• IdentificationMidwest MS SDS
  • TitleInventory of the Students for a Democratic Society and 1968 Democratic Convention Publications Collection 1967-1988, bulk 1968 Midwest.MS.SDS
  • PublisherThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • RepositoryThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • Physical Description1.3 linear feet (1 oversize box)
  • Date
    • Bulk, 1968
    • 1967-1988
  • Location1 33 6
  • AbstractCompiled by Chicago-based Franklin Rosemont and donated by his wife, Penelope Rosemont, this collection consists of pamphlets, wall posters, and periodicals focusing on the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the 1968 Democratic convention.
  • OriginationThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts

Gift of Franklin and Penelope Rosemont, 2007.

The Students for a Democratic Society and 1968 Democratic Convention Publications Collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

The Students for a Democratic Society and 1968 Democratic Convention Publications Collection is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Students for a Democratic Society and 1968 Democratic Convention Publications Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Alex Haskins, 2015.

Chicago-based poet, artist, historian, and street speaker

Born in Chicago on October 2, 1943, to the printer Henry Rosemont and the jazz musician Sally Rosemont, Franklin Rosemont was a labor activist, artist, and the co-founder in 1966 of the Chicago Surrealist Group, a group of revolutionary, left-wing artists inspired by the Surrealist art of André Breton. At the age of seven, he joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), an international, radical labor union, and remained a committed member for the rest of life. Rosemont dropped out of school after his third year of high school but spent a significant amount of time in the Art Institute of Chicago’s library learning about surrealism, eventually enrolling at Roosevelt University in 1962. Active in the 1960s with IWW, the Rebel Worker group, the Solidarity Bookshop, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Franklin helped to lead strikes, as well as produce pamphlets, posters, flyers, newspapers, and broadsheets on the SDS printing press. He passed away on April 12, 2009, and was married to Penelope Rosemont, who still resides in Rogers Park, Illinois.

This small collection consists of periodicals, pamphlets and wall posters. Many of the materials were collected by Rosemont between the 1960s and 80s. Periodicals mostly depict Chicago local politics with an emphasis on the 1968 Democratic National Convention, but also include articles on labor movements around the world.

The periodicals, wall posters, and pamphlets are arranged by name alphabetically. Within the New Left Notes periodicals, the issues are arranged chronologically.

  • Names
    • Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
    • Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.).
    • Newton, Huey P.
    • Rosemont, Franklin
    • Rosemont, Penelope
    • Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.).
  • Subject
    • Chicago
    • Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    • Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
    • Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago
    • Political corruption -- Illinois -- Chicago
    • Social Action