Slim Brundage papers, 1955-1991, (bulk 1964-1972).

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Toerber, Meta.

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Culture Vulture (Chicago, Ill.)

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Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990

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Chicago house painter, writer, and founder and self-proclaimed "janitor" of the College of Complexes, a Near North Side forum where speakers and the audience debated controversial topics and read poetry. During the late 1920's Brundage frequented the Dill Pickle Club, where he may have worked for a time. With this club's 1932 closing Brundage founded the first College of Complexes which lasted only a few months. He then started a hobo college, the Knowledge Box (1936-193...

Jacobson, David, 1940-....

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Alexander, Roy

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Roy Alexander, an Australian, was wireless operator on the New Zealand cargo ship Wairuna at the time of her capture by the German raider Wolf, 2 June 1917. From the description of Diary [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225764900 ...

College of Complexes (Chicago, Ill.)

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Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.)

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Henderson, Samuel Jones, 1802-1850

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Union soldier from New York. From the description of Diary, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271284 From the description of Diary, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20748457 ...