Fred and Laura Brode Collection
MSS.0225
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Creator |
Brode, Fred, d. 1982 |
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Creator |
Brode, Laura |
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Title: |
Fred and Laura Brode Collection |
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Dates: |
1930's-1982 |
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Identification: |
MSS.0225 |
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Quantity: |
5.25 Linear feet, 10 boxes |
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Language: |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository: |
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library |
Fred and Laura Brode dedicated their lives to politics from an early age. Fred Brode left Germany, his birthplace, as an economic refugee in 1929 to find work in the United States. He arrived in New York City just in time to witness the collapse of The Stock Market. For the next decade, like millions of others, he was unable to find a steady job. He did, however, find a Canadian-born wife, and both became members of a new, anti-Stalinist Communist organization, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
In 1939, still searching for secure employment, the Brodes moved to Houston. Fred subsequently was hired by the Southern Pacific Railroad, a job he held until his retirement in the mid-1970's.
The Brodes were politically active throughout their years in Houston as members of the SWP and later the Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee and The Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party. Their politics naturally led them to become involved in the struggle for equal rights for ethnic minorities and women in Houston, as well as to correspond and maintain links with people and organizations elsewhere in the United States and abroad. In addition, Fred served as chairperson of the Houston Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the Houston May Day Committee, and the Labor Solidarity Committee. He was a founder of the Houston Marxist Collective and Study Group and the owner-operator of Connumard Publishers, which specialized in re-printing Marxist classics. Fred Brode died in 1982 shortly after his 75th birthday.
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Arrangement |
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The material in this collection is organized topically; each category of material is arranged chronologically, as per the following container list. |
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Fred and Laura Brode Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
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Brode, Fred, d. 1982 |
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Brode, Laura |
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Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party |
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Communard Publishers |
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Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee |
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Socialist Workers Party |
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Communism--United States--Texas |
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Vietnam War, 1961 1975--Protest Movements--United States |
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RG E-43: Radical Leftist Political Literature Collection
OH 291: Taped Interviews with Fred Brode, 1980-1981
OH B58: Tape Recording of Fred Brode's Memorial Service, 1982
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Fred and Laura Brode Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Donated by Laura and Robert Brode.
Processed by Howard Beeth, 1983.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Socialist Workers Party |
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Folder |
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1 |
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Socialist Workers Party, International & Internal Discussion Bulletins, 1951-1953 |
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2 |
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Socialist Workers Party, International & Internal Discussion Bulletins,
1973 |
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3 |
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Socialist Workers Party, International & Internal Discussion Bulletins,
1974, 1976-1977 |
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Folder |
| 2 |
1 |
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Socialist Workers Party, Internationalist Tendency Conflict, 1973-1974 |
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2 |
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Socialist Workers Party, Internationalist Tendency Conflict, 1975 |
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3 |
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Socialist Workers Party, Internationalist Tendency Conflict, 1976-1977 |
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4 |
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Socialist Workers Party, Internationalist Tendency Conflict, undated |
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5 |
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Speches and Position Papers by Fred Brode to the Houston Chapter of the Socialist Workers Party, mid-1970's |
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6 |
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Socialist Workers Party, Houston Chapter, 1969-1971 |
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7 |
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Socialist Workers Party, Houston Chapter,
1972, 1977 |
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8 |
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Socialist Workers Party, National Activities,
1945-1971, 1973 |
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1 |
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Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee, 1975 |
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2 |
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Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee, January-May 1976 |
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3 |
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Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee, June 1976-May 1977 |
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Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee, Book orders and advertising, 1975-1977 |
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5 |
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Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee, undated |
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Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party, 1977 |
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7 |
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Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party, March-September 1978 |
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8 |
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Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party, October-December 1978 |
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9 |
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Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party, 1979 |
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10 |
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Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party, undated |
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Communard Publishers, Houston: Publications, 1970's |
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2 |
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Communard Publishers, Houston: Sales, 1978 |
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3 |
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Alexander Defense Committee (re: Azania/South Africa), 1964-1965 |
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4 |
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Alexander Defense Committee (re: Azania/South Africa), 1966 |
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5 |
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Alexander Defense Committee (re: Azania/South Africa), 1967 |
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6 |
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Alexander Defense Committee (re: Azania/South Africa), undated |
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7 |
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Texas Southern University Police Riot, 1967 |
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8 |
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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1967-1969 |
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9 |
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Lee Otis Johnson Case, 1969 |
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10 |
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Houston Congress of African People, 1975 |
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11 |
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Omowale Luthuli (aka Dwight Allen), documents re: USA-Azania/South Africa, 1979 |
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Houston Haitian Refugee Committee, 1980 |
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Houston Citizens for Action on Vietnam, 1965-1966 |
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The Austin
War Review, September 1966 |
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Bring-the-Troops-Home
Newsletter correspondence, 1966-1967 |
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National Anti-War Movement, 1966-1967 |
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Houston Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1967 |
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Houston Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1968-1969 |
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Houston Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1970-1973 |
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Anti-War Speeches by Fred Brode, 1975-1976 |
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Interfaith Refugee Resettlement Committee, Houston Metropolitan Ministries, 1980 |
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El Salvadore Solidarity Committee, 1980-1981 |
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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, 1971 |
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Harris County AFL-CIO Council, 1974 |
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Houston May Day Committee, 1975 |
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Workin' People Talk (worker's newspaper), 1980 |
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Labor Solidarity Committee, 1980-1981 |
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Houston Coalition for Better Government, 1971 |
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Houston Reagan Protest Coalition, 1981 |
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10 |
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Mockingbird Alliance and Anti-Nuclear Material, 1979 |
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U.S. Committee for a Democratic Spain; Portuguese Solidarity Committee, 1975 |
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Native Americans, 1978-1979 |
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13 |
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Women's Rights, 1967-May 1970 |
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Women's Rights,
June 1970-1971, 1978 |
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Harris County Women's Political Caucus, 1972 |
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Houston Marxist Collective, 1978-1980 |
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New York Marxist School, 1979 |
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International Press Correspondents,
1976, 1978, 1980 |
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Communist Cadre publications, 1976-1979 |
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Spartacist League publications, 1964-1966 |
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Spartacist League publications,
1967-1968, 1977-1979, 1982 |
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Socialist Union publications and correspondence, 1975-1977 |
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Socialist Voice,
1977, 1980 |
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Workers Power Discussion Bulletin, 1981 |
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Correspondence, general, 1968-1982 |
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Correspondence, Shachtman-Stamm-Brode, 1930's-1980 |
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Correspondence, Rainer Liebs to Brode (in German), 1974-1975 |
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Correspondence, Upali Cooray-Brode, 1975-1981 |
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Correspondence, Dr. Franz J.T. Lee-Brode,
1966 1976-1977 |
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Position Papers, Steve Zeluck and Fred Brode, 1981 |
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Bartee Haile-Workers World Party Correspondence, 1975-1976 |
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Miscellaneous Material, 1966-1975 |
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Miscellaneous Material, 1976-1982 |
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Miscellaneous Material, roughly dated and undated |
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Birthday Greetings to Fred Brode on 75th birthday, June 1982 |
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Fred Brode, Obituaries, 1982 |
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1-50 |
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Photographs |
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51-118 |
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Photographs |
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