Dobjects Details Document
- Title
- Document - Beverley Keay, to Dorothy Howard, List of Games, 1955
- Description
Game names (and types): 'Skippie' (skipping games), 'Chasey', 'Hiddie [Hidey] Chase' (chasing games), 'Simon Says' (games of obedience), 'Hop', 'Hop Schoch [scotch]' (hopscotch), 'Hiding' (hiding games), 'Cricket', 'Softball', 'Ball', 'Tennis', 'Basketball', 'Pussy in the Corner', 'Golf', 'Football', 'Hockey' (ball games), 'Drop the Hankie' (circle game), 'Marbles' (marbles), 'Snakes and Ladders', 'Chines [Chinese] Checkers' (board games), 'Cards' (card games), 'Fidley Sticks' [Fiddlesticks] (play with props/equipment) Alternative type: language play Handwritten list of games compiled for Dr Dorothy Howard by Beverley Keay, presumably a student at Collier Primary School, in 1955. One of a collection of letters describing a children's games written to children's Folklorist Dorothy Howard between 1954 and 1955. Dr Howard came to Australia in 1954-55 as an American Fulbright scholar to study Australian children's folklore. She travelled across Australia for 10 months collecting children's playground rhymes, games, play artefacts, etc. This letter, together with the other original fieldwork collected by Dr Howard during this period, is preserved in the Dorothy Howard Collection manuscript files, part of the Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC), Archive Series 3. The ACFC is an extensive collection documenting children's folklore and related research.
- Physical description
Handwritten game description in pencil on lined paper. Text printed on one side only.
- Control
- HT 41164
Related Entries
See also
- Archive - ACFC Series 3, Dorothy Howard Collection, Manuscript Files, 1954-1955 (GAMES & TOYS)
- Collier Government Primary School
- Howard, Dorothy
- Howard, Dorothy
- Keay, Beverley
Created: 3 September 2015