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Cornell University collection of white supremacist materials

 Collection — manuscript box: ? - Folder 1
Identifier: 8949

Content Description

The Cornell University collection of white supremacist materials is an artificial collection which spans from the 19th to the 21st century. The collection contains printed pamphlets and broadsides created by proponents of white supremacy and racist ideologies, including "Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan", "Eugenics in relation to the New Family and the law on Racial Integrity" by the Bureau of Vital Statistics (1924), and a printed sheet titled "Food for Thought: for those who have read the iunsult against the Ku Klux Klan written and circulated by William Tuttle" written and published by "a group of peace loving citizens of Cortland, NY" in support of racist ideologies.

Dates

  • 1924 - 1960

Creator

Extent

1 folders.

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection consists of donated items and items found within other collections in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)