Archive for the ‘Archive’ Category
This document was passed on to me by Andrew McLuhan. It looks like a handout to be given to visitors to McLuhan’s Centre from beyond the University of Toronto, as well as from within it. Since it mentions City as Classroom, which was published in 1977, this document must date from that year or 1978. […]
Filed under: Academic, Archive, Centre, Education, Ideas, information, Remembrance, Toronto School, university | Leave a Comment
Tags: academic, Centre, communication, culture, education, ideas, Toronto, university
Library and Archives Canada building in Ottawa McLuhan read widely, often recording his thoughts on what he read in the margins and endpapers of his books. He also corresponded with a global intellectual and social network about his reading; sometimes, he would recommend a particular book, or simply mention one in passing. Library and Archives […]
Filed under: Academic, Archive, Articles, letters | Leave a Comment
Tags: academic, articles, communication, culture, media, Toronto, university
George Gerbner (1919 – 2005) George Gerbner was a professor of communication and originator of cultivation theory which examines the long-term effects of television, it’s primary proposition being that the images and ideological messages transmitted through popular TV media heavily influence perceptions of the real world. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he emigrated to the United States […]
Filed under: Academic, Archive, Education, Ideas, letters, Media Ecology, Scholars | Leave a Comment
Tags: academic, communication, culture, education, ideas, McLuhan, media ecology, university
Whole Earth Catalog, spring 1969 In 1968, Stewart Brand founded the Whole Earth Catalog. Brand’s goals were to make a variety of tools accessible to newly dispersed counterculture communities, back-to-the-land households, and innovators in the fields of technology, design, and architecture, and to create a community meeting-place in print. The catalogue quickly developed into a […]
Filed under: 1960s, Archive, Commentary, Ideas, Media Ecology, Print, Publishing, Remembrance, Technology | Leave a Comment
Tags: communication, culture, ideas, media ecology, print, technology
Saturday Review Cover – March 18, 1967 This month, the Fisher’s rotating display case features books and materials from Marshall McLuhan’s Library. The library, comprising more than 6000 volumes, was used heavily by McLuhan in the writing of his most famous works, including Understanding Media, The Gutenberg Galaxy and The Medium is the Massage. A majority of the books […]
Filed under: Academic, Announcement, Archive, Education, Exhibitions, Literature | Leave a Comment
Tags: academic, culture, education, exhibitions, literature, Toronto, university
The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) cordially invites media researchers, creative practitioners, and social activists to the second part of its public seminar series Moving Forward. The seminar offers an opportunity to connect through a Round table discussion, film screening, and exclusive performance on media, diversity issues, and silenced voices at Toronto’s industReal arts room […]
Filed under: Academic, Archive, Celebrities, Education, Meetings, New Media | Leave a Comment
Tags: academic, communication, culture, education, lectures, media, Toronto
Andrew McLuhan Andrew McLuhan, the grandson of famed communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, visited the Fisher Library in January 20, 2014, to discuss McLuhan’s working library, which is now housed at the Fisher. Andrew discussed his role in cataloguing the McLuhan Library, some of the interesting discoveries he made, and how he came to understand his […]
Filed under: Academic, Announcement, Archive, Books, Eric McLuhan, Literature, Print, Scholars | Leave a Comment
Tags: academic, books, culture, education, Eric McLuhan, lectures, literature, Toronto, university
McLuhan Library Collection now available Marshall McLuhan’s annotated copy of Finnegan’s Wake (click on image for enlarged view) The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is proud to announce the acquisition of the working library of Marshall McLuhan. The library, comprising more than 6000 volumes, was used heavily by McLuhan in the writing of his most famous […]
Filed under: Academic, Announcement, Archive, Education, Eric McLuhan, Literature, Print, Scholars | 3 Comments
Tags: academic, books, culture, education, Eric McLuhan, literature, Toronto, university
Portrait of Claude Bissell outside the president’s office, Simcoe Hall, U of T In 2011, the Information Services team at the Inforum received a donation-in-kind from the wife of Claude T. Bissell. While president of U of T, Bissell became friends with Marshall McLuhan and as friends, McLuhan often made gifts of his work to […]
Filed under: Academic, Archive, Education, Remembrance, Scholars | 2 Comments
Tags: academic, articles, culture, education, McLuhan, Toronto, university
McLuhan Galaxy 
University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Acquires Kelvin Technical High School text on Macaulay owned by Marshall McLuhan
An Announcement by Howard R. Engel, Founding Director & C.E.O. of The Marshall McLuhan Initiative, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada On behalf of The Marshall McLuhan Initiative Board of Directors, I’m very pleased to report that Archives & Special Collections at the University of Manitoba (U. of M.), Marshall McLuhan’s first post-secondary alma mater where he earned a gold […]
Filed under: Academic, Announcement, Archive, Commentary, Education, Manitoba, Press Release, Remembrance, university | Closed