A Guide to the Ku Klux Klan No. 279 Records, 1921-1936


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Ku Klux Klan No. 279
	Title:	Ku Klux Klan No. 279 Records
	Dates:	1921-1936
	Abstract:	Collection of original material documenting the organizational, financial, and ceremonial records of Ku Klux Klan No. 279 in Uvalde, Texas.
	Extent:	10 in.
	Language:	Materials are written in English.
	Repository:	Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents

Collection of original material documenting the organizational, financial, and ceremonial records of Ku Klux Klan No. 279 in Uvalde, Texas. Includes ledgers and membership lists, as well as handbooks for ceremonial activities and ephemeral items such as admission tickets and pledge cards. Also included are the research surveys and findings of Professor Juan O. Sánchez of Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College in Uvalde, Texas.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Ku Klux Klan No. 279 Records, 1921-1936, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Papers

Inventory

box

2.325/G123

Membership lists [originals]

Bound volume: meeting minutes “Klonklaves” [originals]

Receipts, membership dues, pledge cards

“Kloran” ceremonial handbooks, Klan funeral service handbook, anti-Communism pledge cards, Klan meeting admission tickets

Membership and dues records

Bulletins

Quarterly and annual reports

Transfer forms and applications for citizenship

Correspondence

Proclamations

Financial and property records

box

2.325/G124

Bound volumes: financial ledgers

Meeting minutes “Klonklaves” [photocopies]

Membership lists [photocopies]

Research surveys and findings by Juan O. Sánchez