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White supremacy movements -- Oregon -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ku Klux Klan appointment certificate for Wilbur F. Fordyce

 Collection
Identifier: Coll890
Abstract

Certificate appointing Wilbur F. Fordyce (written as W. F. Fordyce on the form) field director of the Junior Department for the white supremacist organization the Ku Klux Klan. Wilbur Franklin Fordyce (1899-1956) was a resident of West Linn, Oregon, from the 1920s to 1950s; it is unknown how long he was a member of the Klan.

Dates: 1925 February 1

Eastern Oregon Ku Klux Klan meeting minutes

 Collection
Identifier: Coll886
Abstract

Minutes of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in September 1923 in eastern Oregon, likely in Baker County. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic organization that had a large number of members and considerable political influence in Oregon in the early 1920s.

Dates: 1923 September 12

Ku Klux Klan pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 899
Abstract

Pamphlets that had belonged to an Oregon member of the Ku Klux Klan and which contain Klan bylaws and ritual instructions. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic organization that had a large number of members and considerable political influence in Oregon in the early 1920s.

Dates: 1921-1928