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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Marc Raboy Alternative Press Collection
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the creator of the collection.
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Reference code
CA RBD MSG 1214
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
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1978 -1998 (Creation)
- Creator
- Raboy, Marc, 1948-
Physical description area
Physical description
approximately 9 m of textual records
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Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
Custodial history
Donated to McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections in two accruals, 2006 and 2013.
Scope and content
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.
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Language of material
English
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