Letters received, 1905 Aug. 28-1913 Sept. 13.

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Letters received, 1905 Aug. 28-1913 Sept. 13.

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Collection includes: Letter (2 p.), 1905 Aug. 28, Nashville, from John W. Morton (Secretary of State), concerning interest in the Ku-Klux Klan as a result of Dixon's article in the Metropolitan magazine, reminiscing about the founding of the K.K.K., and asking if Crowe remembers the exact date the Klan disbanded; letter (4 p.), 1908 Oct. 27, West Park, Miss., from Laura Martin Rose, reflecting on the valor of the soldiers of the Confederacy; letter (6 p., with envelope), 1913 Sept. 16, West Park, Miss. (to Mrs. Crowe), concerning her soon to be published book on the K.K.K. With 2 photographic postcards, "Regalia of Grand Cyclops K.K.K./Original now in U.D.C. Chapter Room, at Florence, Alabama," one indicating in pen the mounted figure to be James R. Crowe. Also with 2 newspaper clippings (now photocopied). Items were removed from the book, The Ku Klux Klan or Invisible empire, by Mrs. S.E.F. Rose (New Orleans, 1914), the gift to Mrs. James R. Crowe from the author.

3 items in folder ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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Morton, John Watson

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United daughters of the Confederacy

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The Southern Cross of Honor award, which later became the Cross of Military Service, originated on Oct. 13, 1862 as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage and good conduct of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate army. However, due to wartime shortages, the medals were not made, but the recipients' names were recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference. The cross's design was created by Mrs. Alexander S. Erwin in July 1898. It featured a cros...

Crowe, James R., 1838-1911.

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Confederate veteran of Tennessee and one of the founders of the Ku-Klux Klan. From the description of Letters received, 1905 Aug. 28-1913 Sept. 13. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 460938223 ...

Rose, Laura Martin, 1862-1917.

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