Blair, Fred (Fred Bassett), 1906-2005

Person

Staff Only

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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Massacre at Song My and Other Things, 1968-12

Item

Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.19

Scope and Contents

"'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."

Dates: 1968-12

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Harold Leventhal proletarian archive, 1885-1978 / Harold Leventhal proletarian archive / Blair, Fred: Poetry

Poems, 1948

Item

Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.18

Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: 1948

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Subject: Communism -- United States. X