"Great Collectors of the Past"--answer

[Mr. Checkers]

"Checker Trivia questions of the Day". What famous collectors are associated with the following places: (1) South Africa (2) Amsterdam, Holland (3) Buffalo, New York (4) Brooklyn, New York (5) Providence, R.I. (6) Cleveland, Ohio (7) Sarasota, Florida (8) San Antono, Texas (Cont.)

[Palomino]

I'll give this a go and start it off with a couple of answers.

1. South Africa

2. Amsterdam, Holland Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands acquired the draughts library (500 titles) of G. L. Gortmans in 1956, following this many more draughts enthusiasts donated books on draughts and checkers which makes it (according to their web-site) the largest draughts collection in the world.
http://www.kb.nl/vak/schaak/inleiding/g ... is-en.html

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:QMQ ... =clnk&cd=3

3. Buffalo, New York

4. Brooklyn, New York

5. Providence, R.I. Edward B. Hanes: The Edward B. Hanes Checkers Collection can be found in the Special Collections of the Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island. http://www.provlib.org/accessinfo/special/special.htm

6. Cleveland, Ohio John G. White the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection can be found in the Special Collections on the third floor of the Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.cpl.org/sdi-special-collections.asp

7. Sarasota, flordia

8. San Antonio, Texas

[Palomino]

I've added answer #2 to my original post above.

[Bob Murr]

My guess for Buffalo, New York would be the George F. Wales collection.

[Mr. Checkers]

(1) John Napier (2) Philip de Schaap (3) George Wales (4) Timothy Call and Lyman Stearns (5) E.B. Hanes (6) John G, Whyte (7) Irving Windt and (8) John Caldwell. (Cont.)