Mary Helen Corwin Fellows oral history interview, 1981 Apr. 29.

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Mary Helen Corwin Fellows oral history interview, 1981 Apr. 29.

Subjects of interview include California road trip (1910), living in tent with family at Fort Sill, Okla., on the Polo Field during World War I, early life in Oklahoma City, including times spent at Belle Isle Amusement Park, Ku Klux Klan cross burning in the 1920s, the German tradition of visiting or staying with relatives and the bringing of food in exchange, visit to the home of Frank Buttram, a wealthy oil man, camping trips with her family, depression meals, her divorce and remarriage, and general philosophy of life.

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Corwin, Josephine Ratzlaff

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Buttram, Frank

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Corwin, Walter Lee

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Fellows, J. P.

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Fellows, Mary Helen Corwin, 1914-1994

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Born Mary Helen Corwin, in Fairview, Okla.; her second husband was J.P. Fellows. From the description of Mary Helen Fellows photograph collection, 1910-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 212778476 Born in Fairview, Okla.; parents: Walter Lee Corwin, Josephine Ratzlaff Corwin; first husband's name was Griffin; then married J.P. Fellows. From the description of Mary Helen Corwin Fellows oral history interview, 1981 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71059317...

Wilson, Linda Ewing, 1944-

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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...