Ku Klux Klan papers, 1924-1927
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.)
- Date:
- 1924-1927
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet 1 document box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Ku Klux Klan papers, ms2214. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes correspondences of the Athens Klan #5, a Klan summons, a warning letter, receipt stubs, an advertisement for a Klan barbecue, minutes of Klan meetings, membership application form and recommendation card, a Klan hood and sash, and miscellaneous family photographs found with the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a secret society organized in 1866 by Nathan Bedford Forest and other Confederate veterans to intimidate newly freed African Americans. Disbanded in 1869, the KKK re-emerged in 1915 under the leadership of William J. Simmons.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Families -- Georgia -- Photographs.
White supremacy movements -- Georgia -- Athens.
Finance.
Racism -- Georgia -- Athens -- History -- 20th century.
Athens (Ga.) -- Race relations.
Fund raising -- Georgia -- Athens.
Hoods (headgear)
Sashes (costume accessories)
Membership cards.
Application forms
Uniforms.
Minutes (administrative records)
Families.
Correspondence
Receipts (financial records) - Names:
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.) -- Records and correspondence
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.) -- Membership
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.) -- Uniforms
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.) -- Finance - Places:
- Athens (Ga.) -- Social conditions.
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
-
Ku Klux Klan papers, ms2214. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.