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Atomic Bomb Board Game

 Collection — Container: MSSP Game CC-0001
Identifier: MSSP 10105
Scope and Contents American-made manual dexterity board game depicting the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. The object of the game is to maneuver two plastic capsules containing a weighted metal ball into holes in a map of Japan representing Hisoshima and Nagasaki, the two cities destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the United States. Tokyo is also labeled on the map without any corresponding target hole. The black and yellow cardboard surface of the game features a map of Japan and an oversized bomb labeled...
Dates: c. 1946
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Keating Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 5061
Scope and Contents

A collection of paper items (posters, picture albums, magazines, and pamphlets), and other ephemera (pins, badges, etc.). While a majority of the materials are products of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), also included in the Collection are non-political cultural items from the Republican Period (1911-1949), and from before and after the Cultural Revolution.

Dates: 1911-1949, 1966-1976; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1976
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Silver Bullet; Or the Road to Berlin Board Game

 Collection — Container: MSSP Game CC-0001
Identifier: MSSP_10091
Scope and Contents British-made patriotic manual dexterity marble maze board game depicting the beginning of World War One and charting an imagined British and Allied military campaign to capture Berlin, the German capital . The object of the game is to maneuver a small metal ball around a recessed playing board and avoid holes distributed around the course. Players win the game by navigating the ball around the course to “Berlin” at the top of the board. The start of the course is labeled “To Berlin” with an...
Dates: c. 1914
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Trench Football Board Game

 Collection — Container: MSSP Game CC-0001
Identifier: MSSP_10092
Scope and Contents British-made patriotic manual dexterity marble maze board game simulating trench warfare on the western front in World War One. The object of the game is to maneuver a small metal ball around a recessed playing board and avoid holes distributed around the course. Players win the game by navigating the ball around the course and into the goal which is guarded by a larger hole. Most of the holes on the course are accompanied by caricatures of German military commanders: “Little Willie”...
Dates: c. 1915
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Uruguayan Political Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0078
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of political ephemera associated with various Uruguayan political parties. Materials include documents from the Movimiento Revolucionario Nacionalista, as well as from Wilson Ferreira and Uruguayan political parties, including the Partido Nacional (Blanco) and the Partido Colorado. Materials include broadsides, posters, newspaper/magazine articles, pamphlets, manifestos, manuals, speeches, presidential decrees and electoral propaganda.

Dates: 1829-2010
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

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