Ku Klux Klan- Athens Klan #5 records, 1921-1930

Summary

Creator:

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.)

Date:

1921-1930

Extent:

2 Linear Feet (5 document boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Ku Klux Klan, Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.) records, ms712, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Biographical / historical:

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was 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.

Arrangement:

Arranged by record type.

Related

Related material:

For related materials located in the Hargrett Library, see also the following collections: MS 582(m) Ku Klux Klan collection; MS 1491 Lyman W. Denton-The Ku Klux Klan and the days of reconstruction; MS 1694 The revival of the Ku Klux Klan; MS 2214 Ku Klux Klan papers; ms2667(m) Ku Klux Klan in Georgia; MS2955(m) Ku Klux Klan ephemera collection; MS 3685 Knights of the Ku Klux Klan pamphlet; MS 3686 Women of the Ku Klux Klan; MS 3690 Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Charter for Bowden, Georgia.

Other descriptive data:

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Racism -- Georgia -- Athens -- History -- 20th century.
Secret societies -- Georgia
Governors -- Georgia -- Election.
Georgia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Men -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.

Preferred citation:

Ku Klux Klan, Athens Klan #5 (Athens, Ga.) records, ms712, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.