urn:taro:houpub.00165 Ku Klux Klan Collection RG.E.0058 Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library

500 McKinney St. Julia Ideson Building, 2nd Floor Houston, TX, 77002 832-393-1662

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-12-14T15:14-0600 Finding aid written in English. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Ku Klux Klan Collection 1980'sRG.E.0058 0.5 Linear feet, 1 thin document box Materials are in English. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Historical Note

Formed in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, the Ku Klux Klan (aka the White Camelia) state their objective initially was to protect Whites during disorder following the Civil War and to oppose the policy of the North towards the South. More recently, their concerns have shifted to opposing equality and integration in the United States and defending Whites (defined as non-Jewish, heterosexual and Caucasian) as the majority there.

Scope and Contents

The Ku Klux Klan Collection is comprised of material regarding local Klan activities, ca. 1980's, including a membership packet and 13 photographs of KKK members marching in protest.

Access Restrictions

None.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Ku Klux Klan Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Ku Klux Klan Collection. RG E 58. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

Acquisition Information

Donated by John Dubenson, July 12, 1981.

Processing Information

Processed by Tamara Jordan, July 16, 2007.

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Marches—Texas—Houston United States—Race relations Membership form. History of the Ku Klux Klan 1 1 Photographs (13) of demonstration, July 7, 1984 and other activities 1 2