Browse Items (68 total)

  • Collection: Publications and Creative Works

Hobo: Riding the Rails for Homeless article

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Article featuring Adman about his travels raising money for the homeless.

Inquiry 1973 for hobo king

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List of 103 questions given to candidates for hobo king. Used to determine authenticity of hoboing.

Labor's Unsettled Vagrancy: The Rise and Fall of thee Hobo Labor Movement, 1865-1929

M.A. thesis titled "Labor's Unsettled Vagrancy: The Rise and Fall of thee Hobo Labor Movement, 1865-1929". Written by Laura Carpenter.

Lonely are the Graves article

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An article written by Hood River Blackie about the backcountry of the West.

Magazine feature of the 2018 Hobo Convention

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Feature of the Hobo Convention in 2018 in Artful Living Magazine. Photography by Lee Snyder and article written by Marguerite Happe.

My First Freight Train Ride

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Stories from Iowa Blackie's first train ride.

Newspaper article featuring Adman

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Article featuring Adman after he caught the westbound.

Ode to a King poem

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A poem written by Hood River Blackie with facts about hoboing.

On the Road songs

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A collection of songs by "Virginia Slim". Release date unknown.