Bloody Williamson research collection, 1875-1951.

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Bloody Williamson research collection, 1875-1951.

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Photostats and microfilm of newspaper and magazine articles, court testimony, scrapbooks, and pamphlets collected by Angle in preparation for his book, Bloody Williamson (published by Knopf in 1952), and correspondence, notes, and the manuscript draft of chapters 1-13 of this book. Topics include lawlessness and violence in Williamson County (Ill.), chiefly during the 1920's but relating to the period from 1868 to 1951, involving coal mine strikes, Prohibition enforcement, and gangsterism, family feuds, and the Ku Klux Klan. Persons and places mentioned include Charlie Birger and the Birger gang, the Bullinger and Henderson families, the Shelton gang, Seth Glenn Young, and Herrin, Carterville, and Marion, Illinois. Correspondents include Elizabeth P. Brush, John Edgar Hoover, Oldham Paisley, and Samuel O'Neal. Includes copies of 9 scrapbooks compiled by Oldham Paisley, editor of the Marion Daily Republican, about the Herrin Massacre and its aftermath (photostats in folders 10-32 and microfilm copy reels 1 & 2); copies of 4 pamphlets (photostats in the collection and copies on reel 2 after the scrapbooks); microfilm of the Illinois Miner newspaper (Nov. 25, 1922-Dec. 28, 1929, reels 3-6); microfilm of items relating to S. Glenn Young (reel 7); and microfilm of the 1923 Abstract of reports, compiled by the Illinois General Assembly, House Committee on Investigation of the Herrin Massacre (reel 8). Oversize materials are a certificate and negative photostats of newspaper articles in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1924-1927; the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1921-1929; and the St. Louis Star, 1927-1928. Copies of pamphlets in the collection: The Herrin Massacre, by Chatland Parker, pub. in Chicago by Parker Publ. Co., 1923, 122 p., in folder 4 and microfilm reel 2; The Bark of the Automatics, which are editorials by Fred J. Kern, publisher of the News-Democrat, printed in Belleville, Ill., 1925, 27 p., in folder 4 and microfilm reel 2; KKK Experiment in Journalism (8 p.) folder 6 and microfilm reel 2; The Life Story of Charlie Birger, pub. in Marion, Ill., by Illinois Bk. Co., 1927, 48 p., in folder 1 and microfilm reel 2; The Home of Lincoln Threatened with Disgrace, pub. by Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, August 9, 1922, 2 p., in folder 5; The Herrin Conspiracy, pub. in Washington, D.C., by The National Coal Assn., [1922?], 58 p., original in folder 4.

1 oversize folder.8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975

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Author and historian. From the description of Paul M. Angle papers, 1947-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123391606 Paul M. Angle (1900-1975), historian and author, was secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association (1925-1932), Librarian of the Illinois State Historical Library (1932-1945), and Director of the Chicago Historical Society (1945-1965). Angle was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and wrote several books on Lincoln and Illinois history, including The Lincoln Reader (...

Bullinger family.

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Brush, Elizabeth Parnham

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Paisley, Oldham.

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Kern, Frederick John, 1864-1931.

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Shelton Gang.

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Birger, Charlie, 1880-1928

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Henderson family.

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Brush, Samuel Trasker, 1842-1922.

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Parker, Chatland.

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Young, Seth Glenn, 1887-1925.

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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...

Birger Gang.

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