urn:taro:ttu.sw.00109 Ku Klux Klan (Amarillo, Tex.): An Inventory of Its Records, 1921-1925 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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August 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, February 2001. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:22:24 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00109 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Ku Klux Klan (Amarillo, Tex.) Records, 1921-1925 and undated Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, August 2000 Descriptive Summary Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Amarillo, Tex. (Chapter) Ku Klux Klan (Amarillo, Tex.) Records, 1921-1925 and undated Records of the Amarillo, Texas, area Ku Klux Klan from 1921-1925 and undated. S 1381.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Ku Klux Klan is a white separatist organization in America that supports racism. They rose from the ashes of the post Civil War to spread their hatred towards minorities. At one time they were a highly active group with a membership in the thousands. Over the years they have declined in numbers but still practice their separatist movement throughout the United States.

The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online biography of history of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/KK/vek2.html

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains Ku Klux Klan printed material and financial material such as membership rosters and by-laws of the Amarillo, Texas, area.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Organizations) Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Amarillo, Tex. (Chapter) Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Texas Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Texas, West Places Texas--Social life and customs Subjects Discrimination Ethnic relations Minorities Racism--United States--History

Collection accession #(s): 1999-0119-X

Purchase, 1999

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2000

 Preferred Citation

Ku Klux Klan (Amarillo, Tex.) Records, 1921-1925 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Additional Sources Alexander, Charles C. The Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1965. Alexander, Charles C. Crusade for Conformity: The Ku Klux Klan in Texas, 1920-1930. Houston: Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, 1962. Kilgore, Linda Elaine. The Ku Klux Klan and the Press in Texas. M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1964. Lay, Shawn. War, Revolution, and the Ku Klux Klan: A Study of Intolerance in a Border City. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1985. Trelease, Allen W. White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction. New York: Harper and Row, 1971.

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Clyde Bingham oral history interview [sound recording], 1981 Annie Greener oral history interview [sound recording], 1980 Inez Heeter oral history interview [sound recording], 1981 William Davis Howsley Papers, 1873-1932 Collection Inventory Financial Material 1 Membership Roster, Amarillo, Texas, 1923-1925 2 Membership Roster, Texas State-wide, undated Printed Material 3 By-Laws of Amarillo, Texas, Ku Klux Klan, No. 141, 1921 4 Funeral Services of Ku Klux Klan booklet, 1924 5 Ku Klux Klan Klode Kard, undated 6 Oath of Allegiance, ca. 1920s