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Robert B. Scott fonds McLuhan, Marshall
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File contains a variety of materials. Included is an audiocassette recording of Robert Scott's PTM 011-01 lecture given October 21, 1976 from 8:00am - 9:00am. Black and white photographs and contact sheets showing the the geodesic dome built in the Experimental Media Lab (Photo Arts building rm 304). Included in the photographs are images of Robert Scott and several of his students who helped build the dome. The contact sheets show the same photographs plus other images of student work and Ron Werner, a professor from the Psychology Department who team taught with Robert Scott. A valentine's day card, and a short 2 page essay by Robert Scott.

Envelope 15, 15.1 and 15.2

Envelope 15 contains materials relating to Marshal McLuhan. Included is content, proposals, news stories, correspondence, meeting minutes and other materials relating to a variety of McLuhan related exhibits and displays.

Envelope 15

Envelope 15 contains 2 dvd and textual records relating to the "McLuhan's Media" installation presented in the George Vari Engineering Building July 22 and 23, 2011. Included is preliminary research, several versions of possible media to be used, the final selection of media, a listing of contributing artists. The first dvd is Mark Polscher's "Die Mechanische Brout" and "Science and Society: McLuhan on The Club"; and the second dvd is of Christina (Jana) Kluge's multimedia exhibition "Homage to Marshall McLuhan". Polscher's work was played during the exhibit. Kluge's work was received later.

Envelope 15.1

File contains materials related to various Marshall McLuhan exhibits and events. Included are two dvds with "Who is Marshall McLuhan" and "The Ballad of Marshall McLuhan" as shown during Nuit Blanche 2010. Also in the file are DVDs of the Marshall McLuhan plaque unveiling, and a DVD of the Media Literacy Network launch, and of Professor Bob Logan's book "McLuhan Misunderstood" at the Spoke Club in February of 2011.
The file also contains photographs taken of the "McLuhan's Media" exhibition at George Vari in 2011, and meeting minutes and other materials relating to the McLuhan Legacy Network (MLN).

Envelope 15.2

File contains copy of the libretto "McLuhan: The Musical" written by Frank Moher, with music and lyrics by Gerald Reid. It was premiered by the Great Canadian Opera Company in Ottawa in October of 1994. It was also used in the McLuhan media installation in 2011 in the George Vari Centre.
Also included in the file are a variety of magazine and newspaper articles relating to Marshall McLuhan and new media. Included are:
"Cyber Rebels - The Force with No Name" Toronto Star, March 6 , 2011
"Chaos! - Mathematics learns to cope with the unpredictable" Globe and Mail, October 24, 1987
"Marketing's Sinister Side" Toronto Star, August 20, 2011
"Brain scan 'reads' thoughts out loud" Toronto Star, February 9, 2012
"Meet you at the Megaplex" Toronto Star, December 4, 2010
"Can we be digital Canadians" Torono Star, July 28, 2010
"When breaking the law is justified" Toronto Star, June 11, 2011
"A brief history of killing time" Toronto Star, June 3, 2011
"Spatial Metaphor in the Work of Marshall McLuhan" Canadian Journal of Communication Vol. 26, No. 4 2001
"Marshall McLuhan strikes back" Toronto Star, October 20, 2011
"We are McLuhan" Toronto Life magazine, July 2011
"Never a dull moment" St. Michael's magazine Spring, 2011
"Divine Inspiration" Walrus Magazine, July/August 2011