Culin Archival Collection Series 7: Games 1871-1927.

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Culin Archival Collection Series 7: Games 1871-1927.

Series 7 relates to Culin's study of the origin and historical development of games, originating in Culin's early work in Philadelphia on Chinese games and folk customs. Also included is his later research on Korean and North American games, and on card, dice and parlor games of the time.

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