Adams, George Rollie
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- Wikipedia, Aug. 8, 2022(George Rollie Adams (b. 1941), is an American educator, historian, author, and museum professional. Adams's latest books are Found in Pieces and South of Little Rock, historical novels set during the civil rights movement. His previous published works include Ordinary People and Everyday Life, co-edited with James B. Gardner (American Association for State and Local History, 1980); Nashville: A Pictorial History, co-authored with Ralph Jerry Christian (The Donning Company, 1981, 1988); and General William S. Harney: Prince of Dragoons (University of Nebraska Press, 2001). He contributed forewords to David Carr, The Promise of Cultural Institutions (New York: AltaMira Press, 2003) and Scott G. Eberle, Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame (Running Press, 2009).)
- Nashville, 1980:CIP t.p. (G. Rollie Adams) bk. t.p. (George Rollie Adams)
- General William S. Harney, 2001:CIP t.p. (George Rollie Adams) data sheet (b. Sept. 11, 1941)
- The American Indian, c1971:t.p. (George R. Adams; Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.)
- E-mail from G. Rollie Adams, June 13, 2003(President and CEO, Strong Museum, Rochester, NY; co-editor of 1st ed. of The American Indian while a grad. student at Univ. of Ariz.)
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George Rollie Adams (born September 11, 1941), is an American educator, historian, author, and museum professional. As president and CEO of The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, from 1987 through 2016, Adams led the development of the world's first collections-based history museum devoted solely to the study of play and its critical role in learning and human development and the ways in which play illuminates cultural history. During his tenure, The Strong became home to the world's most comprehensive collection of toys, dolls, board games, electronic games, and other artifacts and documents pertaining to the history of play. The Strong also acquired the National Toy Hall of Fame and established the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, World Video Game Hall of Fame, Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, Woodbury School, and American Journal of Play.
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