Processed by
Eric L. Mundell
April 1984
Reprocessed by
Michael E. Stauffer
December 1997
Carol Street Potter
2 February 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
7 document cases, 1 oversize folder, 12 bound volumes, 6 microfilm reels, 1 artifact box with 4 artifacts |
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COLLECTION |
1916–1933 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Composite of two collections. One a gift to the IHSL from Franklin Ritchie of Centerville, Indiana, March 1974; the other transferred from Indiana State Library, 22 February 1984, originally given by Norbert Flamm, Webster (Cambridge City), Indiana, 20 February 1974. Additional items given by Mrs. M. L. Anderson, New Albany, Indiana, 29 December 1995. |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
Microfilm |
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RELATED |
Ku Klux Klan, Crown Point (M 0409); Ku Klux Klan, Tipton (SC 0936); Ku Klux Klan, Pennsylvania and Georgia (SC 2293); Ku Klux Klan, Local Officers’ Records (SC 2419); Ku Klux Klan, Logansport, Indiana Records, 1933, 1935 (SC 2488); Ku Klux Klan, LaPorte (OM 0352) |
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ACCESSION |
1974.0306; 1984.0204; 1996.0211 |
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NOTES: |
Microfilm is available for much of this material, but due to the combining of collections, original items may not be in the same exact order. The film numbers are listed with each box heading where some of the records may be found. Each bound volume also lists its film counterpart. The microfilms still display the old IHSL collection number (SC 0937) and indicate which records were formerly in the Indiana State Library. |
There have been three distinct movements of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States. The first movement flourished during Reconstruction in the southern states in the years following the Civil War. The second Klan movement (which this collection represents) formed in Georgia in 1915, as an advocate for native-born, white, Protestant Americans. It became a prominent national organization during the 1920s, rising to political power in such states as Indiana, Oklahoma, and Oregon. At the height of its activity national membership reached 1,500,000, with more than 300,000 Indiana members. In the wake of scandals, Klan membership quickly declined in the later half of the twenties, but it did not disband until 1944. The third and still active Klan movement, developed in the wake of World War II in reaction to the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement.
Sources:
Madison, James H. The Indiana Way: A State History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. General Collection: F526 .M22 1986
Materials in collection.
The bulk of this collection consists of membership and organizational records and papers of the Wayne County, Indiana, Ku Klux Klan. The local chapter was the Whitewater Klan #60, located in Richmond, Indiana. Included in the collection are: official documents and communiqués; correspondence; informational materials about the organization; meeting minutes; financial records; account books and ledgers; publications; membership lists; membership dues records; flyers, leaflets and other printed material; miscellaneous papers; robe number book; and Klan robes, hood, and gavel. The majority of the records concentrate on the period from 1922 to 1927. Though some of the material relates to Klan activities on the state and national level, most of it pertains to Wayne County exclusively.
The collection is a composite of two individual collections which have been integrated: the first, given by Norbert Flamm of Webster, Indiana; the second, given to the IHSL by Franklin Ritchie of Centerville, Indiana.
Many of the records and papers are available on microfilm. The collection guide includes a list which indicates the reel(s) where records may be found. The Klan robes, hood, and gavel are located in artifact storage.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Correspondence, communiqués, notices, 1923–25 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, communiqués, notices (continued), 1926–29, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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K.K.K. “Official Documents” (state and national), 1923–29, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Klan Bulletins (state and national), 1926–32 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Klan Constitution for Whitewater Klan of Richmond, Indiana, 1923; Klan rules, regulations, resolutions, statements of responsibility, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Informational flyers, leaflets and purpose statements (creeds and oaths); film and slide catalogs; robe order forms, 1923, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Klan meeting minutes, 1923, 1927–28, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Kligrapp’s Quarterly Report (forms), 1922–27, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Financial reports, papers, checkbooks, 1924–28, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Bills, receipts, etc., 1923–27, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Broadsides (small), summons flyers, miscellaneous Klan printed material, 1925, 192?, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Miscellaneous papers, forms, ballots, clippings; also Knights of Columbus and Masonic records, 1919–33, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 12
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The Masonic Chronicle, “The Ku Klux Klan” and Klan enrollment advertisement, n.d. Addendum – clipping from p. 4, Richmond Palladium–Item, Sunday 11 November 1973 titled “Klansmen Recruit in Brookville” |
OM 0371 Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Letterhead for Whitewater Klan #60, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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CONTAINER |
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Kloran, 1916 |
Box 2 , Folder 1 |
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Klan official booklets and publications, 1916–28, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Klan official booklets and publications (continued), 1924, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Franklin H. Miller booklet, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Fundamentals of Citizenship, 1924 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Kourier, 1925–26 |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Booklets on Catholicism and laws for the Moose Lodge, 1923, 1933, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Indiana History Bulletin, film and slide catalogs, 1924–26 |
Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Government publications, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 9 |
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CONTAINER |
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Membership lists, 1921–25 |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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Membership lists, 1921–25 (continued) |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Membership lists (also includes suspended memberships and reinstatements), 1926–27, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Membership records (assorted applications, transfer and demit forms/letters, certificates), 1921–25, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Membership reinstatement forms and petitions for reinstatement, 1927, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Membership dues information cards, receipt cards, record cards, 1923–28, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 6 |
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Dues collection ledger, receipts, miscellaneous related papers, 1923, 1925, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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Membership dues receipt books, 1923–31, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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Membership I.D. cards and receipt cards for borrowing the Kloran, 1924–29, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Miscellaneous informational and printed cards, 1924–27, n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Record cards for Ward 5, Precinct 23, A–G, 1923–24 |
Box 3, Folder 11 |
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Record cards for Ward 5, Precinct 23, H–M, 1923–24 |
Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Record cards for Ward 5, Precinct 23, N–S, 1923–24 |
Box 3, Folder 13 |
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Record cards for Ward 5, Precinct 23, T–Y, 1923–24 |
Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Records for Wards 2, 4, 6, and 7, 1926–27 |
Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Loose sheets, 1922–24, 1926, n.d. |
Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Loose sheets, 1922–24, 1927, n.d. |
Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Loose sheets, 1922–27, n.d. |
Box 4, Folder 5 |
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CONTAINER |
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Records: A |
Box 4, Folder 6 |
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Records: B–Bicknel |
Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Records: Bicknell–Brady |
Box 5, Folder 1 |
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Records: Bragg–Byrum |
Box 5, Folder 2 |
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Records: C–Cloud |
Box 5, Folder 3 |
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Records: Coalter–Custer |
Box 5, Folder 4 |
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Records: D |
Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Records: E |
Box 5, Folder 6 |
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Records: F |
Box 5, Folder 7 |
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Records: G |
Box 5, Folder 8 |
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Records: H–Heet |
Box 6, Folder 1 |
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Records: Heiger–Hoke |
Box 6, Folder 2 |
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Records: Holaday–Hyde |
Box 6, Folder 3 |
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Records: I–J |
Box 6, Folder 4 |
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Records: K |
Box 6, Folder 5 |
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Records: L |
Box 6, Folder 6 |
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Records: Mc–Marshall |
Box 6, Folder 7 |
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Records: Martin–Miller |
Box 6, Folder 8 |
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Records: Mills–Myers (for records N–Z, see BV 1591) Financial and Membership Records |
Box 7, Folder 1 |
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Account book, loose pages [1925?] |
Box 7, Folder 2 |
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Klabee’s Account Book, Whitewater Klan #60, 1927 |
Box 7, Folder 3 |
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Kligrapp’s Cash Book, Fountain City, Indiana, 1924 |
Box 7, Folder 4 |
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Robe receipt books (3), 1924; Robe number book, 1923–25 |
Box 7, Folder 5 |
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Empty envelopes addressed to Klan members, A–L, n.d. |
Box 7, Folder 6 |
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Empty envelopes addressed to Klan members, M–W, n.d. |
Box 7, Folder 7 |
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Dues Record Book, A–W, 1922–24 (F 0612) |
BV 1587 |
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Dues Record Book, A–Z, 1922–27. (Note: Not in alphabetical order) |
BV 1588 |
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Dues Record Book, A–K, 1922–27 (F 0612) |
BV 1589 |
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Dues Record Book, L–Z, 1922–27 ( F 0612) |
BV 1590 |
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Dues Record Book, N–Z, 1923–24 (F 0613–14) |
BV 1591 |
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Check book, 1923–25 (F 0614) |
BV 1592 |
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Check books (2), 1925–28 (F 0614) |
BV 1593 |
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Klabee’s Account Book, Fountain City, Klan No. 3, 1924–25 (F 0612) |
BV 1594a |
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Meeting minutes, Fountain City, Klan No. 3, November 1924–February 1925 (F 0612) |
BV 1594b |
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Dues Record Book , 1921–23 ( F 0612) |
BV 1595 |
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Dues receipts, August–September 1923 (F 0612) |
BV 1596a |
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Dues receipts, reinstatements and disbursements, 1923–26 (See also: F 0612) |
BV 1596b |
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CONTAINER |
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Robe |
R 0676 |
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Hood |
R 0677 |
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Robe |
R 0678 |
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Gavel |
R 0679 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Orders, letters, official papers, and broadsides; Fountain City, Klan no. 3, minutes, 1924–1925; Receipts and disbursements, 1921–1926; Dues received A–W, 1922–1924; Dues received A–Thomas, 1922–1927. |
F 0612 |
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Dues received Thornburg–Z, 1922–1927; Dues received N–Sourbur, 1923–1924. |
F 0613 |
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Dues received South–Z, 1923–1924; Check book, First National Bank, Richmond, Ind., 1923–1925; Check book, First National Bank, Richmond, Ind., 1927–1928; Check book, Dickinson Trust Co., Richmond, Ind., 1925–1927; Membership materials, 1923–1927; Membership list, 1923; Dues received, A–Albin, 1922–1924 |
F 0614 |
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Dues received Albin–Fagan, 1922– 1924 |
F 0615 |
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Dues received Fancher–Lundy, 1922–1924 |
F 0616 |
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Dues received Luring–M, 1922–1924 |
F 0617 |
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