Blair, Fred (Fred Bassett), 1906-2005
Dates
- Existence: 1906-10-04 - 2005-03-21
Biography
Joined the Communist Party of the US in 1929; later headed the Communist Party of Wisconsin into the 1970s.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
A Shadow from the Past, or Herbert Hoover, Merchant of Death, 1947-12
"For Peace on Earth and Good Will to All Men - Defeat Hooverism in 1947!" A collection of poems ) with New Year's greetings from Fred, Elizabeth and Billy Blair.
Bicentennial Thoughts, 1975
"Holiday Greetings!...Ho-Hum! Two hundred years have gone; Another hundred lies ahead...." A poem "from Mary and Fred Blair." Includes an illustration of a peace dove above a symbol of nuclear energy.
First Flight: Milwaukee-Detroit-Cleveland and return, 1947-04
"First Flight: Milwaukie-Detroit-Cleveland and return." Long poem with author's introductory notes on the poem.
For a Bright and Happy 1964!, 1963
A New Year's poem "...From Mary Keith Blair and Fred Bassett Blair, with warmest greetings to all our relatives and friends..."
Human Rights - Blatherskites, 1978-07-15
"Human Rights - Blatherskites...Sing a song of blatherskites/Intoning hymns to 'human rights/Here in the land of hyupocrites...."
Massacre at Song My and Other Things, 1968-12
"'The philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.' So wrote the greatest philosopher of modern times, the world-changer, Karl Marx....Good will to all men and women of all races and nations! Mary and Fred Blair."
Our Brother Bill, 1947-04
"Our Brother Bill." A poem dedicated to the American members of the International Brigade who fought Fascism in Spain.
Poems, 1973
A collection of poems by Fred Blair. Includes three poems composed by Fred Blair's sister, Naomi Blair. Also featured on the cover is a photo-reproduction of his son and daughter-in-law with their 9 hour-old granddaughter; stamps honoring Chilean patriots; and a political cartoon featuring Abraham Lincoln and Richard Nixon.
Poems, 1948
"From '48 to '49. Poems by Fred Blair...May this New Year see the end of capitalism and the dawn of Socialism in many new lands! Fred, Elizabeth and Billy Blair."
Poems, 1943
"1943. Merry Xmas, Happy New Year to You and Yours from Fred, Elizabeth, and Billy Blair." Thirteen poems by Fred Blair.