James William Cole Papers, 1863, 1946-1967

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James William Cole Papers, 1863, 1946-1967

1863-1967

Papers (1863, 1946-1967) including correspondence, speeches, news releases, pamphlets, etc. relating to a local leader in the Ku Klux Klan in Eastern North Carolina.

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