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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 3282

Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library games

Overview

Contains board, card, and trivia games related to drugs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967-2005

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research. This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.

Extent

1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)

Contains board, trivia, and card games relating to drugs and political movements. Included are board games celebrating drug culture such as Grow Op, Stoner City, Stoner Trivia, The Game, Desker McDope, and Dope Fiends, as well as several reflecting the legal status of drug usage, such as The Narc, Rasta Versam, and Feds N' Heads. A drug education game created by the National Institute of Mental Health entitled The Social Seminar is also included. Playing cards from various countries, including Jamaica and the Netherlands, reflecting marijuana usage and acceptance. A set of playing cards created during the U.S. presidency of George W. Bush are included, as are several hand-made or unidentified playing card sets with drug-related themes.

Biographical / Historical

The Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library is the world’s largest private collection of material on altered states of mind. The collection was formed by Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. (1957–2009), an investment advisor who resigned his business interests to devote himself to collecting.

Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical order by title, with unidentified games following.

Physical Location

Harvard Depository

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2015M-85. Deposited by Julio Mario Santo Domingo III; received: 2012 April. Forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.

Processing Information

Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.

Title
Santo Domingo, Julio Mario, collector. Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library games, 1967-2005 (MS Am 3282): Guide.
Status
completed
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Date
2019 March 27
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou03136

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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