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Ku Klux Klan Digital Collection

This collection of documents from the 1920, when KKK membership swelled to 4 million nationwide, highlights differences between the "old" reconstruction-era Klan and the "new" organization founded in 1915, which added to the racism of its antecedent a bias against Catholics, Jews, foreigners, and organized labor.

Items in the Ku Klux Klan collection:
Sample image of A Fundamental Klan Doctrine
A Fundamental Klan Doctrine
[S.l.Knights of the Ku Klux Klan], c1924
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of America for Americans: Creed of Klanswomen
America for Americans: Creed of Klanswomen
[Little Rock?: Women of the Ku Klux Klan?, 19--]
Women of the KKK
Sample image of Catholic, Jew, KKK: What they Believe, Where they Conflict
Catholic, Jew, KKK: What they Believe, Where they Conflict
Chicago: Nutshell Pub. Co, c1924
Clason, George Samuel
Sample image of Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the KKK
Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the KKK
Atlanta, Ga.: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, c1921
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of Does the USA need the KKK?
Does the USA need the KKK?
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1928
Bair, Fred
Sample image of Gratiot County night hawk
Gratiot County night hawk
Alma, MI: Night Hawk Committee, 1928
Author Unknown
Sample image of Ideals of the KKK
Ideals of the KKK
[S.l.: s.n., 194-?]
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of Ideals of the Women of the KKK
Ideals of the Women of the KKK
[Little Rock?: Women of the Ku Klux Klan?, 192-?]
Women of the KKK
Sample image of Installation Ceremonies
Installation Ceremonies
[S.l.: s.n., 19--]
Women of the KKK
Sample image of KKK: The Kreed of the Klansmen: A Symposium
KKK: The Kreed of the Klansmen: A Symposium
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, [1924?]
Various
Sample image of Klansman's Manual
Klansman's Manual
[Atlanta: Buckhead, c1924]
Various
Sample image of Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
New York: Wilson, [1923]
Johnson, Julia Emily
Sample image of Ku Kux Klan Secrets Exposed: Attitude Toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners, and Masons: Fraudulent Methods Used, Atrocities Committed in Name Order
Ku Kux Klan Secrets Exposed: Attitude Toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners, and Masons: Fraudulent Methods Used, Atrocities Committed in Name Order
Chicago: E. A. Cook, 1922
Cook, Ezra Asher
Sample image of Principles and Purposes of the Knights of the KKK
Principles and Purposes of the Knights of the KKK
[S.l.: Ku Klux Klan?, 19--]
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of Questions Answered: Official
Questions Answered: Official
[S.l.: Ku Klux Klan?, 19--]
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of Ritual in the Degree of Kriterion Konservator of the Women of the KKK
Ritual in the Degree of Kriterion Konservator of the Women of the KKK
Little Rock, Ark.: Women of the Ku Klux Klan, [1900?]
Women of the KKK
Sample image of Roman Catholic dynamites Bath public schools: the greatest premeditated murder of children since the St. Bartholomew massacre murdering 30,000 French protestants: newspapers suppress known facts: the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, defender of the public sch
Roman Catholic dynamites Bath public schools: the greatest premeditated murder of children since the St. Bartholomew massacre murdering 30,000 French protestants: newspapers suppress known facts: the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, defender of the public sch
[S.l.: s.n., 1927?]
Author Unknown
Sample image of The End of the KKK
The End of the KKK
Des Moines: Human Services Association, [193-?]
Esrov, Inu
Sample image of The KKK: Its Origin, Meaning, And Scope of Operation
The KKK: Its Origin, Meaning, And Scope of Operation
Atlanta, Ga.: [pref. 1922]
Fowler, C. Lewis
Sample image of The Klan's Fight for Americanism
The Klan's Fight for Americanism
New York: North American Review, 1926
Evans, Hiram Wesley
Sample image of The Kloran of the White Knights of the KKK, Realm of Mississippi
The Kloran of the White Knights of the KKK, Realm of Mississippi
[S.l.: s.n.], 98 AK [i.e., 1965?]
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan
Denver, Colorado: American Publishing Society, [1922?]
Various
Sample image of The Ku Klux Klan Unmasked
The Ku Klux Klan Unmasked
[Dallas, Tex.?]: Dallas Press, [1924?]
Wright, W.C.
Sample image of The New York Klanswoman
The New York Klanswoman
Buffalo, NY: Women of the Ku Klux Klan of New York
Various
Sample image of The Practice of Klanishness
The Practice of Klanishness
Atlanta, Ga.: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1924
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of The Truth About the Women of the KKK
The Truth About the Women of the KKK
Little Rock: Parke-Harper, [192-?]
Various
Sample image of To the Citizens of Michigan
To the Citizens of Michigan
[S.l.: s.n., 19--]
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Sample image of Women of America: The Past! The Present! The Future!
Women of America: The Past! The Present! The Future!
Little Rock: Parke-Harper, [1923?]
Women of the KKK