Ku Klux Klan, Tillamook, Oregon Chapter No. 8 records, 1922-1929.

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Ku Klux Klan, Tillamook, Oregon Chapter No. 8 records, 1922-1929.

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Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, membership paraphernalia, financial records, an account ledger, and costume insignia. The majority of the records constitute membership materials and financial documents.

1.25 linear ft. (4 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7648243

University of Oregon Libraries

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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 (1915- ). Oregon Chapter No. 8 (Tillamook, Or.)

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After World War I the Ku Klux Klan, which had been largely suppressed since the 1870s, underwent a national resurgence under the leadership of William Joseph Simons. It retained its former goals of white supremacy and sectional patriotism, but added new targets of religious, cultural, and social bigotry to its agenda. During the 1920s the Klan grew into the largest anti-African American, anti-Semitic, anti-Roman Catholic, and anti-immigrant organization in the history of the United States. This ...