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Official document , 1927-02-28
Organization circular from Imperial Wizard H.W. Evans to Exalted Cyclops. Letter begins: "Faithful and Esteemed Klansman: You will read the enclosed proclamation to the Klansmen in Klonklave assembed at your next regular meeting...."
Official document , 1927-06-08
Organization circular from Imperial Kligrapp to all Exalted Cyclops and Kligrapps. Letter begins: "Faithful and Esteemed Klansmen: It has been the practice of these Headquarters heretofore to acknowledge receipt of your Quarterly Reports to the Grand Dragon...."
Official document , 1928-01-18
Organization circular from Imperial Wizard H.W. Evans to Faithful and Esteemed Klansman [R.E. Autry, Tulsa, OK]. Letter begins: "It has pleased Almighty God, in the plenitude of His Wisdom, to forge in the Workshop of the Universe a great instrumentality to labor and achieve for His cause...."
Stamped at the bottow left of the letter: K-TRIO Feb 22nd, Beno Hall. Very IMPORTANT. Be On Hand.
Oklahoma citizens line up to vote, 1921
View featuring Oklahomans, some visibly armed, lined up to vote. Typed caption on verso reads: "People of Oklahoma defy governor. Evidently alienating the support of all citizens by the steps he has taken in his war on the Ku Klux Klan. Governor Walton of Oklahoma had the opportunity in Oklahoma City of witnessing a scene such as the above--armed citizens claiming their right to the vote which he forbade."
Oklahoma House of Representatives in session, 1921
View of the House floor of the Oklahoma Legislature in session. Newspaper clipping caption on verso reads: "The House opposed to Walton. Representatives of the Oklahoma legislature photographed just before voting down a bill offered by the governor calling for an investigation of the house for Klan members".
Original typescript, 1936
Draft acceptance speech given by an unidentified Klansman. Typescript begins: "Klansmen: I have been honored in being elected as your Exalted Cyclops. I did not seek this high honor, but the will of the members of Tulsa Klan Number Two, Realm of Oklahoma, saw fit to confer this honor on me and I am highly appreciative...."
Photocopied articles
Photocopies of articles from a variety of published sources, most with Settle's handwritten comments and notes attached.
Rally at Rapid City, 1927
View of the Duhamel Company building (Rapid City, SD) as seen from the city street; a robed and hooded Klan member is featured in the foreground pulling 2 small "Wagner Coaster" wagons, a handmade sign propped up on each. The signs read: "24 Hours Late" and "C.M. and St. P. R.R."
Robe order forms, 1920s
Four identical, unused order forms for custom made Klan robes. Includes on the form is a simple line drawing indicating areas of the body to be measured.
Robed and hooded Klansmen, Undated
View of a group of robed and hooded Klansmen, pictured in a field at night, hands raised above their heads, standing near a mound of ashes, burned tree limbs and branches.