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Tradition Board Game Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 900
Finding aid note: Forms part of the Houston Jewish History Archive. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

Two boxes containing a scrapbook, VHS cassettes of media appearances, one complete board game for ages 13 to adult, one complete board game "children's edition," design prototype, photographs, draft of instruction booklet, news clippings, correspondence, an essay about the making of the game by Estelle Panzer, meeting notes, press releases and other planning and publicity materials for both versions of the game document the activities undertaken by Estelle Panzer, Janis Odensky, and Judy Jordan between 1984 and 1989 to create the Tradition board game. The collection also includes an oral history with Estelle Panzer and Janis Odensky conducted in 2019.

Dates

  • 1984 - 2019

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Traditon Board Game Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Three Houstonian homemakers, Janis Odensky, Estelle Panzer, and Judy Jordan worked together to create a Jewish trivia board game, Tradition, which debuted in 1985. Tradition was a national success, selling in department stores across the United States and in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Planning materials, board games, a scrapbook, press releases and other publicity materials document the activities undertaken by Estelle Panzer, Janis Odensky, and Judy Jordan between 1984 and 1989 to create the Tradition Jewish trivia board game. The collection also includes an oral history with Estelle Panzer and Janis Odensky conducted in 2019.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged in two series as follows:

Series I: General; Series II: Oral History

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Janis Odensky and Estelle Panzer, August 2019

Subjects

Record Groups

Related Names

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Tradition Board Game Collection, 1984-2019
Status
Completed
Author
Grace Stewart
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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