Fred L. Gifford (1878-1945) was the leader ("Grand Dragon") for the Oregon Ku Klux Klan between 1921 and 1924, when the "invisible empire" was influential in virtually every part of the state. Collection consists of Ku Klux Klan membership cards, driver's licenses, and other ID cards, 1920-1933; newspaper clippings, 1945, regarding Gifford's death; and a manuscript letter to his wife, 1924.