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Wills Case Ballots
Title
Wills Case Ballots.
Abstract/Description
Collection of the verdict votes cast by Klan members for the Wills case. Ballots were collected within paper packet and contain 15 guilty and 1 not guilty vote. Votes have no names attached to them thought eh packet does have Tom Wentworth stamped on the front and T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Inc. on the back. Also contained in the packet are three KKK membership promotion cards named for H. Whitaker, R.C. Wills, and S. L. (Last name indecipherable).
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0867.a-s
Format
Document (PDF)
Undated Resolutions, ca. 1922-1928
Title
Undated Resolutions, ca. 1922-1928.
Abstract/Description
Three page handwritten resolutions stating that the KKK is an important American patriotic institution composed of native white American citizens and that history textbooks read by the youth need to reflect those same ideals held by them. The letter further mentions that as held by Klan 57 of Pensacola, they are against the permitting of people of "whatever faith" from teaching and telling "our youth" things "contrary or derogatory to the facts".
Identifier
uwf_ht_00.84.26
Format
Document (PDF)
4 Page Pamphlet
Title
4 Page Pamphlet.
Author
Col. William Joseph Simmons
Abstract/Description
Pamphlet, 4 pages, discussing the merits of the book America's Menace or the Enemy Within.
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0271.b1-b2
Format
Set of related objects
Ku Klux Klan Ledger
Title
Ku Klux Klan Ledger.
Abstract/Description
This ledger book documents membership and activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Pensacola between 1922 and 1925. It includes a chronological list that documents payment of initiation fees, membership dues, special assessments, and the purchase of robes between October 1922 and December 1924. The ledger also includes financial information for the 1923-1924 fiscal year, meeting minutes for February to June 1925, an undated list of 487 members and their assigned robe number, as well as several...
Show moreThis ledger book documents membership and activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Pensacola between 1922 and 1925. It includes a chronological list that documents payment of initiation fees, membership dues, special assessments, and the purchase of robes between October 1922 and December 1924. The ledger also includes financial information for the 1923-1924 fiscal year, meeting minutes for February to June 1925, an undated list of 487 members and their assigned robe number, as well as several miscellaneous lists. Every page of this handwritten, disorganized ledger, including the front and rear covers, has been scanned. Pages 108-118 were removed from the ledger. The back cover includes the title: “T.T. Wentworth Jr., Bicycles Sporting Goods.”
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Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0448, uwf_ht_2016.035.0448
Format
Document (PDF)
McMillan Mill Company, Lands for Sale
Title
McMillan Mill Company, Lands for Sale.
Abstract/Description
Broadside or small poster of the McMillan Mill Company, P. O. Box 1415, Pensacola, Florida, circa 1924. noting lands that they have for sale in Escambia County, primarily from Molino, Florida, north to the Alabama line. On the reverse side of the note about lands being offered, is a detailed map of Escambia County with towns, and villages noted. From the papers of Henry L. Hilton-Green, Accession M1976-13. On the map, the lands owned by McMillan (headquartered at Pine Barren, Florida) are...
Show moreBroadside or small poster of the McMillan Mill Company, P. O. Box 1415, Pensacola, Florida, circa 1924. noting lands that they have for sale in Escambia County, primarily from Molino, Florida, north to the Alabama line. On the reverse side of the note about lands being offered, is a detailed map of Escambia County with towns, and villages noted. From the papers of Henry L. Hilton-Green, Accession M1976-13. On the map, the lands owned by McMillan (headquartered at Pine Barren, Florida) are indicated by 'feathered' boundary lines.
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Identifier
WF1455559534, uwf:48734
Format
Set of related objects
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Additional Memorandum for Defendant
Title
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Additional Memorandum for Defendant.
Author
The Texas Company
Abstract/Description
Additional Memorandum for Defendant (The Texas Company) in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida regarding the contracted sale and delivery of oil.
Identifier
folder1206_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object21_1
Format
Image (JPEG)
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, April 8, 1922 de bene esse Testimony
Title
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, April 8, 1922 de bene esse Testimony.
Author
District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida
Abstract/Description
1 page document which states that Frederick Roehl, N.O. Pedrick, W.J. Hammond, Biddle Hammond, Fenwick Eustis, _____ McLeod, and Andrew Hudson, witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff (Pensacola Maritime Corporation), will be examined de bene esse before Allan R. Beary, a public notary for the state of Louisiana.
Identifier
folder1206_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object28_3
Format
Image (JPEG)
Record-Breaking Pulitzer Racers Show Advance in Plane Design, Front and Back, October 19, 1922
Title
Record-Breaking Pulitzer Racers Show Advance in Plane Design, Front and Back, October 19, 1922.
Author
Automotive Industries
Abstract/Description
Combined scans, front and back, of a newspaper clipping regarding a air show held in Detroit in October of 1922 as well as the placements of each pilot, their airplane, and their average speed during a trophy race. Lieutenant Harold J. Brow is listed as a third-place finisher.
Identifier
uwfnam_HJBbox3_10-19-1922_Record-BreakingAviator_Full
Format
Image (JPEG)
Pulitzer Race Planes, October 19, 1922
Title
Pulitzer Race Planes, October 19, 1922.
Author
Automotive Industries
Abstract/Description
A clipping from Automotive Industries which showcases the planes utilized in the Pulitzer Race at a Detroit air showcase. The plane labeled number 8 is a Curtiss-Navy racer which was flown by Lieutenant Harold J. Brow, standing before the plane, and placed third overall.
Identifier
uwfnam_HJBbox3_10-19-1922_PulitzerRace
Format
Image (JPEG)
Pulitzer Race Engines, October 19, 1922
Title
Pulitzer Race Engines, October 19, 1922.
Author
Automotive Industries
Abstract/Description
Magazine page from Automotive Industries which showcases photos of the various engines used in the planes which took part in the Pulitzer Trophy Race. The first engine showcased was the model used in Lieutenant Harold J. Brow's plane during the race.
Identifier
uwfnam_HJBbox3_10-19-1922_PulitzerRace_2
Format
Image (JPEG)
Membership Card for Escambia Klan No. 57, expired September 30, 1926
Title
Membership Card for Escambia Klan No. 57, expired September 30, 1926.
Abstract/Description
Membership card for Klan 57 of Pensacola, Florida dated September 30, 1926. The card has no assigned name and has the numbers 1069 in the lower left hand corner.
Identifier
uwf_ht_w.102.1439.b
Format
Image (JPEG)
"The Old-Time Religion" Handbill, ca. May 1920s
Title
"The Old-Time Religion" Handbill, ca. May 1920s.
Author
Paul Crank, First Christian Church
Abstract/Description
Single page handbill, brown and brittle with age and acid in the paper. Announcing "The Old-Time Religion" Special Services at the First Christian Church, Wauchula, Florida, Sunday, May 15th, at 7:30 p.m. "We must fan afresh the flickering flame of freedom in the hearts of the American people." "Come! let us face the truth, the whole truth and provide for it." Pastor Maj. Paul Crank. Also see: 2016.035.0392.
Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0446
Format
Image (JPEG)
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
Letter to George Williamson, September 3, 1926
Title
Letter to George Williamson, September 3, 1926.
Author
Unknown, George Williamson
Abstract/Description
Unsigned, typed carbon copy of a letter on plain paper, dated September 3, 1926, and addressed to George Williamson. The letter tells Williamson he has been appointed to a publicity committee and his assignment is to "preserve a record of adverse publicity in the local papers." Williamson was directed to articles from the two Pensacola papers (Pensacola Journal and Pensacola News), to "attach the name of the paper and the date to the clipping and preserve these in a proper way that they will...
Show moreUnsigned, typed carbon copy of a letter on plain paper, dated September 3, 1926, and addressed to George Williamson. The letter tells Williamson he has been appointed to a publicity committee and his assignment is to "preserve a record of adverse publicity in the local papers." Williamson was directed to articles from the two Pensacola papers (Pensacola Journal and Pensacola News), to "attach the name of the paper and the date to the clipping and preserve these in a proper way that they will be safe for future use." Williamson is to give a tentative report at the meeting Friday night. See also; 2016.035.0358
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Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0359
Format
Image (JPEG)
Unsigned letter to T.T. Wentworth Jr., March 30, 1927
Title
Unsigned letter to T.T. Wentworth Jr., March 30, 1927.
Author
Theodore Thomas Wentworth Jr., Unknown
Abstract/Description
Handwritten paper on plain paper, dated March 30, 1927, and addressed to T. T. Wentworth Jr. The letter is not signed. The letter asks for investigation and resolution to the problem of Mrs. Nielson on South N Street, who is "doing things which will cause trouble in a Mr. G. Darbys family out there at the lighthouse. She will not stay away from there and she has a husband & a large family. Which she should attend to & let another woman's husband alone. 1927 City Directory shows a Christian...
Show moreHandwritten paper on plain paper, dated March 30, 1927, and addressed to T. T. Wentworth Jr. The letter is not signed. The letter asks for investigation and resolution to the problem of Mrs. Nielson on South N Street, who is "doing things which will cause trouble in a Mr. G. Darbys family out there at the lighthouse. She will not stay away from there and she has a husband & a large family. Which she should attend to & let another woman's husband alone. 1927 City Directory shows a Christian and Daisy Nielson at 611 S. N St. George W. Darby was 2nd Letter assistant at the lighthouse in 1927.
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Identifier
uwf_ht_2016.035.0402
Format
Image (JPEG)
Photograph of Pensacola Klan Initiation, November 27, 1924
Title
Photograph of Pensacola Klan Initiation, November 27, 1924.
Abstract/Description
Black and white photograph of Pensacola, Florida Ku Klux Klan Initiation. Note on the bottom right corner reads "Pensacola, Florida. November 27, 1924."
Date Issued
November 27, 1924
Identifier
uwf_ht_H.09.00.004.0307
Format
Image (JPEG)
Letter to Ernest Whitaker from T. T. Wentworth Jr., October 5 1926
Title
Letter to Ernest Whitaker from T. T. Wentworth Jr., October 5 1926.
Author
Ernest Whitaker, Theodore Thomas Wentworth Jr.,
Abstract/Description
Carbon copy of letter dated October 5, 1926, written on letterhead for T. T. Wentworth, Jr., Hardware, Tools, and Cutlery. Addressed to Ernest Whitaker. States Mr. Fisher is away until Friday. Handwritten signature T. T. Wentworth, Jr.
Identifier
uwf_ht.2016.035.0274
Format
Image (JPEG)
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Notice of Extended Deadline to File for New Trial
Title
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Notice of Extended Deadline to File for New Trial.
Author
The Texas Company
Abstract/Description
The defendant (The Texas Company) stated that it was not possible to make a full motion for a new trial within the allotted time frame without a transcription of the stenographer's notes. After this argument was submitted by counsel and considered by the Court, it was determined that an extension to file the motion was granted until June 7, 1921.
Identifier
folder1206_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object21_2
Format
Image (JPEG)
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Group of Handwritten Notes
Title
Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Group of Handwritten Notes.
Author
Carter & Yonge
Abstract/Description
14 pages of handwritten notes, including an envelope addressed to Judge F.B. Carter dated October 30, 1920. Writing contains notes on evidence, oil sales, and Texas Co contracts.
Identifier
Folder1209_object22
Format
Set of related objects
Radio Men's Barracks, August 1922
Title
Radio Men's Barracks, August 1922.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Official Navy photo of the interior of the radio men's barracks at NAS Pensacola taken in August 1922. The barracks are empty but shows the manner barracks were kept at this time. The title and date of the photo are etched in the bottom right.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1921-1922_aug1922_radiomensbarracks(2)
Format
Image (JPEG2000)

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