The Lilly Library at Indiana University (Bloomington) is taking an existing collection of 30,000 puzzles and 4,000 books donated by collector Jerry Slocum (not the basketball coach!) and putting the collection online for scholars and the general public.
As well as the collection, Jerry Slocum devised his own classification of puzzles based on the scheme devised by Professor Angelo Louis Hoffmann over a century ago, and is a published author of 12 books as well as appearing on various US Tv shows.
You can search or browse the collection and view the photos plus details. Some puzzles are recently manufactured whuile others are centuries old. For example Kagen Schaefer U.S.A. wooden duodecahedron box which won both top awards at the IPP Nob Yoshigahara Design Competition is only five years old. If you’re into puzzles you may know of this but its fascinating reading.
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Posted: April 21st, 2011 under Uncategorized.
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