Ku Klux Klan documents collection
Scope and Contents
The Ku Klux Klan documents collection is comprised of letters, pamphlets, flyers, applications and petitions for membership, as well as pictures, and a Ku Klux Klan robe. Most of the material in this collection dates from the late 1920s and the 1950s, and primarily covers the Klan in New York and North Carolina.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1956
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was founded in Louisiana in 1956. It was started as an organization of white protestant Americans who at that time used violence against all other groups. In 1975 David Duke founded the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in an attempt to put a less violent face on the Klan.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection created by MSU Special Collections
Processing Information
Collection processed by Julia Frankosky, July 2008.
Subject
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- New York (State) -- Archives (Organization)
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- North Carolina -- Archives (Organization)
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Membership -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the MSU Special Collections Ku Klux Klan collection
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Author
- Julia Frankosky
- Date
- July 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository