Newberry Library - Franklin Rosemont - T-Bone Slim research collection [box 01], circa 1923-1993

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Title Franklin Rosemont - T-Bone Slim research collection [box 01], circa 1923-1993

Date 1934-1993

Subjects Industrial Workers of the World, Labor literature

Summary Original manuscript writings by noted IWW member T-Bone Slim with research notes, book drafts, and correspondence from Franklin Rosemont used to produce his book Juice is stranger than friction : selected writings of T-Bone Slim (Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1992). Rosemont corresponded with many members of the IWW, labor activists, and family members of T-Bone Slim to gather any information about his life. Research files include many photocopies of Slim's columns in IWW publications.

Biographical/Historical Note A native of Chicago, Franklin Rosemont dedicated his life to art, scholarship, and political activism in support of labor and the American left. He was born October 2, 1943 to two labor activists, printer Henry Rosemont and jazz musician Sally Rosemont. He was a lifelong member of the IWW and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group with his wife Penelope Rosemont in 1965. Throughout the 1960s he was also active in the Rebel Worker group, the Solidarity Bookshop, and Students for a Democratic Society. He was a managing editor of the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, the oldest radical and labor press in the United States, and wrote several books.

Extent 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

Format Correspondence, Research notes

User-Contributed Transcription (AAs of 1934-35Nobody is hero to a company. (That's a heluva jokeaint it?) And all the effort we have put out topresent ourselves in a favorable light! Gratitude isanother feeling that is foreign to a company.Heroism and gratitude to not easily lend themselvesto economical considerations - niether do theyresolve themselves into dollars and cents - noteven in Australia or Hoboken. . . .

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Archival Collection Title Franklin Rosemont - T-Bone Slim research collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Rosemont-Slim

BibID 963064

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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