David J. Marcou Papers Relating to Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History
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Summary Information
Title: David J. Marcou Papers Relating to Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History
Date: 1999-2000

Creator:
  • Marcou, David J.
Unique Identifier: MSS 110

Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet

Physical Description: 2 archives boxes

Repository:
La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:
La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:
David J. Marcou, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has worked as a writer, journalist, editor and photographer.

This collection consists of drafts and proofs (1999-2000) of the book Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History published by Western Wisconsin Technical College, 2000, and edited by Marcou. Many authors contributed to the work.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss110
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Acquisitions Information

(Accession no. 2000.004) Donated by David J. Marcou, 2000 September-November

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], David J. Marcou Papers Relating to Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History , MSS 110, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processing Information

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, 2006

Arrangement

The materials have been arranged chronologically by drafts, pre-galley and galley proofs.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of drafts and proofs (1999-2000) of the book Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History published by Western Wisconsin Technical College, 2000. Many authors contributed to the work.

Biographical Note

David J. Marcou, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, graduated from Aquinas High School in 1968. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973 and another Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984. He also received a Master of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Iowa-Iowa City in 1978. Marcou has worked as a writer, journalist, editor and photographer. He has taught courses on writing and photography at Western Wisconsin Technical College (now Western Technical College) in La Crosse.

The Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History has been the first attempt at compiling a narrative history of La Crosse that included the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Related Materials
(Clipping file)
Biography--Marcou, David
(Ephemera file)
Biography--Marcou, David J.
Subject Terms
  • Marcou, David J.
  • Book editors--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Drafts (documents)
  • La Crosse (Wis.)--History
  • Proofs (printed matter)
  • Spirit of La Crosse: A Grassroots History
Contents List
Box 1
  Folder 1
Background material
Box 1
  Folder 2-4
First drafts, 1999
Box 2
  Folder 1-2
Box 1
  Folder 5-6
Second and third drafts, 1999-2000
Box 2
  Folder 3
Pre-galley proof set 1, 2000 May
Box 2
  Folder 4
Pre-galley proof set 2, 2000 June
Box 2
  Folder 5
Galley proofs without index, 2000