Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Eastern Washington State Historical
Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5313
Fax: (509) 363-5303
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
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Collection Number:
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Ms 131
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Creator:
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Ku Klux Klan
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Title:
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Butte,
Montana Records
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Dates:
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1916-1931 (inclusive)
1924-1928 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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2 linear ft.
2 boxes
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Languages:
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Materials are
in English
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Summary:
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Records created by or received by the
Kontinental Klan, No. 30 of the Ku Klux Klan, in Butte, Montana. The collection
includes correspondence, publications of the Klan, and financial, legal,
membership, and organizational records.
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Historical Note
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan swept the United States in the 1920s,
and the Pacific Northwest was no exception. Thousands of local men and women
joined the Klan during this period, drawn by the moral platform ostensibly
supported by the Klan. The announced enemies were vice and corruption, but
their targets were Blacks, Catholics, Jews, and the foreign-born.
Qualifications for membership included being “native born, white, Protestant,
Gentile, and an American citizen."
The national organization of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was
organized in 1915 at Stone Mountain, Georgia. The founders adopted many of the
trappings of the nineteenth-century Klan, including exotic titles, white robes
and hoods, and cross burning. Klan organizations around the country displayed a
good deal of regional diversity, and Klan activity and influence also varied
among states in the same region. The Klans in the Pacific Northwest were never
as violent as those in the South or Midwest. Also, Montana and Washington Klans
never enjoyed the membership numbers or political power that the Oregon Klan
did. Estimates of Montana Klan membership, at its height in the mid-1920s, are
a bit more than 5,000.
The Kontinental Klan was organized in Butte, Montana, in 1923. It was
one of forty-some Klans or chapters in Montana. Butte was considered to be “the
worst place in the State of Montana, so far as alienism and Catholicism are
concerned,” according to Montana Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
Klan membership experienced a sharp decline in the late 1920s. The
Klans in the Pacific Northwest, again, were no exception to the national trend.
The entire Butte membership appears to have been transferred to another Klan in
September and October, 1929, although correspondence of the last Kligrapp
continues through 1930. Records from the Montana state organization continue
through 1931.
Content Description
This collection consists of materials created by or received by the
Kontinental Klan, No. 30, in Butte, Montana.
- The Correspondence series (1923-1930) consists of the incoming
and outgoing correspondence of the various Exalted Cyclopses (presidents) and
Kligrapps (secretaries) of the Kontinental Klan. A great deal of the
correspondence is with Montana’s Grand Dragon, Lewis Terwilliger. Much of the
Kontinental Klan’s business had to be approved by the Grand Dragon, and
communication with other Klans was often directed through the Grand Dragon to
maintain secrecy. There is considerable incoming correspondence from the
national president, Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, and from the national
secretary, Imperial Kligrapp H.K. Ramsey, including bulletins, letters, and
edicts. The correspondence files contain a great deal of membership
information. Included are notices to delinquent members, reinstatements,
resignations, transfers, and inquiries directed through the Grand Dragon to
other Klans regarding the character of prospective members in Butte. The
correspondence files are the most voluminous during the 1927-1928 period, when
Albert W. Jones was secretary.
- The Financial Records series (1922-1929) consists of an account
book, bank records (bank statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, and
savings account passbooks), a cash book, several financial reports, an
inventory, invoices, one page from a ledger, orders for general supplies and
for robes, receipts, and warrants. The bank statements, cancelled checks,
receipts, and warrants are missing for 1927.
- Two surety bonds for the Klabee (treasurer) and the Kligrapp
(secretary) compose the Legal Records (1928) series. The national organization
required these two officers to be bonded.
- The Membership Records series (1923-1929) consists of
applications for membership, dues stubs, membership reports, lists of members,
a “Membership and Dues Record” book, membership record cards, and member
transfers. The major listing of members is the “Membership and Dues Record,”
although after a certain point new members do not seem to have been added. The
membership record cards is the major listing of members after that point. A
great deal of membership information also may be found in the correspondence
files and in the minutes.
- The Organizational Records series (192 1-1930) contains bylaws
and amendments, committee records, meeting attendance lists, minutes of the
state Klorero (conventions) and of the Butte Konklaves (chapter meetings), and
lists of officers. The minutes of the konklaves contain a great deal of
membership information since the names of prospective members needed to be read
to the membership at three meetings before being accepted. The minutes,
therefore, also contain information about applicants who were rejected.
- The Publications series (1916, 1921-193 1) contains publications
and other printed material purchased by or received by the Kontinental Klan.
The publications are arranged alphabetically by publisher to bring all
Klan-published material together. It also allows researchers to see that other
publishers were putting out materials of interest to the Klan, such as the
anti-Catholic publishing house, the Rail Splitter Press. The Rail Splitter
Press claimed to be “the oldest, most successful, and most reliable Anti-Papal
publishing house in America.”
- The Miscellany series (1923-1928) consists of personal papers of
Kligrapps Floyd F. Johnson and Albert W. Jones, materials from the 1928
election, including several anti-Al Smith writings, and three snapshots of
unknown men in Klan robes.
- The Clippings series (1921-1929) contains clippings original to
the collection and clippings from other sources. The clippings original to the
collection are from the Butte Post, the Kansas City Kansan, the Searchlight,
and from an unknown newspaper(s), probably a Butte paper. The clippings not
original to the collection are from the Montana Historical Society Library’s
vertical file on the Ku Klux Klan and from two Spokane newspapers regarding
Klan happenings in Montana.
- At the very end of the collection is a subgroup titled WOMEN OF
THE KU KLUX KLAN. This subgroup (1928-1931) contains material that belonged to
Lillie B. Houghtailing, who was a Klan member in New York state. Some of the
items are specific to Mrs. Houghtailing, such as a letter and contract allowing
her to be a Local Extension Officer for the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, and her
membership cards. The Publications are general Women of the Ku Klux Klan
publications.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Correspondence
- Financial Records
- Legal Records
- Membership Records
- Organizational Records, including minutes
- Publications and other printed materials
- Miscellany
- Newspaper Clippings
- Women of the Ku Klux Klan
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Purchased by Edward W. Nolan for EWSHS.
Processing Note Processed to the file folder level.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is not restricted.
Restrictions on Use Collection is open for use.
Preferred Citation Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Butte, MT Records (Ms 131), Eastern
Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture,
Spokane, WA.
Related Information
Bibliography Holstine, Craig. "Marching as to War: the Ku Klux Klan in Eastern
Washington in the 1920's" (Paper presented at the Pacific Northwest History
Conference, Helena, Montana, 17 May 1985).
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online
Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring
materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using
these headings.
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| Ku Klux Klan--Archives |
| Terwilliger, Galbraith |
| Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Montana |
| Ku Klux Klan. Kontinental Klan, No.
30--Montana--Butte |
| Montana--Societies, etc. |
| Montana--Race
relations--History |
| Racism--Montana--History |
| Racism--Societies, etc.--Montana |
| Correspondence |
| Manuscript
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Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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Correspondence, 1923-1930,
(bulk
1927-1928)
Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the various officers of
the Kontinental Klan.
Each office is followed by the name of the person who held the
office and for what years.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Exalted Cyclops (John S. Kula,
1923-1924)
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1923-1924 |
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Correspondents include Charles Steele and Grand Dragon Lewis
Terwilliger, including “Official Document No. 1” announcing the establishment
of the Realm of Montana.
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Exalted Cyclops (John C. Martin,
1924-1926)
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undated |
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Three letters, undated, allowing items to be removed from the
“club.” In two letters the Klan is referred to as the Butte Men’s Literary
Club, a name they used to hide their identity when renting meeting space.
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Exalted Cyclops (Walter Aitken,
1927-1928)
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1927-1928 |
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Correspondents include C. U. Brown from the Jefferson Klan in
Whitehall, Montana, re allowing women to use men’s
robes for a Klan parade in Whitehall; Imperial Klaliff H.R. Ramsey; Jack
Stewart re nominations for school trustee in
Butte; and Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Kligrapp (W. Grant Hoage, April
1923-January 1924)
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1923 |
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Correspondents include Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans and Grand
Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Kligrapp, Acting (Walter R.
Olsen, February-May 1924)
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1924 March-June |
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Correspondents include Imperial Klazik Brown Harwood; Grand
Dragon Lewis Terwilliger; Stephen Tighe from the Roundup, Montana Klan
re Royal Riders of the Red Robe.
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Kligrapp (W. Grant Hoage, June
1924)
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1924 June |
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Correspondents include Imperial Kligrapp H.R. Ramsey and Grand
Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Kligrapp (Floyd F. Johnson, July
1924-January 1925)
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1924-1925 |
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Correspondents include Richard S. Akers, from the Wheatland Klan
in Harlowton, Montana; William W. Casper, editor of
The Montana Klansman; Acting Grand
Dragon Don C. Evans; Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans; E.E. Hoge and L. D. Smith,
both from the Baker, Oregon Klan; and Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Kligrapp (James A. Bray,
January-August 1925)
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1925 |
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Correspondents include C. H. Barker from the Kalispell, Montana,
Klan; Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans; the Pythian Castle Association
re payment of rent by the “Butte Men’s Literary
Club”; and Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Kligrapp (Carl A. Fuehr, August
1925-September 1927)
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1925-1927 |
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Correspondents include F. E. Duvall, from Missoula, Montana
re the Provincial Picnic; Imperial Wizard H. W.
Evans; Imperial Klazik H. K. Ramsey; Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger; and the
Imperial Kligrapp re a new policy on Junior Ku
Klux Klan membership fees.
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Kligrapp (Albert W. Jones,
September 1927-[1930])
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1927 |
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Correspondents include C. U. Brown from the Jefferson Klan in
Whitehall, Montana; Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans; former member J. A. Orrell,
writing from California; Mrs. Clare Rawlings of Butte requesting help in
regaining custody of her son, who was adopted; Carl E. Spetz from the Jefferson
Klan in Whitehall, Montana re joint meetings of
the two Klans; Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger; and several delinquent members
re reinstatement.
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Kligrapp (Albert W. Jones,
1927-[1930])
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1928 January-June |
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Correspondents include C. U. Brown from the Jefferson Klan in
Whitehall, Montana re joint meetings of the two
Klans; Mrs. D. Cohn of Butte; Ed Davis of Butte re
the Klan’s opinion of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and becoming
a member of the Klan; Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans; W. J. Sullivan, chairman of
the Butte July 4th Parade, requesting permission for the Klan to be included in
the parade; Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger, including a “Fiery Summons” flyer
re a ban on wearing a mask or visor on helmets;
John Thompson from the Bozeman, Montana Klan; and a response to a
letter-to-the-editor re the Catholic Church.
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Kligrapp (Albert W. Jones,
1927-[1930])
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1928 July-December |
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Correspondents include C. U. Brown from the Jefferson Klan in
Whitehall, Montana re joint meetings of the two
Klans; Arizona Grand Dragon John Perry Dunaway; member Norman Le Fever, who
moved to Arizona; C.T. Godwin from the Baker, Oregon, Klan
re a prospective member; H.A. Johnson from the
Helena, Montana Klan; Carl E. Spetz from the Jefferson Klan in Whitehall,
Montana; Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger; Harry M. Watson from the Deer Lodge,
Montana Klan; and letters re bringing in U.S.
Marshall deputies to help supervise the election in Butte.
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Kligrapp (Albert W. Jones,
1927-[1930])
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1929 |
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Correspondents include C. U. Brown from the Jefferson, Klan in
Whitehall, Montana; Mrs. D. Cohn of Butte, including a “souvenir” anti-Al Smith
card; Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans; Silver Bow County Attorney Harrison J.
Freebourn re the Klan’s stand for law enforcement;
G. H. Hinds from the Spokane, Washington Klan re
E. B. Craney; Jones’s mother, Velinda Jones, thanking “Albert’s friends” for
sending flowers; a letter from member James L. Parker from Galen, Montana [the
state tuberculosis sanitarium] thanking Jones for sending a box of cigars;
Judge E. B. Quackenbush, Washington Grand Dragon; Imperial Klaliff H. K.
Ramsey; and Montana Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Kligrapp (Albert W. Jones,
1927-[1930])
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1930 |
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Correspondents include Imperial Klaliff H. K. Ramsey and Grand
Dragon Lewis Terwilliger.
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Corresponding Secretary [Butte
Women of the Ku Klux Klan?]
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1923 April 23 |
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Letter to Mrs. D. Cohn, from Inez H. Keppner, Corresponding
Secretary, re a letter written by Mrs. Cohn on the
correct use of the flag, and a carbon typescript copy.
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Financial Records, 1922-1929
The Financial Records series consists of an account book, bank
records (bank statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, and savings account
passbooks), a cash book, several financial reports, an inventory, invoices, one
page from a ledger, orders for general supplies and for robes, receipts, and
warrants. The bank statements, cancelled checks, receipts, and warrants are
missing for 1927.
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Account book: Klabee
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1924-1927 |
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July 6, 1924-April 13, 1926; October 27, 1927; shows amounts in
the General Fund and Special Fund, and orders paid.
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Bank records
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Bank statements
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1924 |
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Bank statements
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1925 |
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Bank statements
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1926 |
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Bank statements
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1928 |
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Cancelled checks
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1923 |
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Cancelled checks
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1924 |
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Cancelled checks
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1925 |
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Cancelled checks
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1926 |
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Cancelled checks
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1928 |
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Deposit slips
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1923 |
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Deposit slips
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1924 |
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Deposit slip
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1927 |
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Deposit slips
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1928 |
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Passbooks for bank savings
account.
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1923-1928 |
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October 24, 1923-October 24, 1924; October 27, 1927-September
14, 1928
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Cash book: Kligrapp
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1923-1926 |
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April 27, 1923-June 8, 1926; shows dates meetings were held,
amounts collected for Klan dues, the special fund (mostly for robes), and
Klectokon (initiation) fees, and amount paid to the Klabee.
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Financial Reports
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Grand Dragon of the Realm of
Montana
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1924-1929 |
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September 1, 1924; September 1, 1925; June 1, 1928; October 1,
1929 [a copy was sent to each Klan in Montana].
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Financial report: “Klan K-Duo
Financial Report”
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1925 |
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Form reporting total amount collected from applicants and
total amount remitted for the week ending May 16, 1925.
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Inventory
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1925 |
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Office items as of June 30, 1925
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Invoices
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Invoices
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1923 |
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Invoices
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1924 |
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Invoices
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1925 |
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Invoices
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1926 |
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Invoices
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1927 |
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Invoices
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1928 |
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Invoices
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1929 |
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Ledger
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1925 |
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One page from a ledger showing debits and credits for January
20-July 28, 1925 [warrants listed correspond to the warrants in Folder 53].
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Orders
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General supplies
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1924-1928 |
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Order forms ordering Klan materials from the national
organization, October 9, 1924-April 14, 1925; June 28-October 15, 1928.
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Robes
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1924-1925 |
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Order forms and stubs; a few order forms give robe and hat
measurements, the stubs show that robe fees had been paid.
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Robes
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1924-1926 |
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Order forms for robes and helmets, sent to the national
organization, March 4, 1924-January 11, 1926.
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Receipts
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Receipts
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1922-1923 |
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Receipts
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1924 |
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Receipts
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1925 |
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Receipts
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1927 |
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Receipts
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1928 |
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Receipts
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1929 |
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Warrants
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Warrants
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1924 |
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Warrants
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1925 |
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Warrants
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1926 |
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Legal Records, 1928
Two surety bonds for the Klabee (treasurer) and the Kligrapp
(secretary) compose the Legal Records series. The national organization
required these two officers to be bonded.
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Description
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Surety bonds
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Klabee
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1928 February 15 |
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Surety bond for Klabee Charles Steele [the national
organization required individual Klan officers to be bonded].
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Kligrapp
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1928 February 15 |
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Surety bond for Kligrapp Albert W. Jones.
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Membership Records, 1923-1929
The Membership Records series consists of applications for
membership, dues stubs, membership reports, lists of members, a “Membership and
Dues Record” book, membership record cards, and member transfers. The major
listing of members is the “Membership and Dues Record,” although after a
certain point new members do not seem to have been added. The membership record
cards is the major listing of members after that point. A great deal of
membership information also may be found in the correspondence files and in the
minutes.
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Applications for
membership
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K-Duo
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1928 |
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Two applications: Albert W. Jones and Charles Lanterman.
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K-Uno
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1925 |
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One application: John Barney Kautzman.
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K-Uno
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1926 |
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Two applications: Isaac A. Laird and Albert W. Jones.
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K-Uno
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1927 |
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Three applications: Chester C. Cavanaugh, Charles Mitchell,
and George R. Mattics.
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K-Uno
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1928 |
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Ten applications: Donald C. Stewart, Willis D. Wayman, R.R.
Percival, Luther E. Kelley, S. R. Cook, Edgar B. Horton, Harry Bennetts,
Charles A. Anderson, Ernest John Hoskin, and William John Trewhella.
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K-Uno
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1929 |
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One application: Roy G. Williams.
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Application reports:
K-Duo
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1924-1925 |
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Application report, [1924], and for the week ending May 16,
1925, for Klan members applying for membership in the Order of Knights Kamellia
or K-Duo.
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Dues stubs
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K-Trio
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1928 |
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Dues stubs, with several membership cards still attached;
arranged chronologically by date dues were paid.
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K-Uno
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1926 |
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Dues stubs, with several membership cards still attached;
arranged chronologically by date dues were paid.
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K-Uno
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1927 |
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Dues stubs, with several membership cards still attached;
arranged chronologically by date dues were paid.
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K-Uno
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1928 |
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Dues stubs, with several membership cards still attached;
arranged chronologically by date dues were paid.
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K-Uno
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1929 |
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Dues stubs, with several membership cards still attached;
arranged chronologically by date dues were paid.
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly
Report”
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report”
[on membership]
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1924 |
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Report to the state headquarters; shows number of new members,
number in good standing, and numbers initiated, reinstated, suspended,
transferred, died, or banished, and “taxes” collected; 3rd and 4th quarters
have attachments, which include the names of new, reinstated, and suspended
members.
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report”
[on membership]
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1925 |
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4th quarter report is missing; the other three quarters have
attachments, which include the names of new, reinstated, and suspended
members.
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report”
[on membership]
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1926 |
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report”
[on membership]
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1927 |
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report”
[on membership]
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1928 |
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3rd and 4th quarters include names of reinstated and suspended
members.
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“Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report”
[on membership]
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1929 |
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4th quarter report is missing; the other three quarters
include names of naturalized, reinstated, and suspended members.
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Lapsed, suspended, and reinstated
members, and resignations
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1923-1926 |
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Folder includes cards on individual members and lists; the
numbers on the cards and lists do not match the member numbers used in the
“Membership and Dues Record” in Folder 78.
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List of Members
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List of members
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1924 |
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Photocopy list of members as of June 30, 1924.
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List of members:
K-Trio
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1928 |
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Two lists of members in 1928.
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“Membership and Dues Record”
book
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1923-1928 |
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Arranged alphabetically by last name of member, includes
member’s number, year “naturalized” (joined), age, color of hair and eyes,
height and weight, marital status, and dues paid.
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Membership record
cards
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Membership record
cards
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1925-1928 |
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Arranged alphabetically by last name of the member, includes
name, home address, employer, business address, signatures of three endorsers,
the three meeting dates at which the person’s name was read, and whether he was
elected or rejected [several were “objected to” and did not become
members].
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Membership record cards:
K-Duo
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1924 |
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Fancy card for the member to carry.
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“Petition for Citizenship in the
Invisible Empire” of George H. Fitschen
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1926 |
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Transfers
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Floyd S. Cofer
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1925 |
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“Transfer or Demit Form” and photocopy of an April 18, 1925
letter re the transfer of Cofer to Livingston.
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Clifton C. Dorris
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1925 |
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“Transfer or Demit Form” and photocopy of a June 14, 1925
letter re the transfer of Dorris to Kalispell.
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S.J. Beach
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1925 |
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Photocopy of a letter, August 12, 192[5] to the Kontinental
Klan Kligrapp, and a letter, August 31, 1925 from C. Linde, Kligrapp of the
Saginaw County Klan in Michigan re the transfer of
Beach to Butte.
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Walter R. Olsen
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1926 |
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Letter, April 16, 1926 from E. B. Quackenbush, Washington
State Grand Dragon, to Lewis Terwilliger, requesting transfer for Olsen to
Spokane.
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John C. Martin
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1927 |
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“Transfer Form” and photocopy of a June 27, 1927 letter
re the transfer of Martin to Alabama
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Transfers
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1929 |
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List of transfers in September and October 1929.
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Miscellaneous lists of
names
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circa 1927-1928 |
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Organizational Records, 1921-1930
The Organizational Records series contains bylaws and amendments,
committee records, meeting attendance lists, minutes of the state Klorero
(conventions) and of the Butte Konklaves (chapter meetings), and lists of
officers. The minutes of the konklaves contain a great deal of membership
information since the names of prospective members needed to be read to the
membership at three meetings before being accepted. The minutes, therefore,
also contain information about applicants who were rejected.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Bylaws and amendments
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1924-1928 |
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Bylaws, adopted February 1924, received by the Grand Dragon
March 1, 1924; bylaws, adopted October 10, 1927, received by the Grand Dragon
April 21, 1928; proposed amendment to the bylaws, January 25, 1928; proposed
amendments to the bylaws, March 19, 1928, returned by the Grand Dragon March 4,
1929; and proposed amendments to the bylaws, n.d.
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“Charter Petition”
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circa 1921 |
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Committees
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Propaganda
Committee
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undated |
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The Committee was appointed to promote membership.
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Relief Committee
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1924 February 24 |
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Recommendations: the committee was appointed to recommend
means for the relief of needy members.
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School Committee
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1928 |
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Re the People’s School Party
campaign for school trustees for School District No. 1 in Butte, election of
April 7, 1928.
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Meeting attendance
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Meeting attendance
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1924-1926 |
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Lists, by member number, of who attended 1924-1926 meetings
for July 19, 1924-September 22, 1926.
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Meeting attendance
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1928-1929 |
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Lists, by name, of officers and members who attended meetings
for July 11, 1928-May 22, 1929
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Minutes
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K-Duo
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1925 February 28-May 14 |
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Klorero
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1923 |
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The state organizational meeting held in Livingston,
September 16, 1923.
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Klorero
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1924 |
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Held in Billings,
August 24, 1924.
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Klorero
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1925 |
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Held in Helena,
September 6, 1925.
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Klorero
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1927 |
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Held in Great Falls,
August 14, 1927.
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Klorero
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1928 |
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Held in Helena,
June 16-17, 1928.
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Klorero
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1929 |
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Held in Missoula,
October 20, 1929.
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Klorero
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1930 |
| |
Held in Great Falls,
August 2, 1930.
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Konklaves
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1923 |
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April 29-December 26, 1923
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Konklaves
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1924 |
| |
January 9-December 16, 1924
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Konklaves
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1925 |
| |
January 3-December 22, 1925
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Konklaves
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1926 |
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January 12-December 24, 1926
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Konklaves
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1927 |
| |
January 12-December 28, 1927
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Konklaves
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1928 |
| |
January 11-December 12, 1928
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Konklaves
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1929 |
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Officers
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1925 |
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Three lists of officers: one of officers serving until July 1,
1925, one of officers elected May 19, 1925, and one of the May 19 list
annotated with newer officers.
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Voting tally
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1928 |
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Publications, 1916,, 1921-1931
Publications purchased by or received by the Kontinental Klan.
Arranged alphabetically by publisher.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Bozeman Klansman:
How to Tell a Klansman: Inside Facts as I
Found Them
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undated |
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“Printed by a Bozeman Klansman”
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Carolina Citizen:
Inside Story of Mer Rouge: Newspaper
Reports Exaggerated: Whole Trouble Due to Feud Between Catholics and Ku Klux
Klan
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1923 |
| |
Reprinted from the
Carolina Citizen,
January 25, 1923.
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| |
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Elias, Arturo M.:
Mexican People and The Church, by
Arturo M. Elias
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undated |
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Fellowship Forum:
Roman Catholic Crucifixion of William
Suizer, by Adams Alle
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undated |
| |
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Forum: Klan:
Defender of Americanism, by Hiram
Wesley Evans
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1925 |
| |
Reprinted from
The Forum, vol. 74, no. 6 (
December 1925).
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Haldeman-Julius Company:
Rome or Reason, by Robert G.
Ingersoll, et al.
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undated |
| |
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Independent Publishing Company:
Flyers
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|
undated |
| |
Photocopies of flyers advertising a sacrifice sale and bargain
books, included are anti-Papal books and regular national magazines.
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International Protestant
Foundation, Inc.
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International Protestant
Foundation, Inc.:
KKKK: Why? How? What? Who? and
You
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undated |
| |
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International Protestant
Foundation, Inc.:
Tomorrow?
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1927 |
| |
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International Music Company:
American Hymns
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|
undated |
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Includes Klan songs, patriotic songs, and religious hymns.
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| |
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J. B. Carroll Company:
Klan Oracle
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|
circa 1925 |
| |
Circa 1924, advertisement on back for Klan meeting in Belle
Fourche in 1925.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Ceremonies for the Reception of Great,
Grand, and Imperial Officers
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undated |
| |
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|
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Constitution and
Laws
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|
1921 |
| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Constitution and
Laws
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1928 |
| |
“As amended by the Imperial Klonvokation at Chicago, Ill.,
July 1928.”
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.: Education.
An Historical Treatise on This Most
Important Subject From Its Inception to the Present Date, by Hiram
Wesley Evans
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1931 |
| |
Reprinted from
The Kourier Magazine, vol. 7, no.
6 (
May 1931).
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Funeral Services
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1925 |
| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Ideals of the Ku Klux
Klan
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|
undated |
| |
Includes sections on The Character of the Organization, Racial
Ideals, Citizenship Ideals, Patriotic Ideals, and Christian Ideals.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Important Imperial Edicts and
Documents, prepared by H.K. Ramsey, Imperial Klaliff
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|
1930 March 26 |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Installation
Ceremonies
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1924 |
| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Klan Answers, by H. W.
Evans
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|
1929 |
| |
Mailed to each Klan by the Imperial Klaliff on July 23,
1929.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Klan in Action: A Manual of Leadership
for Officers of Local Klans
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|
1929 |
| |
Mailed to each Klan by the Imperial Klaliff on July 23,
1929.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Klan Today
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|
1929 |
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Includes sections on What is the Klan?, What Has the Klan
Done?, Why is the Klan Needed Today?, What is the Klan Going to Do Next?, Why
Support the Klan? Mailed to each Klan by the Imperial Klaliff on July 23,
1929.
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.: “Klode card”
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circa 1922 |
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Songs for opening and closing meetings, plus a
“Kloxology.”
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Kloran [of the] Knights
Kamellia
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|
1925 |
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The “Book of the Klan” for the Knights Kamellia or K-Duo
Degree; contains all the rituals and lectures.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Kloran of the Knights of the Great
Forest
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1928 |
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The “Book of the Klan” for the Knights of the Great Forest or
K-Trio Degree; contains all the rituals and lectures.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Kloran [of the] Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan
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1916 |
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The “Book of the Klan” or the “White Book” for the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan or K-Uno Degree; contains all the rituals and lectures; 5th
edition, circa
1916 [the collection contains one each for the
Exalted Cyclops, the Kladd, the Klaliff, the Klexter, the Klokard, and the
Kladd; all six are 5th edition, circa
1916; since all six are exactly the same, only the
Exalted Cyclops copy was microfilmed].
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Kloran [of the] Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan
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circa 1928 |
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The “Book of the Klan” for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan or
K-Uno Degree; contains all the rituals and lectures; 6th edition, circa
1928.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Kourier Magazine
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|
1929 |
| |
the Klan’s monthly magazine:
vol. 5, no. 5 (
April 1929); vol. 5, no. 6 (
May 1929); vol. 5, no. 7: MISSING; vol. 5, no. 8
(
July 1929); vol. 5, no. 9 (
August 1929); vol. 5, no. 10 (
September 1929)
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Official Monthly
Bulletin
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|
1926 |
| |
Issued by the Department of the Imperial Klaliff,
October 1, 1926 issue
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
Proceedings of the Third Biennial
Klonvokation
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|
1926 |
| |
Held in Washington, D.C.,
September 13-15, 1926.
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| |
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Inc.:
World Court: Questions and
Answers
|
|
undated |
| |
|
|
Pillar of Fire:
Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy, by
Bishop Alma White
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|
1925 |
| |
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Rail Splitter Press
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| |
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Rail Splitter Press:
Al Smith and the White House, by
William Lloyd Clark
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|
1927 |
| |
Clark was the Press’s editor
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| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
Alter [sic] of the Prostitutes,
by Linn A. Gale
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|
undated |
| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
“Announcing Special Heflin Issue of the Rail Splitter for November”
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|
undated |
| |
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| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
Gunpowder Plot, by B.
Reeve
|
|
undated |
| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
In Prison For the Faith, by
William Lloyd Clark
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|
1927 |
| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
Jew and the Gentile Girl, by
Billy Mayfield
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|
1927 |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Kentucky Hell, by Mrs. C. K.
Richardson and Lillie E. Burch
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|
undated |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Key to Knowledge
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|
undated |
| |
Catalog of books for sale.
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| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
Life and Character of Isabella,
by Chase Roys
|
|
undated |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Menace of Al Smith, by William
Lloyd Clark
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|
1927 |
| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
Messages of Love and Hate, by
William Lloyd Clark
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|
1927 |
| |
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|
Rail Splitter Press:
Mexico’s Struggle for Liberty,
by Gen. Plutarco E. Calles, et al.
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|
1928 |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Outcome of Our American Life, by
Rev. Justin D. Fulton
|
|
undated |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Priest in Absolution, by William
Lloyd Clark
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|
1927 |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Protestan[t’]s Catechism for Young
Americans
|
|
undated |
| |
|
|
Rail Splitter Press:
Rail Splitter Book Catalogue Souvenir
Edition
|
|
undated |
| |
|
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Rail Splitter Press:
Three Things That Never Marry
(Tract No. 20)
|
|
undated |
| |
|
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Rail Splitter Press:
Woman’s Heroism, by William
Lloyd Clark
|
|
1927 |
| |
W. Lloyd Clark’s tribute to the work of ex-nun Neva Miller
Moss.
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| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand
Dragon.
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|
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| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand Dragon:
Official Circular
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|
1924 |
| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand Dragon:
Official Circular
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|
1925-1926 |
| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand Dragon:
Official Circular
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|
1927 |
| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand Dragon:
Official Circular
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|
1928 |
| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand Dragon:
Official Circular
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|
1929-1930 |
| |
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Realm of Montana. Grand Dragon:
Official Bulletin
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1930-1931 |
| |
Name changed, same as the “Official Circular”
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| |
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Truth and Light Publishing House:
Immorality and Political Grafting of Roman
Catholic Priests in the Philippine Islands, Extracts from Message of the
President of the United States
|
|
undated |
| |
[William McKinley] (transmitted to the Senate, February 25,
1901) [this is a reprint of the GPO document].
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| |
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United States. Government
Printing Office
|
|
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| |
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United States. Government
Printing Office:
Charges Radio Trust Violates Radio Law:
Text of Complaint of Radio Protective Association Before Federal Radio
Commission
|
|
1928 December 18 |
| |
Remarks of Hon. C.C. Dill of Washington in the United States
Senate.
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| |
|
|
United States. Government
Printing Office:
Efforts to Involve the United States in
War with Mexico
|
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1927 March 1 |
| |
Speech of Hon. J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama in the Senate of
the United States.
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| |
|
|
Unknown Publisher
|
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| |
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|
Unknown publisher: Constitution
of the United States
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|
undated |
| |
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|
Unknown publisher:
General Information About A
Klansman
|
|
undated |
| |
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|
Unknown publisher:
Some of the Accomplishments of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
|
|
1930 |
| |
|
|
Unknown publisher:
Ten Ways to Kill an
Organization
|
|
undated |
| |
Miscellaneous, 1923-1928
The Miscellaneous series consists of personal papers of Kligrapps
Floyd F. Johnson and Albert W. Jones, materials from the 1928 election,
including several anti-Al Smith writings, and three snapshots of unknown men in
Klan robes.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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| |
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Cryptogram (with
solution)
|
|
undated |
| |
|
|
“A Democratic
Catechism”
|
|
circa 1928 |
| |
Anti-Al Smith writing in question-and-answer form.
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| |
|
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Johnson, Floyd F.
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1924 |
| |
Personal correspondence with Dr. L. D. Johnson of Casper,
Wyoming re Floyd Johnson’s attempts to be
appointed Butte postmaster.
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| |
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Jones, Albert W.
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1928 |
| |
Personal papers, including a blank membership form, [1928], and
a membership card for the year ending December 11, 1928, for the Society of
Protestant Americans; and a State of Montana hunting and fishing license, 1928,
of C. S. Jones. [Albert’s father, Charles S. Jones, died May 2, 1929].
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La Bianco, Allan
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|
undated |
| |
Letter, undated, addressed to “Well Pal,” asking for help; La
Bianco is writing from jail in Havre, Montana, where he is waiting to be
deported.
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| |
|
|
“National Klan Educational
Program, March-April-May-June-July, Subjects and Schedule”
|
|
circa 1923 |
| |
March: spiritual subjects, April: governmental subjects, May:
civic subjects, June: educational subjects, July: patriotic subjects.
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“The Obligation”
|
|
circa 1928 |
| |
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Photographs
|
|
undated |
| |
Three black-and-white snapshots of unknown men in Klan robes and
hoods.
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| |
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Slate of state [Montana]
candidates for the primary election, and for the general election
|
|
1928 July 17 |
| |
Included are ratings according to the candidates’ stand on
issues important to the Klan; includes codes for the abbreviations used.
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| |
|
|
Slate of state [Montana]
candidates for the primary election, and for the general election
|
|
1928 November 6 |
| |
Included are ratings according to the candidates’ stand on
issues important to the Klan; includes codes for the abbreviations used.
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| |
|
|
Stationery samples and seal
samples
|
|
undated |
| |
Clippings, 1921-1929
The Clippings series contains clippings original to the collection
and clippings from other sources. The clippings original to the collection are
from the
Butte Post, the
Kansas City Kansan, the
Searchlight, and from an unknown
newspaper(s), probably a Butte paper. The clippings not original to the
collection are from the Montana Historical Society Library’s vertical file on
the Ku Klux Klan and from two Spokane newspapers regarding Klan happenings in
Montana.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Newspaper clippings:
Butte Post
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|
circa 1923, 1927, circa 1928 |
| |
Photocopies of clippings of three letters-to-the-editor of the
Butte Post, written by Mrs. D. Cohn,
and carbon typescripts of the same letters: “Flag Day,” [1923?]; “On Mother’s
Day,” article dated May 5, 1927; “Patriot Wants Little Red School House
Represented in Great 4th of July Parade,” [1928?].
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Newspaper clippings:
Kansas City Kansan
|
|
1926-1927 |
| |
Photocopies of newspaper clippings: “Religious Schools Talked in
Topeka,” October 20, 1926; “My Twenty-Four Hours, Benito Mussolini,” January 6,
1927; “Klan Officers Speak,” December 11, 1927; “Ranking Mason Coming,”
December 11, 1927; “Klan in Annual Party,” December 11, 1927; “Ban on Religious
Images,” December 11, 1927.
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Newspaper clippings: Montana
Historical Society
|
|
1921-1924 |
| |
Photocopies of newspaper clippings from the Montana Historical
Society Library vertical file; these clippings are not original to the
collection: “Ku Klux Klan is Organizing,” August 8, 1921; “Suggestion for
Target Practice,” September 23, 1921; “Ku Klux Klan is in Montana,” November
18, 1921; “Ku Klux Klan is Threatening Mr. Rankin,” March 12, 1922; “First
Appearance of Ku Klux Klan,” July 10, 1922; “Missoula Ku Klux Klan Will Support
Laws,” November 5, 1922; “Ku Kluxers Make Second Public Appearance,” June 1,
1923; “Fiery Cross is 4th Spectacle,” July 6, 1923; “Many See Klan’s
Demonstration,” September 3, 1923; “Labor and the Ku Klux Klan,” April 18,
1924; “Independent Quits, Plant to be Moved, May 8, 1924; “Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan and Women of the Ku Klux Klan: Their Principles and Ideals,” October
12, 1924.
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Newspaper clippings:
Searchlight
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1924 |
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Photocopies of newspaper clippings: “Borglum and Stephenson
Attempt to Re-Awaken Sectional Prejudices, ... Stephenson of Texas and Borglum
of Connecticut Prove Klan Maxim That Neither North nor South has Monopoly of
Vice or Virtue,” May 24, 1924; “Enthusiasm is Displayed by Miami Klan,” May 24,
1924; “Klansmen Can be Depended Upon,” May 24, 1924; “Greenville Klansmen Call
on Revivalist,” May 24, 1924.
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Newspaper clippings: Spokane
newspapers
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1923-1928 |
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Photocopies of newspaper clippings from two Spokane, Washington,
newspapers, the
Spokane Chronicle and the
Spokesman-Review; these clippings
are not original to the collection: “Legislator Gets K.K.K. Letter,” January
16, 1923; “Klan Disclaims Kidnaping Man,” January 24, 1923; “Deny Missoula
Kidnaping,” January 27, 1923; “Ku Klux Invades Church,” January 29, 1923; “Ku
Klux Invades Church,” January 30, 1923; “Orders Negress to Vacate,” February 6,
1923; “Montana Klansmen Meet,” September 4, 1923; “Klansmen Stage Night
Spectacle,” September 21, 1923; “Butts to Shoot First Ku Kluxer,” October 22,
1923; “Shoot Any Ku Kluxer,” October 23, 1923; “700 Klansmen in Session,” May
24, 1924; “700 Klansmen in Session,” May 27, 1924; “Klan in Politics Rapped by
Demos,” September 11, 1924; “Montanans Repute Wheeler,” September 12, 1924;
“Democrats Hit Klan in Montana,” September 12, 1924; “Ku Klux Politics Seen in
Montana,” December 20, 1925; “Montana Klansmen Parade,” August 6, 1926;
“Montana Klan Vote Factor,” September 21, 1926; “Fiery Cross Near Billings
Blazes Way ...,“ September 24, 1928; “Billings Sees Fiery Cross,” September 24,
1928.
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Newspaper clippings: Unknown
newspapers
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1928-1929 |
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Photocopies of newspaper articles from unknown, but probably
Montana, newspapers: “Berlin Catholics and Reds in Row,” [1928]; “Fabulous
Treasure Buried by Jesuits,” [1928]; Democratic and Republican tickets for
1928; Obituary of Ann Klassan, January 6, 1929, with handwritten note that Mrs.
Klassan was “a wrecker of the Klan.”
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Women of the Ku Klux Klan: Lillie
B. Houghtailing’s Klan Papers from New York, 1928-1931
At the very end of the collection is a subgroup titled Women of
the Ku Klux Klan. This subgroup contains material that belonged to Lillie B.
Houghtailing, who was a Klan member in New York state. Some of the items are
specific to Mrs. Houghtailing, such as a letter and contract allowing her to be
a Local Extension Officer for the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, and her membership
cards. The Publications are general Women of the Ku Klux Klan publications.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Correspondence
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Letter and contract of Mrs.
Lillie B. Houghtailing
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1931 |
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Allowing Mrs. Houghtailing to be a Local Extension Officer for
the Women of the Ku Klux Klan in the Penn Yan, New York area.
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New York Grand
Dragon
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1929 February 2 |
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Letter to Klansmen in New York State, from J. E. Galbraith,
Grand Dragon of New York.
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Publications
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Constitution and Laws of the Women of
the Ku Klux Klan
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1927 January 6 |
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Adopted by First Imperial Klonvokation at St. Louis,
Missouri.
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Kloran or Ritual of the Women of the Ku
Klux Klan
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1928 |
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Little Rock, Ark.: Imperial Headquarters [belonged to L. B.
Houghtailing].
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Miscellany
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Membership cards of Lillie
Houghtailing
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1928-1929 |
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An Identification Card, Second Degree, April 10, 1928; a Women
of the Ku Klux Klan card, April 28, 1928; and a membership/dues card, April 1,
1929.
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