MARCOU, DAVID J. (editor). PAPERS RELATING TO SPIRIT OF LA CROSSE: A GRASSROOTS HISTORY, 2000.  0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

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, edited by Marcou. Many authors contributed to the work.

Acc. No. 2000-4
Donated by David J. Marcou, 2000
Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, 2006

Biography

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.

Scope and Content

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.

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

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