Can't help with the London question, but as for games, contact the Museum
and Archive of Games at the University of Waterloo.  They have an amazing
collection.  Phone Number 519-888-4424.



At 07:45 AM 7/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Please excuse duplication of this message as it is being sent to several
>list serves.
>
>Hi!  I have two questions for the list I hope someone can answer.
>
>1.  Could someone please tell me what the address, phone #, e-mail #, and
>contact is for the City of London (England) Archives (or the archives
>which would have information on City of London Mayors' Gifts)?
>
>I am trying to track down information on a gift presented from the Mayor of
>London to the Mayor of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) in the early 1960s so that
>I can begin to attach a value to it for insurance purposes.  I am
>working in an archives this summer and finding the values of the Mayors'
>Gifts is one of my duties.
>
>2.  Does anyone have any experience with or know anything about any good
>heritage-type or theme computer games that preschool to 12-year old
>children could play with?  This is question from an Ontario, Canada
>heritage-type museum that wants to combine the old with the new in terms
>of setting up a hands-on education area.  Heritage games could include
>checkers, snakes and ladders etc. and themes could involve early settlers,
>1800s activities etc.  I don't know what is out there so any help or
>suggestions would be greatly appreciate.
>
>Thank you for your help.  Please respond to me directly.
>
>Carol (balancing-between-archives-and-museums) Hopp
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Thomas A. Reitz
Manager/Curator
Doon Heritage Crossroads
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 3W5

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