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Michel Brisebois fonds
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CA RBD MSG 932
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3.2 m of textual records
1 diskette
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Name of creator
(1947-2006)
Biographical history
Michel Brisebois was born on June 27, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec.
He was a Canadian specialist in 18th-century French books, a former antiquarian bookseller, and a rare books curator and librarian at the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and Bibliothèque nationale du Canada in Montreal. He is the author of the books, "Impressions" (1999), "The Printing of Handbills in Quebec City, 1764-1800" (1995) and its French version, "L'imprimerie à Québec au XVIIIe siècle: les feuilles volantes et affiches, 1764-1800" (2005).
In 1967, he married Ginette Gauthier (1949–1998). He died on February 3, 2006, in St. Placide, Quebec.
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Fonds documents Michel Brisebois's work as a rare books curator and librarian, and antiquarian bookseller. The records include extensive correspondence from approximately 1966 to 1994 (textual and on diskette), as well as evaluations of libraries and archives including the Archives nationales du Québec, the McCord Musum, the McGill University Libraries, the Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal, and others. The fonds also contains Brisebois's agenda books, catalogues, and financial records, as well as documents relating to the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired from Michel Brisebois in three accessions: April 29, 1991; September 15, 1994; September 26, 1997.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Correspondence, 1970-1994 – files 1/1 to 2/5
Evaluations, 1979-1994 – files 2/6 to 3/14
Agenda Books, 1986-1990, 1992 – files 3/15 to 3/20
Affiliations, 1982-1994 – files 4/1 to 4/13
Inventories & Catalogues, 1979-1994 – files 4/14 to 6/16
Bibliographies & Notes, undated – files 7/1 to 7/9
Financial Documents, 1967-1994 – files 7/10 to 12/1
Miscellaneous – files 12/2 to 12/4
Language of material
- English