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KKK Initiation Handbill, ca. November 1925
Title
KKK Initiation Handbill, ca. November 1925.
Author
Pensacola Klan, No. 57
Abstract/Description
Tan paper with black printing "Open Air Celebration by Escambia Klan Pensacola, FLA. Thanksgiving Night Naturalization-Fireworks-Speaking The Public Is Invited Location Announced Later Pensacola's Klan is Growing by Leaps and Bounds. The Ideals and Principles of the Klan are an Inspiration to Patriotic Devotion
Date Issued
1925-11
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0454
Format
Image (JPEG)
Letter to the Pensacola Klan, July 21, 1927
Title
Letter to the Pensacola Klan, July 21, 1927.
Author
Pensacola Klan, Sallie Anderson
Abstract/Description
Handwritten, unsigned, 2-page letter, dated July 21, 1927, and addressed to Hon. K.K.K., Pensacola, Fla. The letter states Mrs. Sallie Anderson, 2128 Barrancas Ave., is running a "lewd house," also mentions gambling, and asks, "should this go on or not." The lined paper is 8 7/8"x5 7/8". The letter is written in pencil.
Date Issued
1927-07-21
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0322.a-b
Format
Set of related objects
Letter to Pensacola KKK, June 16, 1926
Title
Letter to Pensacola KKK, June 16, 1926.
Author
Pensacola Ku Klux Klan, Unknown
Abstract/Description
Scrap of paper with an address that was pinned to a two page letter addressed to the Pensacola Klan and a one page letter from and unknown author.
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0379.a-d
Format
Set of related objects
Ku Klux Klan Reply to Pensacola News, January 3, 1923
Title
Ku Klux Klan Reply to Pensacola News, January 3, 1923.
Author
Pensacola Klan, No. 59, Pensacola News Editor
Abstract/Description
4-page pamphlet, tan with black print, "Ku Klux Klan Reply to Pensacola News. This pamphlet states it is in answer to an article published in the Pensacola News on December 3, 1922, and that the Pensacola News acknowledged receipt but did not print. This pamphlet states the Pensacola News article accused the Klan of being "sneak thieves, cowards, and paid assassins"; informs the Klan they are not welcome in Pensacola and should "slip out of this section as quietly as they entered." The reply...
Show more4-page pamphlet, tan with black print, "Ku Klux Klan Reply to Pensacola News. This pamphlet states it is in answer to an article published in the Pensacola News on December 3, 1922, and that the Pensacola News acknowledged receipt but did not print. This pamphlet states the Pensacola News article accused the Klan of being "sneak thieves, cowards, and paid assassins"; informs the Klan they are not welcome in Pensacola and should "slip out of this section as quietly as they entered." The reply accuses that "Lucky" Balduin was beaten by some of the people the Pensacola News held in esteem and then bragged about this the next day. The Klan also states, "You gentlemen of the News, may be fully qualified to say that we are 'Sneak thieves" and know whereof you speak; for we are sure that there are no better judges of sneak thieves than yourselves who are using the livery of Christianity to serve the vilest interests that invest this city and county and making a mockery of law and decency!" Accuses the Pensacola News of blackmailing someone for $500. to prevent an article from being printed, accuse Judge Shepherd of being sympathetic to "bootleggers and white slave artists."
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Date Issued
1923-01-03
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0445.a-d
Format
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Letter to the Pensacola Klan from Mrs. T.H. Rivers, June 22, 1927
Title
Letter to the Pensacola Klan from Mrs. T.H. Rivers, June 22, 1927.
Author
Mrs. T.H. Rivers, Pensacola Klan
Abstract/Description
Handwritten letter dated June 22, 1927, addressed to the Members of the KK Kl. Signed Mrs. T. H. Rivers, 304 S. Alcaniz St. Mrs. Rivers states she had written a letter to the Klan approximately a week before about her husband's lack of support. He had promised to come back and take care of her, but he had not; she is ill and cannot afford a doctor. She asks the Klan to look into the matter. See her first letter at 2016.035.0421
Date Issued
1927-06-22
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0422.a-b
Format
Set of related objects
Letter to I.E. Phillips from T.T. Wentworth Jr., November 10, 1926
Title
Letter to I.E. Phillips from T.T. Wentworth Jr., November 10, 1926.
Author
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., I.E. Phillips, Pensacola Klan
Abstract/Description
Carbon copy of a letter dated November 10, 1926, written on letterhead for T. T. Wentworth, Jr., Hardware, Tools, and Cutlery. Addressed to Rev. I. E. Phillips, the letter asks Phillips to visit the Pensacola Klan to talk with the "boys" and that Wentworth would like to speak with him. Wentworth implies that there is some tension within the Pensacola Klan.
Date Issued
1926-11-10
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0286
Format
Image (JPEG)