglement Puzzles, text

Sequential Puzzles, text

Vessels and Impossible Objects, text

First draft

Box 29 Sequential Movement Puzzles data

Interlocking Puzzles data

Disentanglement Puzzles data

Impossible Puzzles data

Revisions

Book ideas

Correspondence

Puzzle Jugs, reference material

Unused materials

General materials

Box 59 Page proofs

(10 folders)

Contracts

(2 folders)

Box 29 The Tangram Book

Final proof

(2 folders)

Illustrations

History and origins

Corrections

"Dummy" proofs

Permissions

Box 30 Research materials

(6 folders)

Correspondence

(2 folders)

Rough text

Research materials

(4 folders)

Butterfly tables

Tangram tables

Napoleon Tangrams

(4 folders)

Napoleon bibliography

Edgar Allan Poe

Michael Faraday

John Quincy Adams

Lewis Carroll

Photos and prints

Correspondence

(6 folders)

Correspondence, David Copperfield

Utamaro research

(2 folders)

Tangram portrait

Dalgety research

Ricky Jay

Milan text

Box 31 Book list

Correspondence

Photographs

Foreword, by Martin Gardner

Author's Draft, 1999 Book Fair

Outline

Tangram problems

(2 folders)

Tangram classification list

15-Piece Puzzle list

Napoleon text

Tangrams in China

Tangram exhibit

Research materials

Box 59 Page proofs

Box 60 Publicity materials

Page proofs

(3 folders)

Revised drafts

(4 folders)

Box 28 Puzzles Old & New

Notes on text

Sales and contract

Correspondence

(5 folders)

Photo release

Corrections

Reviews

(2 folders)

Book Award materials

Draft with edits

Box 58 Page layouts

(2 folders)

Box 31 Magic Mirrors

"Secret of Chinese Light-Penetration," Text

"Transparent Mirror," Text (in Chinese)

Patents, bound text

Japanese patents

Manufacturing methods

Bibliography

(2 folders)

Reference articles

(3 folders)

Drafts

(2 folders)

Photographs

Research materials

Correspondence

Box 32 Kugimiya materials

Research files

(3 folders)

Correspondence

(2 folders)

Operation and test results

Contact information

Puzzle-knives

(8 folders)

Ancient Chinese, master copy

(3 folders)

Ancient Japanese, master copy

Box 33 Japanese, master copy

Ancient Japanese

Japanese

"Makyoh," articles and bibliography

Box 44 Legend of the Knife, Portfolio of Patents

Dissertation, psychomotor skills

(2 folders)

Patent information on cutlery

Box 58 Articles, books, bibliography, page proofs

(2 volumes)

Operation and Test Results, Page Proofs

Box 60 Legend of the Knife, Portfolio of Patents

(2 folders)

Cutlery guides

(7 folders)

Box 17 The 15 Puzzle Book

Correspondence

Keokuk Rebellion

U. S. Census, 1870, 1880

Games and toys, Boston, 1881

City directories

Chapman family

L. Byron Chapman

Leibsle Family

Horace Chapman

Chapman deeds

Chapman family census records

Wise (Chapman) family

Ed Benson Chapman

Grace Chapman

Helen Chapman

Last Will—Anna Belden

Summons

Madison County Surrogate Court

Court cases

Box 18 Book postage

Shipping and delivery materials

Invoices

(2 folders)

Genealogy

Princeton

Book reviews

(4 folders)

Flyers

Discount policies

General

Sales

Book sellers

Correspondence

(3 folders)

Websites

Publicity

Book orders

(3 folders)

Box 33 Impossibility Proof, articles

Bibliography

(2 folders)

Literature

Research materials "A"

Research materials "B"

Research materials "C-D"

Research materials "F"

Research materials "G-H"

Research materials "K"

Research materials "L"

(5 folders)

Research materials "M-R"

Research materials "S"

(3 folders)

Research materials "T"

Research materials "V"

(2 folders)

Research materials "W"

Inserts

Box 34 Research materials

Discrete Mathematics, by Julius Petersen

The Embossing Company, by Bill Meridith

The 15 Puzzle, drafts #1-5.5

Box 35 The 15 Puzzle, layout draft

The 15 Puzzle, draft #6

Research materials

Newspaper indexes

Newspaper/Periodical research (AZ)

Newspaper/Periodical research (CA)

Newspaper/Periodical research (CT)

Newspaper/Periodical research (DC)

Newspaper/Periodical research (GA)

Newspaper/Periodical research (IA)

Newspaper/Periodical research (ID)

Newspaper/Periodical research (IL)

Newspaper/Periodical research (KS)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MA)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MD)

Newspaper/Periodical research (ME)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MI)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MN)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MO)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MT)

Newspaper/Periodical research (ND)

Newspaper/Periodical research (NJ)

Newspaper/Periodical research (NV)

Newspaper/Periodical research (NY)

(2 folders)

Newspaper/Periodical research (OH)

Newspaper/Periodical research (PA)

Newspaper/Periodical research (SC)

Newspaper/Periodical research (TX)

Newspaper/Periodical research (VA)

Newspaper/Periodical research (WI)

Newspaper/Periodical research (WV)

Newspaper/Periodical research (Canada)

Newspaper/Periodical research (International)

Newspaper/Periodical research (deaf-related)

Newspaper/Periodical research Sources

Prints

Box 36 Newspaper/Periodical research (CO)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MA)

(4 folders)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MD)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MN)

Newspaper/Periodical research (MT)

Newspaper/Periodical research (NV)

Newspaper/Periodical research (NY)

(6 folders)

Newspaper/Periodical research (OH)

Newspaper/Periodical research (OR)

Newspaper/Periodical research (PA)

Photo lists

Manufacturers

Bibliography

Library search

Newspapers lists

(3 folders)

Edits

Boterman materials

Research files

Figures list

Acknowledgements

Book design

Box 37 Newspaper research (CA)

Newspaper research (CT)

Newspaper research (D.C.)

Newspaper research (IL)

Newspaper research (KS)

Newspaper research (MD)

Newspaper research (NY)

Newspaper research (PA)

Newspaper research (RI)

Newspaper research (VT)

Periodical research (A-F)

Periodical research (G-H)

Periodical research (I-O)

Periodical research (P-Y)

Newspaper and periodical lists

Correspondence

Research—possible inventors

List of cities (19th Century)

Advertisements (19th Century)

Indexes

Research—rewards and solutions

Foreword (Will Shortz)

Research materials

(2 folders)

Draft excerpts

Box 38 Puzzle music

(3 folders)

Chronology

Research materials

Edits

Drafts

(2 folders)

Research: puzzle "insanity"

Proofs

Impact on entertainment

Cartoons

Poems

Humor

Metaphors

Theater

Stories

Sales

Advertisements in Europe

Articles

Puzzle Lists

Advertisements in United States

(3 folders)

Box 39 International advertisements

(2 folders)

Correspondence

(8 folders)

Corrections

(3 folders)

Supplements

Additions

Revisions

Solutions

(2 folders)

Problems

Puzzle "crazes"

(2 folders)

Photos

(5 folders)

Translations

Census records

(2 folders)

Box 40 "Gem Puzzle" patents

Genealogy

Puzzle patent documentation

Photographs

Research materials

(5 folders)

Box 46 Photos

(3 folders)

Articles

(2 folders)

Correspondence

(2 folders)

Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (19th century)

Box 58 Proofs

(3 folders)

Box 73 (Oversize) Newsclippings

Box 43 The Klutz Puzzle Arcade

Solutions

(4 folders)

Prices

"Top 10" puzzles lists

Catalogs

Puzzle classifications

Illustrations

(2 folders)

Corrections and suggestions

Additions

First check draft

Final check draft

Other drafts

Box 63 The Klutz Puzzle Arcade, Prototype

(4 copies)

Box 58 Catel's Cabinet

Drafts

(2 folders)

Master copy

Box 51 Puzzle Craft (by Stewert T. Coffin)

AP-Art, 2003

Design notes 1-52

Design notes 59-100

Puzzle Craft, 1978

Puzzle Craft, 1992

Puzzle Craft, 1985

The Puzzling World..., 1987

The Puzzling World..., 1990

Puzzle Craft, 2006

Tall Trees and Wild Bees, 2005

Box 52 Design notes 200-240

AP-ART Puzzle List and Design Notes

Design Notes 102-199

Puzzle List 1-227

Box 71 (Oversize) Page proofs for various manuscripts

Box 82 (Oversize) Page proofs for various manuscripts

Box 84 (Oversize) Page proofs for various manuscripts

Series: Box 20 VII. Patents

Photocopies

Numeric sequence reflects chronological order of puzzle patent approvals from 1849-1989.

#0—99,000

#100,000—199,000

#200,000—299,000

#300,000—399,000

#400,000—499,000

(2 folders)

#500,000—599,000

(2 folders)

#600,000—699,000

Box 21 #700,000—799,000

#800,000—899,000

#900,000—999,000

#1,000,000—1,099,000

#1,100,000—1,199,000

#1,200,000—1,299,000

#1,300,000—1,399,000

#1,400,000—1,499,000

#1,500,000—1,599,000

#1,600,000—1,699,000

#1,700,000--1,799,000

#1,800,000—1,899,000

#1,900,000—1,999,000

#2,000,000—2,099,000

#2,100,000—2,199,000

#2,200,000—2,299,000

#2,300,000—2,399,000

#2,400,000—2,499,000

#2,500,000—2,599,000

#2,600,000—2,699,000

#2,700,000—2,799,000

#2,800,000—2,899,000

#2,900,000—2,999,000

#3,000,000—3,099,000

#3,100,000—3,199,000

#3,200,000—3,299,000

#3,300,000—3,399,000

Box 22 #3,400,000—3,499,000

#3,500,000—3,599,000

#3,600,000—3,699,000

#3,700,000—3,799,000

#3,800,000—3,899,000

#3,900,000—3,999,000

#4,000,000—4,099,000

#4,300,000—4,900,000

Other patents

Civil Suit: Paul Gallant v. Telebrands

(3 folders)

Box 45 Puzzle patent lists

(5 folders)

NARA research

Puzzle trademarks

British registered design patents

(2 folders)

Patents—to order

Classifications

Registered designs

European patents

"United States Patent Padlocks"

Box 46 Patent description list

Box 58 3-D jigsaw puzzles

Series: Box 22 VIII. Directories

Includes puzzle makers, suppliers, publishers, and collectors.

CD-ROM: cover of 2000 Directory

Publicity materials

Directory, 2nd ed., 1994

Directory, 3rd ed., 1997

Questionnaire, A-B

Questionnaire, C-E

Questionnaire, F-G

Questionnaire, H-J

Questionnaire, K-L

Questionnaire, M-O

Questionnaire, P-R

Questionnaire, S-T

Box 23 Questionnaire, U-Z

Questionnaire, miscellaneous

Correspondence

(4 folders)

Orders

(2 folders)

Master copy

(3 folders)

Costs and income

Completed inputs

(2 folders)

Forms

Collectors, A-G

Collectors, H-O

Collectors, P-Z

Box 24 Rental stores and sellers

Questionnaire, mailing envelopes

Questionnaire, mailing list

Questionnaire, puzzle sellers

Questionnaire, rental stores

Photographs

Box 58 Directory of Puzzle Collectors & Puzzle Sellers, Master Copy for printing

(2 folders)

Series: Box 47 XI. Rubik's Cube Trial

Materials from the 1982 patent infringement suit filed by Moleculon Research Corporation on behalf of Larry Nichols, against Ideal Toy Company, in which it claimed that Ideal Toy had violated Nichols's 1972 patent with the release of Erno Rubik's 1974 patented "cube."

Gustafson deposition – Copy 2, Sept. 1, 1982

Gustafson deposition, Dec. 1983, Part I

Gustafson deposition, Dec. 1983, Part II

Gustafson patent, application, and correspondence

Box 48 Nichols patent

Rubik patent

Rubik patent – non-English

Other puzzle patents

Nichols patent – references and notes

Rubik's Cube history – notes

History of puzzles – patents and inventors

Frank Fox patents with notes

Trial correspondence

Meeting notes

Testimony notes

Trial articles – originals and copies

Souvenirs

Nichols deposition

Nichols patent application – drafts and notes

Correspondence between W. Brown Morten, Jr. and William O. Gustafson

Box 49 Rubik deposition

Slocum deposition

Complaint and opinion

Trial transcript – day 1

Trial transcript – day 4

Trial transcript – day 5

Trial transcript – day 6

Trial transcript – day 7

Trial transcript – day 8

Defendant post-trial brief

Plaintiff post-trial brief

Plaintiff's reply to brief

First Lower Court opinion

Memo opposing motion for new trial

Brief for Appelle

CBS Appellate brief

First Appellate opinion

Memo about First Appellate opinion

Second brief for Appelle

Second Lower Court opinion

Second Appellate opinion

Petition for rehearing

Box 52 Trial transcript – Day 2

Trial transcript – Day 3

Series: Box 52 X. Puzzle Descriptions

Index card Box 1: business cards

Index card Box 2: puzzle collector and maker information

Box 53 Index card Box 1: individual puzzle descriptions, 1.1-2.1

Index card Box 2: individual puzzle descriptions, 2.2-3.4

Box 54 Index card Box 1: individual puzzle descriptions, 3.5-5.2

Index card Box 2: individual puzzle descriptions, 5.3-6.3

Box 55 Index card Box 1: individual puzzle descriptions, 6.4-7.6

Index card Box 2: exhibition puzzle descriptions, Part I

Box 56 Index card Box 1: exhibition puzzle descriptions, part II

Index card Box 2: exhibition puzzle descriptions, part III

Box 57 Index card Box 1: exhibition puzzle descriptions, part IV

Index card Box 2: other puzzle descriptions

Series: Box 45 XI. Education

"Denkspiele im Klassenzimmer"

AIMS Catalogs and Publications

Surveys—Puzzles in Schools

Correspondence—Puzzles in Schools

(2 folders)

Teacher's Guides

(2 folders)

Box 46 Survey

(3 folders)

Recommendations

Mechanical puzzles exhibition, 2002

Bunchgrass Folk Toys, catalogs

Channel Craft, catalog

Puzzles for Schools

(3 folders)

Programs

Articles

(2 folders)

Booklets

Textbook: Exploring Math through Puzzles, by Wei Zhang

Tangram learning studies

Thesis: The Effect of a Puzzle Unit on the Achievement of Algebra I Students, by C. L. Sanders

Educational Materials K-8, catalog

Bibliography

Presentations

Series: Box 69 XII. Photographs

Photos of Jerry Slocum

Puzzle people

15 puzzle

Mechanical puzzles

(3 folders)

Checkerboard puzzles

(5 folders)

Ingenious and Diabolical Puzzles

Klutz Puzzle Arcade

Puzzle collections

(3 folders)

Tangrams

(4 folders)

Wood puzzles

(2 folders)

GM Hughes Aircraft

(2 folders)

Series: Box 67 XIII. Audio-visual

VHS tapes

Johnny Carson: 10/10/1986

Johnny Carson, last 6 minutes: 10/10/1986

Puzzles on "Discovery": November 8, 1994

ABC Network News, Nov. 28

(no date)

ABC News, Collections and Puzzle Outtakes, Nov. 1994

ABC News: Collections and Outtakes

Puzzles on ABC News, Nov. 1994

Discovery: Puzzle Man, Nov. 1994

Discovery and ABC News Specials

Discovery, Nov. 8, 1994

Slocum on TV: Discovery, HGTV What's Your Hobby?, ABC News

"Gerry" Slocum, Business World

Jerry Slocum's Puzzle Show, 1996

Slocum Family Movies, 3 tapes, n.d.

Jerry Slocum's Puzzles

David L. Disney, Puzzle Enthusiast

From the Kleine Collection in the Library of Congress

Max Maven's Mindgames

Puzzle Masters, Corporate Sponsorship Promo

Termespheres

Erik & Dad Puzzle co.

Secrets of Magic 1 and 2

Berrocal

Pieces of Time, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, January 1992-February 1994

A Puzzle Trio

Peter Beck Cube Collection

Laurel and Hardy Classic Collection

Fun & Games: British TV Puzzle Series

Watch Your Language

Magic Secrets Revealed #3

Puzzle Masters

Mongolian Museum, 2001

Mongolia Museum

Unidentified title (possibly in Mandarin)

Tom Lensch: American Woodwork

Harry Eng Lecture

Toyo Glass

(2 tapes)

Atlanta Dinnershow

Reel-to-reel tape

Tangram

Box 68 Audio cassettes

Puzzle Party, 1986

NOB Puzzle Lecture, 1987

International Intellectual Museum

Stewart Coffin, 2000

Wirt Puzzles

CKNW, 1998

Puzzle Interview, 1984

Italian Book Translation

Hughes Aircraft, mini-cassette with audio recorder

Floppy computer disks

Sliding-Block Puzzle

(2)

Magno's Bug House

Franco's Bug House

TIFF-PC

(6)

AIMS

From NOB

C&B, edited

Holger Larsen, Mandarinen

CD-ROMS

Complete Stewart Coffin

Puzzle-Eye (from NOB)

(2)

NOB's articles, columns and photos

Puzzletopia, by NOB

NOB's Sales Pitch, 2003

AGPC, from NOB

Puzzle Patent List, Jerry Slocum, 2009

HSBC Fortune Global Forum video reference

Carlson's Icosahedron: The Ultimate Scramble-Unscramble Puzzle

Cover: Directory of Puzzle Collections

Directory 5: PDF Files, 2003

(2)

The Popular 15 Puzzle

Puzzle 15 Song, recorded June 10, 2005

15 Puzzle Book, proof and corrections

Online Ads: Tangram, 2005

HSBC Tangram Ads, October 2005

(3)

HRDE, Study

Other A/V

Casio IC Card

Hard drive, mechanical puzzle designs by Oskar van Deventer

Box 80 Microfilm

Narragansett Weekly: September 13, 1877—September 8, 1881

(2 copies)

Canastota Herald: September 3, 1879—August 24, 1881

Syracuse Daily Courier Newspaper: January 1, 1880—June 30, 1880

Syracuse Daily Journal: January 2, 1880—June 30, 1880

Syracuse Morning Standard: February 5, 1880—August 21, 1880

Syracuse Evening Herald: January 2, 1879—April 20, 1880

Series: Box

79

(Oversize)

XIV. Articles

Articles on Slocum

Box 8 (Oversize)6 Articles on puzzle collectors

Box 96 (Oversize) Articles on puzzles

Series: Box

81

(Oversize)

XV. Artwork

Portrait of Jerry Slocum

Box 105 (Oversize) Cover art

Series: Box

82

(Oversize)

XVI. Biographical

Signed card for Jerry Slocum

Degrees

Broadside with factoids

Series: Box

82

(Oversize)

XVII. Posters

Puzzle posters

Box 83 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Box 97 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Box 98 (Oversize) Impossible puzzle/Escher posters

Box 99 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Box 100 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Box 101 (Oversize) CAFM exhibition posters

Box 102 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Box 103 (Oversize) Maze posters and puzzle posters

Box 104 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Box 106 (Oversize) CAFM exhibition posters

Box 107 (Oversize) Japan exhibition posters

Box 108 (Oversize) Puzzle posters

Series: Box 89 XVIII. Exhibitions

Handouts

Box 90 Handouts

Series: Box

83

(Oversize)

XIX. Miscellaneous Puzzle-related Materials

Charts

Broadsides

Ephemera

Box 93 Newsclippings, 1984-2009

(2 folders)

Newsclippings, print-outs of online newspapers

(2 folders)

Newsclippings, 19th century

Correspondence, 1998-2009

Ephemera, undated

"Puzzle Bible," 1995

"Nuts to Crack," from Tim Turner, 2009

Tonight Show materials, October 10, 1986

Jeux, exhibition catalog, 1992

Articles, 1987-1991

(2 folders)

Cartoons, undated

Publicity materials, undated

Biographical materials, undated

Box 95 (Oversize) Newspaper, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 3, 1897

Calendars

Broadsides

Box 109 (Oversize) Print, Academe Francaise

Box 110 (Oversize) Color photocopy of Rand McNally & Co.'s New Railroad and County Map of the United States and Canada, Library of Congress, Division of Maps, G3701.P3 1876 R34 RR59

Series: Box 111 XX. Additions

Gathering4Gardner: Exchange Book, Vol I.

Gathering4Gardner: Exchange Book, Vol II.

Gathering4Gardner: Exchange Book, miscellaneous materials

(7 folders)

"Anamorphic Art," article

Catalogs

International Intellectual Puzzle Exhibition, writing with puzzles

Samples for reviews

Guidelines for International Puzzle Collectors' Parties

(NOTE: No copying or digitizing the contents of this folder)

Miscellaneous

(3 folders)

Box 112 Ap-Art: A Compendium of Puzzle Designs, photocopy of book

"Atteuristic Approach to Solution of Checkerboard Puzzles," photocopy

Burr puzzle analysis and solutions

Coffin instruction sheets, 30,060-30,087

Coffin instruction sheets, 30,088

Coffin puzzles data

"Fascinating Puzzles," bulletin

"Games and Puzzles Magazine Index"

Hlavolamy, photocopy of book

"The Hungarian Cube," screenplay

"Julebuffen," photocopy

Magic Squares puzzles

Notebooks

"Puzzle Books, Magazines and Catalogs in the Slocum Puzzle Collection Library"

Puzzle Graphics DG

"Puzzle Instructions and Ephemera," photocopy of book

Puzzle lists

(2 folders)

Puzzles, Mathematical, Scientific and Dexterous, photocopy

Re-Kreation..., dissertation

(3 folders)

Re-Kreation..., appendices

(2 folders)

Rubik's Cube newsletter

Slocum Puzzle Library index

"Traditional Craft Techniques of Kanagawa," photocopy

"What’s New in Polyomino Puzzles and Their Design?"

Zomeworks, pamphlet

Box 113 Chinese vessels, history

(2 folders)

Chinese vessels, info on books

Chinese vessels, notebook

Chinese vessels, Norman Sandfield

(2 folders)

Chinese vessels, Smithsonian

Chinese vessels, UCLA

Chinese vessels, miscellaneous

(5 folders)

Puzzle-knives, appraisal lists and images

Puzzle-knives, lists

Puzzle vessels, history

(2 folders)

Puzzle vessels, Slocum Collection

Puzzle vessels, appendix

Russian puzzle vessels

Trick-knives, articles

Trick-knives, catalogs, history

Trick-knives, Dick Hamilton

Trick-knives, Steve Deer, notes

Box 114 Tangram, annotated bibliography and references

(2 folders)

Tangram, book correspondence, Jack Botermans

Tangram, book correspondence, Harold Raizer

Tangram, book correspondence, Dic Sonneveld

Tangram, "buy books"

Tangram, "The Chinese Puzzler"

Tangram notes, copy

Tangram, "The New and Fashionable Chinese Puzzle," printed copy

Tangram, OCLC Bibliography

(3 folders)

Tangram, orders

"Photos of Tangram," printed photos, 1998-1999

"Photos of Tangram," printed photos, 2000

"Photos of Tangram," printed photos, 2001

Tangram Book, binder copy, 2000

Tangram Book, bound copy, 2001

Box 115 Tangram Book, proof, 2002

Tangram Book, color copy proof

Tangram Book, corrected final proofs

(2 folders)

Tangram Book, layout with corrections

Tangram Book, index

"Solutions to the Tangram Book: Pages 1 to 100"

"Supplement to the Tangram Book: Notes and Solutions"

Cracker Jack collections

COSI, Ohio

Hoffman Puzzles

Karakuri

"Nob Yoshigahara: Remembrances By a Friend," 2004

"Puzzles Old and New," labels, 2001

Puzzle studies

Slocum Puzzles, PowerPoint printed slides, 2007

Articles in tribute to Martin Gardner

Martin: Articles in Tribute to Martin Gardner, bound, autographed copy

Supplement to Puzzleana, 1996

Trick locks, Sotheby's Auction

Box 116 Articles on algorithms

Articles on puzzles

Articles on Slocum and Slocum Collection

Articles on Tangrams

Catalogs and Solutions

(4 folders)

"Compendium of Mechanical Puzzles," from catalogs

Directory of Puzzle Collectors and Puzzle Sellers, master copy with corrections

Donation to the Slocum Puzzle Foundation

Paper Puzzles, solutions and articles

(2 folders)

Patents

Ptolemy's Top

Puzzle Exhibition, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 1990

Slocum Collection taxonomy

"Sunny-Side Up: The Children's Own Magazine," 1935

Box 117 "The Cube," Chinese edition, correspondence and research materials (2 folders)

Cube solutions, Dieter Gebhardt (2 folders)

Puzzle crazes, Rubik's Cube intro

Erno Rubik, introduction to book

Rubik's Cube, publicity and articles

Rubik's Cube, history (2 folders)

Rubik's Cube, miscellaneous (2 folders)

Rubik's Cube book, copy of chapters

Rubik's Cube book, final draft

Cube puzzle book, copy

Solutions to all the Cube puzzles, final copy

Jaap's Puzzle Page, copy

NxNxN Cube, Dieter Gebhardt's solution

Jack Boterman, printed photos

Printed photos, Slocum Collection

Printed photos, Slocum Collection of Rotational Puzzles, Ephemera and Books

Rotational puzzles

Singmaster, history

Singmaster, miscellaneous

Box 118 Geert Hellings, sections

"Geert's text"

"History of Rotational Cube Puzzles"

"History of Rubik's Cube," draft

"History of Rubik's Cube," 5th draft

Mongolian puzzles

(4 folders)

Rotational Cube Puzzles, solutions

(3 folders)

Rotational puzzles, hand-crafted

Rotational puzzles, copies

Rotational puzzles, miscellaneous

Rubik's Cube, Budapest (Mentes), 4-step solution

Rubik's Cube, Denny’s solution

Rubik's Cube, Endl solution

Rubik's Cube, Harris solution

Rubik's Cube, Geert Hellings solution

Rubik's Cube, Hordern solution

Rubik's Cube, Huang/Gebhardt solution

Rubik's Cube, Jaap’s solution

Rubik's Cube, Dan Knight’s solution

Rubik's Cube, Spiegel solution

Rubik's Cube, miscellaneous

Box 119 Black Dog and Leventhal publishers

Cube book, reviews

Cube book, corrections

Cube book, acknowledgments, references, credits

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Top-10 list

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Hidetoshi Takeji

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Lee Tutt

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Adam Cowan

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Matt Shepit

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Andrew Cormier

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Anthony Greenhill

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Jean-Claude Constantin

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Aleh Hladzilin

Hand-Made Rotational Puzzle Makers: Katsuhiko Okamoto

Magic Domino

Meffert Catalog

Meffert Puzzles

Patents

Patents, Magic Polyhedra

Patents, rotational puzzles

Printed photos, Europe 2008

Printed photos, rotational puzzles

Puzzles ordered

Pyraminx solutions

Rotating combinatorial

Rotational puzzles, Jurgen Brandt

Rubik's Cube, bibliographies

Rubik's Cube, Larry Nichols lawsuit

Rubik's Cube, publicity and sales

Rubik's Cube, Slocum Collection

Rubik's Cube, miscellaneous

Rubik I, ads and articles

(2 folders)

"Skewbi," miscellaneous

Solution books

Speed-cubing

Twisty Mods, presentation

"Twisty" puzzles

Vadim Grishin collection

X's egg

Box 120 Computer Horizon Corporation, 1989 Annual Report

The Cube, reviews, publicity

(2 folders)

Cube book, figures

Cube book, invoices

Cube book, solution diagrams

Cube book file, articles

Cube, Dan Knight, illustrations and moves

"Cubing Notation," by Dan Harris

International puzzles

Nichols Cube write-up

"Notes on the Magic Cube"

Petrovich, Russian puzzles

Photographs

Pocket Cube

"The Puzzles of Sam Cornwell"

Rotational Cube puzzles, solutions

Rubik's Cube Solution Project, solvers' forms

Rubik's Cube solutions

Rubik's Cube, miscellaneous

2x2x2 Cube, solution

4x4x4 Rubik’s Revenge Cube

5x5x5 Professor’s Cube

V-Cube

(2 folders)

Singmaster Solution

Miscellaneous

(2 folders)

Box 121 Correspondence

Bandelow, Christoph

Baptista, Augusto

Bopp, Nan and Bill

Cassidy, John

Cormier, Andrew

Donovan, Peter

Fisher, Tony

Foster, Thomas

Fox, Tyler

Gebhardt, Dieter

Haak, Hendrik

Hellings, Geert

Huang, Wei-Hwa

Kimura, Meiko

Konstantinos, Verdes

Larsen, Finn G.

Litwin, David

Morris, Jeff

Naval, Domingo

Osborne, John R.

Shortz, Will

Sieper, Susannah

Singmaster, David

Slocum, Jerry

Slocum, Tim

Sonneveld, Dic

Starr, Norton

Stegmann, Robert

Tutt, Lee

Uri, Dario

Wood, Trevor

Yewchuck, C.R.

Unidentified

Box of Collection and Museum photos

Box of Puzzle Books index cards

DVD, Arthur Ganson presents a few Machines created between 1978 and 2004

DVD, "Akio Kamei"

Videocassette, "The Weekly Special with Jerry Slocum"

Videocassette, "IPP-22: Dinner, Presentations and Show"

Videocassette, "Puzzle" (film)

Videocassette, "H. Raizer"

CD-ROM, Ron Resch Work

CD-ROM, Applied Computational Intelligence lab

CD-ROM, Ted 2004

CD-ROM, Slocum in Australia, 2007 (photos)

CD-ROM, Photos of Slocum Collection (Rotational puzzles, ephemera and books), July 2008

CD-ROM, Wei-Hwa/Dieter Solutions, 2008

CD-ROM, Rotational Book Project, backup files, 2008

CD-ROM, Europe photos, 2008

CD-ROM, Rotational cube puzzle photos sources, 2008 (backup)

CD-ROM, still photos from G4G5

CD (music), Diana Deutsch: Phantom Words and Other Curiosities

Miscellaneous photographs (2 sleeves)

Box of Slocum photos (books, TV)

Box of index cards

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Slocum mss., ca. 1955-2009

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