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Good lot of fourteen pieces of ephemera related to Ku Klux Klan activities in New Jersey, circa 1926. Includes: a printed newsletter, 4pp. 4to., Long Branch, New Jersey, April 1, 1926, the first number of a "Special Bulletin" published by the "Office of the Grand Dragon, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of New Jersey". The newsletter describes the Klan structure in New Jersey shortly after its establishment, listing 84 communities in which Klans were established in March of 1926, advertising the first statewide Klan celebration in the "Realm" of New Jersey, and a message from the "Grand Dragon" of New Jersey, Arthur H. Bell, featuring the usual xenophobic rhetoric. Shows minor toning and foxing, else very good. WITH: a second printed newsletter, 4pp. 4to., Belmar, New Jersey, June 1, 1926, the first number of an "Official Document" published by the "Office of the Grand Dragon, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of New Jersey". The newsletter contains reminders on Klan decorum for the fledgling state organization, as well as the typical xenophobic content, including derogatory reporting on a papal encyclical declaring that "colored races" are not inferior to whites. Shows folds, else very good. WITH: typed letter (unsigned), 1p. 4to., [Camden County, New Jersey, Aug., 1926], addressed to "All Loyal Citizens of the Invisible Empire", announcing a "moonlight ride" down the Delaware River on an excursion steamer, organized by the "Camden County Patriotic Association and Allied Organizations". One advertised attraction includes a Klan naturalization ceremony on the top deck, with the "Grand Dragon" of New Jersey presiding. The facsimile signatures of a "Great Titan" and the chairman of the Association appear at the conclusion, and three tickets for the cruise are also present. Shows folds with minor toning, else very good. WITH: typed letter (unsigned), 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d.], addressed "Dear Fellow Kl-man", soliciting donations for a recently-established "klavern", and closing with "Non Silba Sed Anthar" ("Not Self, But Others"). Shows folds, else very good. WITH: three copies of a 1p. 8vo. mimeographed schedule for Blackwood Klan No. 67 for dates in November and December of 1926, covering regular meetings and special events, most with the reminder "Bring your robes". All show folds and a chip to the bottom edge, else very good. WITH: four assorted cards, including two Blackwood Klan No. 67 schedules, a ticket for a rally held by the aforementioned "Camden County Patriotic Association", and a satirical schedule card for a black church, written in stereotypically derogatory jargon. Sold with six pieces of non-Klan related ephemera, including a handwritten copy of a World War I-era xenophobic, anti-Kaiser poem, and advertisement for a Camden mechanic, and an International Order of Odd Fellows membership certificate and handbook issued to an Earl E. Richard, from whose estate this and other Klan material offered in this sale originates.

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