Frederick “Fred” Stone was a student at Black Mountain College from 1939 through the fall of 1942. He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. At the college, he studied theater, photography and writing as well as political theory.

He played the role of Banquo in the college performance of Macbeth. He also took part in a project to study the Swannanoa Valley.

He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II. A photographer and cinematographer during the 1950s, he founded Fred Stone Reprographics which he operated in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts for many years.

Stone married a Black Mountain student, Jane Robinson Stone and they had four children. After their divorce, he married Lucia Antonoli. He was active in community life, a member of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee and the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. He served on the Board of Directors of the Cambridge Mental Health Association.

Relationships

Wife: Fellow BMC student, Jane Robinson Stone

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about Frederick can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:

2017.40.078 October 2, 1942 bulletin, "Fred Stone is in the photography division of the signal corps. He is stationed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. John Stix is also in army photographic work."

2017.40.090 January 18, 1943 bulletin, "Janie Robinson and Fred Stone were married on Saturday, January 2nd in New York City. Jack Swackhammer acted as best man and Jane Slater was Maid of Honor. Address: Private Fred M Stone, Company M, 15th Ser Rgt, Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, New Jersey."