Slim Brundage
1903-1990
Social activist, Beat writer & poet
- About the creator
Myron Reed “Slim” Brundage typically described himself as a house painter, which was probably his most consistent source of income, but he was best-known as the founder and self-proclaimed “janitor” of the College of Complexes, which operated on and off out of several locations on Chicago’s Near North Side during the 1950's and 1960's and served as a forum where speakers and the audience would debate controversial topics and read poetry...
- About the collection
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The collection primarily consists of the writings and personal correspondence of Slim Brundage (1903-1990), as well as correspondence, press releases, speaker solicitations, and poetry relating to the College of Complexes. Two attempts at an autobiography, a novel about union politics and corruption, and a wide variety of published and unpublished magazine and newspaper articles and letters to the editor make up the bulk of Brundage’s writings...
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