Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Butte, Montana Records 1916-1931 1924-1928

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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Butte, Montana Records 1916-1931 1924-1928

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Records created by or received by the Kontinental Klan, No. 30 of the Ku Klux Klan, in Butte, Montana. The collection includes correspondence, publications of the Klan, and financial, legal, membership, and organizational records.

2 linear ft.; 2 boxes

eng,

Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6381752

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

Ku Klux Klan

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The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan swept the United States in the 1920s, and the Pacific Northwest was no exception. Thousands of local men and women joined the Klan during this period, drawn by the moral platform ostensibly supported by the Klan. The announced enemies were vice and corruption, but their targets were Blacks, Catholics, Jews, and the foreign-born. Qualifications for membership included being “native born, white, Protestant, Gentile, and an American citizen." ...

Terwilliger, Galbraith

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Ku Klux Klan. Kontinental Klan, No. 30

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