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Archives of American Art
Privilege: The Modern Game with Social Significance
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.morerobe
- Creators:
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Morey, Robert
- Dates:
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1938
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itemgame (51 playing cards, 2 informational cards, 1 instruction sheet)paper, col.9 x 6 cm.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
A card game designed by social scientist Robert Morey created to teach socialism to Americans in the 1930s. Artists Rockwell Kent, Peggy Bacon, Esther Vance, William Gropper, and George Schreiber designed the deck of cards. There are two special cards, Honesty and Kindness and five suits consisting of six numbered cards and four face cards representing various occupations including a banker, an artist, a professor, a lawyer, and many others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Social scientist, New Haven, Conn. and Canandaigua, N.Y.
Administration
Existence and Location of Originals
Original drawings for the deck and additional duplicate decks located at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2007 by the National Museum of American History who received the cards from from Roger B.Taylor, who found them when he moved into the former home of Morey.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
More Information
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
New Haven, Conn.: Robert Morey, 1938.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Card games | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Socialism | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Gropper, William, 1897-1977 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Schreiber, Georges, 1904- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Vance, Esther | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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