Being Social Before Social Media

Quizzes and Games

Chess by Mail

Box 41, folder 2, Rex Stout papers, MS1986-089

The Original Cut and Paste

Commonplace books were a way to gather your favorite poems and quotes. Scrapbooks held ideas, clippings, or mementos collected around a theme. Recipes, if kept loose, were easy to copy and share with a friend or neighbor. Today, we pin it, post it, download it, email it, text it.

‘Should You Marry?’ Quiz

Box 8, folder 28 Eleanor Early papers, MS1995-005

‘Should You Marry?’ Quiz

Box 8, folder 28 Eleanor Early papers, MS1995-005

Travel Scrabble

Box 82, Graham Greene papers, MS1995-003

Playing Cards

Box 1, folder 10, Bette Arnold collection of Bette’s Rolls Royce restaurant material, MS2012-009

Chess by Mail game

Box 41, folder 2, Rex Stout papers, MS1986-089

Collecting and Sharing
Further reading