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Cecil Beeson papers

Collection

Identifier: L566

Scope and Contents This collection includes typed, autographed and photocopied documents from various people, government and private organizations in Blackford County, Indiana ranging from 1838 to 1972 regarding family histories, biographies, Civil War documents, church histories and governmental records.

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

"Communism's Un-American Program" cartoon

Collection — Folder: S3437

Identifier: S3437

Scope and Contents This collection contains one political cartoon created by the Ku Klux Klan Press entitled "Communism's Un-American Program" that shows a character labeled "Communism" throwing bricks labeled "Free Love" and "World Revolution" into buildings labeled as perceived American institutions such as "Marriage", "Land Ownership", "Law", and "White Supremacy".

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

D. C. Stephenson collection

Collection

Identifier: L246

Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of contemporary copies of Stephenson’s prison correspondence, made for Indiana State Prison Warden Walter Daly (1925-1933). Included is Stephenson’s correspondence with his attorneys, supporters, and family regarding his attempts to gain release, prison conditions, Ku Klux Klan, Indiana politics, and personal business. Also part of the collection are letters to Warden Daly regarding Stephenson, letters to and from Stephenson that were retained by prison...

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Edward Beecher Bender oral history

Collection

Identifier: OH036

Scope and Contents This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history with Edward Beecher Bender conducted with Tom Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 31, 1968. Bender discusses growing up on a farm, his association with the Ku Klux Klan and Indiana politics during the 1920s, the Boone County R.E.M.C. and farming in the 1960s.

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Elwood, Indiana, Ku Klux Klan collection

Collection — Folder: S1550

Identifier: S1550

Scope and Contents The single item in the collection is an unused gold paper seal for the Women of the Ku Klux Klan of Elwood, Indiana.

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Harold C. Feightner collection

Collection

Identifier: L055

Scope and Contents This collection includes transcripts, newspapers and correspondence from Harold C. Feightner in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1930 to 1968 regarding Indiana alcohol laws. The transcripts include Feightner's notable works "Politics, Prohibition and Repeal 1938," and "Pulpits and Politics 1850-1908." This collection also includes papers and clippings regarding Ku Klux Klan activity in Indianapolis and the Anti-Saloon League.

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

Collection

Identifier: OH008

Scope and Contents This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

J. H. Goldman collection

Collection — Folder: S0521

Identifier: S0521

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a certificate issued to Reverend J. H. Goldman on August 3, 1929 to certify that he was an approved “Quarterly Conference Preacher of the Gospel of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.” It also consists of “A Klansman’s Creed" from the Ku Klux Klan. There are notes from a sermon about the role of a “Klans-man.”

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Ku Klux Klan, Parke County collection

Collection — Folder: S2543

Identifier: S2543

Scope and Contents The collection consists of one item, a copy of a "Confidential Orders and Instructions to Klan Officers" notice. The document is dated October 1, 1928. The order instructs Klan officers of Parke County, Indiana to support and advance the political program and slates promoted by the Klan.

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Lorena M. Bumpas reminiscences pamphlet

Collection — Folder: S0807

Identifier: S0807

Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy of the document, "When Grandma Was a Little Girl," written by Lorena M. Bumpus circa 1986. Written when she was 77 years old, Mrs. Bumpus relates her experiences as a young girl growing up in Indiana. She speaks about her family, school, and everyday life during the early part of the 20th century. One story of note in her narrative is the encounter she and her father had with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Cecil Beeson papers

"Communism's Un-American Program" cartoon

D. C. Stephenson collection

Edward Beecher Bender oral history

Elwood, Indiana, Ku Klux Klan collection

Harold C. Feightner collection

Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

J. H. Goldman collection

Ku Klux Klan, Parke County collection

Lorena M. Bumpas reminiscences pamphlet

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