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Application for Citizenship, 1920s
Application for Citizenship in the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Incorporated. Includes entries for references, occupation, and an inset section indicating receipt of payment of a $10 Klectokon (i.e. donation) to the Order.
Certification card, 1925
Card certifying that the bearer "...has been found loyal and worthy of advancement in the mysteries of Klankraft...." Signed and certified by Kligrapp H. T. Wheeler, KNO 120, Indiana Realm. Signed on verso by the recipient, L.C. Bell, Winslow Indiana.
"Constitution and Laws...", 1934
Klan publication elucidating the constitution and laws of the Order. Includes the Klan Kreed, Preamble, and index to the laws.
Fiery Summons, Undated
Illustrated template on which notices and messages were printed and dispersed to Klansmen about important and/or secret subjects, meetings or events. The template illustration, printed in red and black, features the upper body of a robed and hooded Klansman holding a burning cross; two mounted, robed and hooded Klansmen can be seen in the background.
First Provisional Klorero - Realm of Iowa, 1924-12-09
Klan publication of the minutes of the First Provisional Klorero of the Realm of Iowa. Contents include an address by Imperial Representative A.G. Biggerstaff; an address titled "The Ideal Klansman" by Brown Harwood; committee reports, recommendations, and resolutions.
Four Klansmen and a burning cross, 1940
View of four robed and hooded Klansmen, pictured in a field at night, posted in front of a burning cross. Typed caption on verso reads in part: "...Midvale New Jersey. Renewing activites in the east, members of the Ku Klux Klan climbed two miles over rocks and ice to the top of Open Mountain near here last night and burned a 60-foot cross...."
Guardsman at the Oklahoma capitol, Undated
View of two National Guardsmen stationed at the doors of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Image reproduced in an unidentified Oklahoma newspaper. Newspaper caption reads: "Soldiers ready to prevent meeting of legislature. Sentries at the entrance of the state capitol of Oklahoma. They have orders to prevent the members of the legislature entering to hold a session."
"Klorero of Sorrow", 1925
"In Memoriam: Klorero of Sorrow". Klan publication detailing the procedures, hymns and prayers to be performed at memorial services for deceased Klan members, including details about the cast of participants, their costumes, electrical set up, etc. Handwritten marginal notes and portions of text crossed out occur throughout the booklet.
Ku Klux Klan Rally, 1969
Flyer announcing a KKK rally to be held approximately 30 miles east of Hartford [Connecticut] with a traditional cross lighting ceremony with robed Klansmen and featured speaker, Imperial Wizard Bill Wilkinson. "...We are on the move TO SEND THE GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON A MESSAGE. The message is simply that the white majority is fed up with federal controls over...every facet of our lives...."
Machine gun detachment, 1921
View of three National Guardsmen looking towards the camera, pictured standing on the flat roof of an unidentified building. Typed caption on verso reads: "Photo shows a machine gun detachment of the Oklahoma National Guard stationed on a roof commanding the city and county jails as a result of martial law declared in the state by Governor Walton in his fight against the Ku Klux Klan. The same day this photo was taken orders were issued against the taking of any further photographs."