Electronic Entertainment Expo event ephemera, 1996–2012

Series

Identifier: RAUCH-E3

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Scope and Contents

This subcollection includes ephemera from E3 1996–2012. This mainly encompasses press kits, brochures, photographs, and promotional CDs.

Dates

Event: 1996–2012

Creator

Entertainment Software Association (Producer, Organization)
IDG Communications, Inc (Producer, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The Video Game History Foundation has been given permission by Carolyn Rauch to reproduce material in this collection. The intellectual property rights for these materials remains with their respective owners. Although no materials in this collection are restricted, personal contact information has been redacted from some items.

Full Extent

19 Folders (19 folders across 2 boxes) : 0.833 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

Carolyn Rauch was long-time organizer of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. As senior vice president of the Interactive Digital Software Association (later the Entertainment Software Association), Rauch oversaw the organization's trade show programs, including E3. When the ESA restructured E3 as a smaller-scale business summit in 2007, Rauch joined IDG World Expo to run a public-facing spinoff event, E for All.

In 2009, E3 returned as a full-scale trade show, now operated by IDG. Rauch returned as an organizer for the remaining decade of the event, first through IDG and late, through Dolaher Events.

Arrangement

Guidebooks for the Electronic Entertainment Expo are organized separately from the Carolyn Rauch collection (see "Trade show and event guidebooks"). Although Rauch's donation included copies of E3 guidebooks, most of these were already held and organized separately by the library.