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Marc Raboy Alternative Press Collection
Collection
approximately 9 m of textual records
Marc Raboy is a writer and emeritus professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. He lives in Montreal and Abercorn, Qc.
Donated to McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections in two accruals, 2006 and 2013.
The collection consists of books, periodicals, and published ephemera related to alternative media between roughly the 1960s and 1998. The collections has a special focus on Quebec alternative, grassroots, and political publications as well as journalism trade publications and ephemera, and union and labour movement publications. Some publications are from Cuba and China, including Cuban calendars and some documents, books, and newspapers on China.
Inventory lists available.