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The fonds consists of records from the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada. The records largely revolve around the management of the organization.

Membership Cards

Envelop with several membership cards inside. Card has line for name, location, Imperial #, Local #. Cards unfilled.

Addressed to a Mr. W.H. Hutchison in Oshawa, ON. Addresses Hutchinson as "Klansman Hutchinson". Inquiring after receipts covering three men's dues. A meeting was prevented last Monday night due to weather, but writer is assured of their progress: "I am sure you are building a real Klan in Oshawa". Signed "faithfully yours in the Sacred Unfailing Bond, JH Hawkins, Imperial Klaliff and Chief of Staff".

Describing a Mr. O. Elliott and things he has allegedly done, which include taking money, being intoxicated publically, some "shady work", and a sex scandal. Cautions that those who decide to associate with Otter Elliott will not be accepted or allowed to stay in the organization. Ends with line: "Klan as sacred, solemn trust".

Small paper-like card that may be filled out to ask for more information. On the back has a "Learn About" section: "Justice for all, but pledged to maintain the supremacy of the white race, the rights of Gentiles, and the integrity of the Protestant Faith, to shield sanctity of the home and chastity of womanhood, to uphold law and order and insist on the complete separation of Church and State, to exemplify the [...] benevolence and practice an honorable clannishness". Then reads "Our Positive Program": "To honor the glorious Union Jack as the sole flag of Canada and British Empire", "To perpetuate a United British Empire", "To serve the Protestant Church", "to promote the public school", "To fight for the sanctity of the home", "To promote Gentile Economic betterment", "To advocated White Supremacy and Racial Purity", "To promote respect for Law and Order". The conditions read: "You must be White, a Gentile, and a Protestant, eighteen years of age or over, and engaged in a limited vocation". On the back is a picture of a hooded person on a hooded horse holding an enflamed torch, with words "Yesterday, today, and forever", "the fiery summons".

Reads: "Non Silba Sed Anthar". Copies of this card include some names on them, such as "E.A Pearce, Pickering, Ont, Farmer", and "JH Canningham, 317 King East Oshawa".

Reads: "Dear Kiggy, We are having a Monster invitation meeting in Oshawa, on Friday May 8 at 8:15pm. A real good speaker has been secured for the occasion and Headquarters are giving us REAL [underlined] support. We are counting on you to do your part". Signed "IT SUB, AB Sanbey, Kligrapp".

Mentions that the KKK-K and KKK of the British Empire amalgamated into the "Invisible Empire Knights of KKK", but that this is false, because there is no affiliation between the two. Also, a "CL Fowler" and "JH Hawkins" were banished from "KKK-C" and "KKK-US". Questions of legitimacy within the groups.