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Homelessness & Marginalization

A guide intended to aid research relating to homelessness and marginalization, and related topics, mainly within the greater Chicago area. This guide will be updated in accordance with CHM's ongoing critical cataloging efforts.

References

A-No 1. The ways of the Hobo / by A-no. 1, the famous tramp, written by himself from personal experiences ; a book of educational worth in connection with the national demand for a solving of the tramp problem. 3rd ed. Erie: PubCo, 1915. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015081409313. 

“Ben Reitman (1879-1942).” American Experience. PBS | WTTW. Accessed August 12, 2023. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldman-ben-reitman-1879-1942/

Bruns, Roger. Knights of the Road: A Hobo History. 1st ed. New York: Methuen, 1980 

Chronic Poverty. “Appendix A: Glossary of Terms.” 2007. https://www.chronicpoverty.org/uploads/publication_files/CPR1_appendices.pdf

Dowd, Ryan J. The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone. Chicago: American Library Association, 2018. 

Dudley, Michael, ed. Public Libraries and Resilient Cities. Chicago: American Library Association, 2013. 

Gershon, Livia. “The Hobo College of Hobohemia.” JSTOR Daily. May 16, 2019. https://daily.jstor.org/the-hobo-college-of-hobohemia/

Goluboff, Risa. “The Forgotten Law That Gave Police Nearly Unlimited Power.” History - Courts. Time Magazine online, February 1, 2016. https://time.com/4199924/vagrancy-law-history/

Goluboff, Risa L., and Adam Sorensen. “United States Vagrancy Laws.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. December 20, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.259

Happe, Marguerite. “The Hobo Way of Life.” Artful Living Magazine online. January 19, 2018. https://artfulliving.com/hobo-way-of-life/

“The History of Slave Patrols, Black Codes, and Vagrancy Laws.” Facing History and Ourselves. April 30, 2021. https://www.facinghistory.org/educator-resources/current-events/policing-legacy-racial-injustice/history-slave-patrols-black-codes-vagrancy-laws

Hix, Lisa. “Don’t Call Them Bums: The Unsung History of America’s Hard-Working Hoboes.” Collectors Weekly, 2015. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/dont-call-them-bums-the-unsung-history-of-americas-hard-working-hoboes/

Kerman, Scott. “Homeless, Houseless, and Unhoused: A Glossary of Terms Used to Talk about Homelessness.” Blanchet House. Accessed August 17, 2023. https://blanchethouse.org/homeless-houseless-unhoused-glossary-about-homelessness/#:~:text=In%20recent%20years%20advocates%20and,experiencing%20homelessness%20or%20housing%20insecurity/

Mince-Didier, Ave. “What Is a Vagrancy Charge?” Criminal Defense Lawyer. Accessed August, 2023. https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/crime-penalties/what-a-vagrancy-charge

National Center for Children in Poverty. “Illinois Early Childhood State Policy Profile.” 2023. https://www.nccp.org/early-childhood/?state=IL

National Coalition for the Homeless. “National Coalition for the Homeless #TBT - Hoboes, Bums, Tramps: How Our Terminology of Homelessness Has Changed - National Coalition for the Homeless.” Accessed August 16, 2021. https://nationalhomeless.org/hoboes-bums-tramps/

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. “Glossary of Essential Health Equity Terms.” Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. 2022. https://nccdh.ca/learn/glossary/

National Alliance to End Homelessness. “State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition.” National Alliance to End Homelessness. 2023. https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/

New World Encyclopedia contributors. “Workhouse.” New World Encyclopedia. May 17, 2023. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Workhouse

O’Brassill-Kulfan, Kristin. “The United States’ Long History of Criminalizing Homelessness.” NYUPress, From The Square (blog). January 14, 2019. https://www.fromthesquare.org/the-united-states-long-history-of-criminalizing-homelessness/

Rimkunas, Barbara. “The Problem of Tramps.” Exeter Historical Society. The Problem of Tramps (blog). November 4, 2015. https://exeterhistory.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problem-of-tramps.html

Tarter, Brent. “Vagrancy Act of 1866.” Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities. Accessed August 16, 2021. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/vagrancy-act-of-1866/.