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“Before punks, hippies, and beatniks there were hobohemians. Born in reaction to an increasingly urban and industrial American society, these radicals combined a working class consciousness with a rejection of rampant materialism to create a bulwark against a rising tide of greed and exploitation. The Hobohemia Collection in the Joseph A. Labadie Collection gives a glimpse into this subculture through the writings and artifacts of two prominent hobohemians, Jack Sheridan (1905-1967) and Slim Brundage (1903-1990), shining a light on a mutinous spirit that bubbled just below the surface of the American status quo.” Read more!
Guest post by Andrew Wilhelme, a second year graduate student in the School of Information Sciences at Wayne State University. This article is partial fulfillment of the Archival Administration Practicum.
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