Rochester Wargaming Association and Guild (RWAG) collection
Content Description
Rochester Wargaming Association and Guild (RWAG) collection contains materials related to the club, which is still active today. This includes promotional materials, newsletters from the 1980s and 1990s, and mock-ups for some of these newsletters. The collection also contains program booklets and planning documents for Rudicon, RWAG’s annual convention hosted at RIT.
Dates
- Creation: 1985-2016
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
Rochester Wargamer’s Association and Guild (RWAG) may have been established as early as the 1960s as RIT’s tabletop gaming club. The club releases a newsletter and hosts a gaming convention on the RIT campus, and is an active club as of 2019.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 half document box, and one oversized folder.)
Language
English
Overview
A collection of club materials dating back to 1985, including newsletters, Rudicon programs, governance records, flyers, and games.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by material type and then chronologically.
Physical Location
C.S. North, shelf 260
Other Finding Aids
In addition to this finding aid, an inventory is available below. For more information, please contact the RIT Archive Collections.
Rochester Wargaming Association and Guild (RWAG) collection
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the RIT Archvies by members of RWAG in 2018. Accession number: 2018:013.
Processing Information
Finding aid created by Ella von Holtum in June 2019.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Rochester Wargaming Association and Guild (RWAG) collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Subtitle
- RIT Archives
- Author
- Ella von Holtum
- Date
- 18 June 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the RIT Archives Repository
