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McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1911-07-21 - 1980-12-31

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Archetype Press: Pressing Words: Typographic Explorations on Literacy. No.7/Spr / Vance Studley, editor ; McLuhan M ; Orwell G., 1993

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Identifier: CC-27065-27539
Scope and Contents

On each page, the student has rendered a typographic composition within a rectangle, 10.2 cm x 7.2 cm (and sometimes overflowing outside these limits). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Elaboration / McLuhan, Marshall; Fiore Q., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43088-45140
Scope and Contents

This short explanation by Henninger explains the often misquoted title of McLuhan's book, "The Medium is the Massage." The "Medium is the Message appeared in his large 1964 book, "Understanding Media." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Homage to the Square, the Blacks, Ian Hamilton Finley & Marshall McLuhan, 1968

 Item — Box Blau-Bly (prev 321): [Barcode: 31858072490869]
Identifier: CC-23427-23871
Scope and Contents

Printed on gray paper; the Sackner Archive also has a copy printed on white paper. The image on the inside back cover is a small, hand drawn, black square. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Letters of Marshal McLuhan / McLuhan, Marshall ; Burroughs WS ; Miller J ; Cage J ; Ford FM ; Joyce J ; Kostelanetz R ; Lewis WP ; Mallarme S ; Schafer RM ; Steinberg S ; Pound E., 1987

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Identifier: CC-32470-34044
Scope and Contents

The letters reprinted in chronologic order with minimal annotations were selected and edited by Matie Molinari, Corinne McLuhan and William Toye. They provide a background to McLuhans's life and intellectual growth and reveal his staggering knowledge of the literature of the great writers and thinkers who inspired him to achieve his penetrating insights into the age of electronic communication and become its most renowned interpreter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Rolywholyover: A Circus, 1993

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-28811-30126
Scope and Contents

The prints are photographic reproductions of some of the works in this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Medium Is The Massage / McLuhan, Marshal ; Fiore, Quentin ; Cage J ; Joyce J., 1967

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Identifier: CC-33174-34802
Scope and Contents

This profusely illustrated book dealing with the power of the media, written over 32 years ago at the time of writing this annotation still is current in thought today. Thus, McLuhan writes on page 67, "The new interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

The Medium Is The Massage / McLuhan, Marshal ; Fiore, Quentin ; Cage J ; Joyce J., 1967

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Identifier: CC-33175-34803
Scope and Contents

This profusely illustrated book dealing with the power of the media, written over 32 years ago at the time of writing this annotation still is current in thought today. Thus, McLuhan writes on page 67, "The new interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

U&lc. No.2/Jun / McLuhan M., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-33415-35054
Scope and Contents

This issue deals largely with the "new" digital typography and communications revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Uncle Funky / Walker, Elbert; McLuhan M; Wittgenstein L., 1969

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Identifier: CC-32488-34064
Scope and Contents

Features calligraphic script in a number of styles along with line drawings that appear to be pages taken from a sketch book. Elbert Walker is the name of a well known mathematics professor; perhaps, he was the author of this piece since there are several mathematic references in the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969