[Theodore B. Fitz-Simons (1923-1999)]. ca. 1780-1990.

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[Theodore B. Fitz-Simons (1923-1999)]. ca. 1780-1990.

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This collection contains documents collected by Fitz-Simons throughout his life for both his professional research and his personal interests. The material is divided into nine separate series: general files, family histories, Heard County Historical Center and Museum, Georgia Politics, the Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction in Georgia, ledgers and date books, reel-to-reel tapes, and bibliographic card indices. The majority of the collection focuses on Georgia's political history, from primary documents collected about Reconstruction Gov. Rufus B. Bullock to newspaper articles about current events. Besides his interest in Georgia's period of Reconstruction, Fitz-Simons secondary research area was the Ku Klux Klan's history in the state. Only one item in the Reconstruction series is an original document, but Fitz-Simons collected many Klan artifacts. Pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, and other propaganda for the Klan dating back to approximately 1920 can be found in this collection, as well as articles and newsletters from anti-Klan groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center. The collection contains many different types of material. There are transcripts of letters, photocopies of newspaper articles, original photographs, copies of photographs, slides, reel-to-reel tapes, ledger books, magazines, pamphlets, and index cards. These are spread out among the various series in the collection.

20 boxes; 8.75 linear ft.

University of West Georgia, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7483976

University of West Georgia, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library

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Bullock, Rufus B. (Rufus Brown), 1834-1907

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Rufus Brown Bullock was born in Bethlehem, Albany Co., N. Y. He supervised building of telegraph line between N.Y. and the South and in 1859 was employed by the Adams Express Company (later Southern Express Company), and moved to Augusta, Ga. During the Civil War, he remained in Georgia, becoming a telegraph expert for the Confederacy. After the war he returned to Augusta and resumed his duties at Southern Express company and was also president of the Macon & Augusta Railroad. In 1868 he was...

Fitz-Simons, Theodore B., 1923-1999.

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Theodore Barker Fitz-Simons, Jr. was born on May 13, 1923 in Savannah, Georgia. After graduating from high school, he attended Armstrong Junior College in Savannah from 1945 to 1947 before transferring to the University of Georgia, located in Athens. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1949, his Master of Arts in 1957, and was admitted into the University of Georgia's Ph.D. program. For all three degrees, Fitz-Simons majored in history with a political science minor. He worked on hi...

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...