OHYMSS2218.xml Guide to the Frederick L. Gifford papers 1920-1945 Gifford (Frederick L.) papers Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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Frederick L. Gifford papers Gifford, Frederick Louis, 1878-1945 Mss 2218 0.1 cubic feet 1 folder in shared box 1920-1945 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. English

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Lib. Acc. 9458.

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.

Frederick L. Gifford papers, Mss 2218, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection consists of Ku Klux Klan membership cards, driver's licenses, and other ID cards, 1920-1933; newspaper clippings, 1945, regarding Frederick L. Gifford's death; and a manuscript letter to his wife, 3 pages, 1924.

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 Gifford, Frederick Louis, 1878-1945 Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Realm of Oregon White supremacy movements--Oregon--20th century Oregon clippings (information artifacts) correspondence printed ephemera