Robert Anderson collection, 1923-1935.

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Robert Anderson collection, 1923-1935.

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Ku Klux Klan papers, 1924-1935. Constitution of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, 1923 and 1927. Klansman's manual, compiled and issued under direction and authority of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1924. Our own Klan songs: 100% red hot songs, published by Rinehart Brothers, Muncie, Ind., ca. 1925. Program for Knights and women of the Ku Klux Klan Klorero, Elmira, N.Y., 1925. Official bulletin Kalamazoo Klan #126, Realm of Michigan, February 1927. Scrapbook of poems titled Women's section: the American melting pot. Scrapbook titled Kluxer, ca. 1927-1935, with news articles about the Klan activities in Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Women of the Ku Klux Klan

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The Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) became a branch of the KKK in the 1920s. This was a compromise to include women into their secret societies and retain the all male status of the KKK. There were a few predecessors to the WKKK such as LOTIEs (Ladies of the Invisible Empire) and the Kamelia's. However, the WKKK had the largest following of the women Klan groups. From the description of Document, ca. 1927. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 61851911 ...

Anderson, Robert C.

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Robert Anderson was the son-in-law of Alexander Macauley. From the description of Anderson-Macauley papers, 1770-1858 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145410781 Robert Anderson, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1805, was the commander of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Union commander held out against Confederate forces for four months, without supplies from the North. When the Confederate troops discovered that a shipm...

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. Kalamazoo Klan No. 126 (Kalamazoo, Mich.)

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