Utah and Mormon Board Game collection
Scope and Contents
The Utah and Mormon Board Game Collection contains board games concerning the state of Utah, cities and regions in Utah, and the Church of Latter-Day Saints. Many of the games are variants of popular games, such as Monopoly (e.g., Monopoly: Utah Edition produced by Parker Brothers and the unofficial variants like Utahopoly, LDSopoly, Salt Lakeopoly, Evanstonopoly, and Cache Valleyopoly), while others are modeled after the gameplay of well-known games (e.g., Settling Zion is modeled after Settlers of Catan, Rivers and Rods is modeled after Chutes and Ladders, Cues'n Clues is modeled after $20,000 Pyramid).
Dates
- Creation: 1946-2013
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah and Mormon Board Game Collection must be obtained from the Rare Books Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical / Historical
The games in this collection were produced by mostly Utah or LDS-based companies between the 1940s and today.
Extent
93 Items (93 custom boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Utah and Mormon Board Game Collection contains board games concerning the state of Utah, cities and regions in Utah, and the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The games in this collection were produced by mostly Utah or LDS-based companies between the 1940s and today.
Arrangement
The first 88 games are arranged by size. Additions to the collection are added at the end in the order received.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of the collection was purchased from Tschanz Rare Books, LLC on December 12, 2019. Other items were donated by Christine Rompato in 2022 and 2023.
- Title
- Guide to the Utah and Mormon Board Game collection
- Author
- Finding aid written by Drew Roberson and Jennifer Duncan.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu