Alan Marshall (historian)

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Alan Marshall (b April 30, 1949, Kilmarnock, Scotland) is a British historian who works in France. He specialised in the history of printing, in particular that of phototypesetting.

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Biography

After studying maths and physics at Glasgow University, [1] he became a founder member of Aberdeen People's Press (APP), which published a fortnightly alternative newspaper from 1973 until 1976. The press also provided a printing service to political organisations, activist groups, trade unions and charities in Scotland. Beginning in 1976, it began to published books and pamphlets on workers' and alternative movements. [2] APP became a workers' coop in 1979. [3]

Marshall moved to France in 1981, and in 1989 began working with the Musée de l'imprimerie in Lyons, cataloguing its documentation and research library. [4] He also worked with the Association pour un conservatoire de l'informatique et de la télématique (Aconit), making contributions to two exhibitions: La lettre et l'ordinateur [5] and Histoires de mémoires. In 1991, he obtained a PhD in history from Pierre Mendès-France University (Grenoble) [6] for a study of the invention and commercialisation of the first second-generation phototypesetting machine, the Lumitype-Photon. [7] He curated or co-curated several exhibitions for the Musée de l’imprimerie [8] (Impressions de Marius Audin. Un imprimeur-érudit de l’entre-deux-guerres, 1995; [9] Ephemera: les imprimés de tous les jours, 2001; [10] Imprimer sur tissu et sur papier au fil des siècles, 2005; [11] Transatlantiques. L'épopée graphique des paquebots de légende, 2013 [12] ), as well as for the Museum of the French Revolution (L'affiche en révolution [13] ). From 1999 until 2002 he worked for the École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (Enssib) on setting up the Institut d'histoire du livre. [14] He was in charge of the Book History Workshop (École de l’Institut d’histoire du livre) until 2009 and remained a member of its board until 2015.

Marshall has published numerous articles and several books on the history of printing and graphic communication. From 1997 until 2011 he contributed to the Dictionnaire encyclopédique du livre, for which he was also in charge of the English terminology. [15]

He was historical advisor to the Musée de l'imprimerie from 1992 until 2002 when he was appointed as its director. During his time as director, the Musée acquired the status of Musée de France (2005). [16] He directed the Musée until his retirement in 2015. During his time as director, he supervised the restructuring of the Musée in order to improve the use of the building and more fully exploit its rich collections, as reflected in the new identity: Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique. [17] He has been chair of the Association of European Printing Museums since 2012.

Honours

In 2011, he was made chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres [18]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Alan Marshall, "Lithography by the Back Door", in Dutch Lithography Museum, edited by A. J. Vervoon and P. L. Vrijdag, Nederlands Steendrukmuseum, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, 2014, pp. 36-37
  2. ↑ Andrew Rigby, "Aberdeen People's Press", in Here Is the Other News (edited by Crispin Aubrey, Charles Landry, Dave Morley), Minority Press Group, London, 1980.
  3. ↑ Introductory notice to the Records of Aberdeen People's Press, Archives hub, https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/fcf20db1-e0fa-3ce7-9092-aba6d261c3d0?terms=aberdeen%20people%27s%20press, consulted 13/01/2016.
  4. ↑ La lettre du Musée, n° 21, Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique, Lyon, 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Aconit bulletin n° 2, Grenoble, [1990], pp. 1-3.
  6. ↑ Notice d’autorité de la BnF.
  7. ↑ Alan Marshall, Du plomb à la lumière. La Lumitype-Photon et la naissance des industries graphiques modernes, Paris, Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 2003.
  8. ↑ La lettre du Musée, n° 21, Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique, Lyon, 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Impressions de Marius Audin: un imprimeur érudit de l'entre-deux-guerres, catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée de l'imprimerie et de la banque, Association des amis du musée de l'Imprimerie et de la Banque, Lyon, 1995.
  10. ↑ Marius Audin, Alan Marshall, Bernadette Moglia, Michael Twyman, Ephemera: les imprimés de tous les jours, 1880-1939, catalogue of the exhibition organised by the Musée de l'imprimerie, 8 December 2001 - 28 April 2002, Lyon, Musée de l'Imprimerie, 2001.
  11. ↑ Tissu/papier: échanges d'impressions, ENS Editions, Lyon, 2005.
  12. ↑ Transatlantiques. L'épopée graphique des paquebots de légende, Lyon, Musée de l'imprimerie, 2013.
  13. ↑ L'Affiche en révolution, catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée de la Révolution française, 3 July - 21 September 1998, edited by A. Marshall and Thierry Gouttenègre, Vizille, Musée de la Révolution française, 1998.
  14. ↑ La lettre du Musée, Octobre 2002, Musée de l'imprimerie, Lyon. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Pascal Fouché, Daniel Péchoin, Philippe Schuwer (editors) Dictionnaire encyclopédique du livre, Paris, Editions du Cercle de la librairie, 2002-2011.
  16. ↑ Frédérik Reitz, 'Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique: les raisons d'un vrai succès', Le magazine du bibliophile, mars-avril 2015
  17. ↑ La lettre du Musée, n° 21, Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique, Lyon, 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  18. ↑ 'Alan Marshall, chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres', La Lettre du musée, n° 17, Lyon, Musée de l’Imprimerie, December 2011
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