Provides an overview of the collection, background information about Franklin Rosemont, a chronology of the Surrealist movement, a catalog of Black Swan Press publications, and a list of Franklin Rosemont's correspondents. Includes a document written by Penelope Rosemont, Paul Garon and Connie Rosemont reflecting on work of the Chicago Surrealist Group and the people and events that influenced it.
Contains early writings, manuscripts, notes and drawings by Franklin Rosemont; publications and pamphlets; and correspondence. Most items are from the 1960s, with occasional outliers dated as late as 2010. Most notable are original drawings by Franklin Rosemont, early manuscripts and issues of the Rebel Worker, and notes documenting Franklin Rosemont's emerging thoughts on Surrealism.
Robert Calese, Nikki Black, Walter Caughy, Lawrence Decoster, Richard Ellington, James Evrard, Schlecter Duvall