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Klamer, Alice, Slim Brundage correspondence, 1965-1972

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Title Klamer, Alice, Slim Brundage correspondence, 1965-1972

Date 1965-1972

Language English

Subjects Alternative education, Culture Vulture (Chicago, Ill.), Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.)

Description Writings and correspondence of Slim Brundage, founder of the College of Complexes, which operated on and off out of several locations on Chicago’s Near North Side during the 1950's-1960's as a forum where speakers and the audience debated controversial topics and read poetry. The collection also includes a variety of documents relating to the College of Complexes itself, such as correspondence, press releases, speaker solicitations, and poetry written by the College’s “students.”

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User-Contributed Transcription Sept 25, 1971
117 W. Dayton St.
Madison, Wis 53703
Dear Slim:
Was to Peoria, Bloomington (nice town), Springfield and Decatur, Illinois all in one week. The weather soaked me 5 of the 7 days. The $4 hotel rooms had such soft beds they broke my back. The buses completed breaking my back where the lousy beds didn't. The food cost us very high, much more than in Iowa. The people seem so depressed and poor and others sour and well off. Altho Madison leaves much to be desired I find it is as good as anything else. The humidity is high all over the midwest. All that rain and no heat in the rooms gave me a cold but since I had my back fixed by the chiropractor I'm in rather better condition than I expected to be.
I'm reading "The Rich and the Super Rich" by Ferdinand Lundberg. He wrote America's Sixty Families in 1937. This is a follow up published in 1968. This is of America's ruling multi-millionaires (75 to 100 million dollars each) who pay no taxes and rule the country through the politicians, lawyers, judges and military puppets. There are 200,000 of these wealthy people most of them are of 500 families. Like 250 DuPonts, 73 Rockefellers etc. It gives the background information for the things we always know about power in the U.S. Very interesting if I ignore all the statistics and figures except for 1.6% of the population holds all the power of wealth. I think you would like it if you skipped the figures. It's in Bantam Books for 1.95 The library has it too.
I've been looking for information on where Hitler got money to raise an army and make war materials. As far as I can find out Germany was broke, the mark was worthless and suddenly there was money for everything. Do you know anything about where Hitler got all that money from? It seems the money was re valued before he was

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Archival Collection Title Slim Brundage papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Brundage Box 6 Folder 176

BibID 991840788805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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