Muir family collection on play-by-mail games
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to various play-by-mail games collected and developed by John C. Muir and his daughter Shannon Elise-Muir Broden (represented as Shannon Muir in the collection), with Broden often playing as a beta tester for the games. Items in the collection include basic and advanced rulebooks, specification sheets of Gunfighter technology, blank forms to add to player's characters and locations, newsletters about game progress and player interaction, team rosters, turn results for specific characters played by Broden, reference manuals, and play-by-mail publications of game reviews.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1991-2007
Creator
- Broden, Shannon Elise-Muir (Person)
- Muir, John C. (Person)
Languages
The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Extent
2.08 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Abstract
The collection consists of materials related to various play-by-mail games collected and developed by John C. Muir and his daughter Shannon Elise-Muir Broden, including rulebooks, specification sheets, forms, newsletters, team rosters, turn results, reference manuals and play-by-mail publications.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. CTF2187, 1991-2007
- Series 2. Other play-by-mail games, circa 1989-1990
- Series 3. Periodicals, 1983-2007
Acquisition Information
Gifts of John C. Muir and Shannon Elise-Muir Broden, 2016.
Processing History
Processed by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant, 2018.
Processing of the Muir family collection on play-by-mail games was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
- Title
- Muir family collection on play-by-mail games
- Status
- Processed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant.
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu