Box 1
Container
Contains 40 Results:
Letter from Alfred William Douglass to D. C. "Clint" Douglass, 1849 March 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
In a March 19, 1849 letter to his cousin D. C. Clint Douglass in Lebanon, Tennessee, Alfred William Douglass writes from Nashville of the increase in students enrolled at his school, his desire that Clint remain another year in law school, and his dislike of life in the city. He also notes that there is "no alarm here about cholera, though there are some deaths nearly every day."
Dates:
1849 March 19
Deposition of Joseph McDowell, 1789 March 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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From the Collection:
In a deposition in Burke County, North Carolina, court, Joseph McDowell testifies that James Cook told him that David Nelson had taken a gun and an otter skin shot pouch from him in 1780. While Cook has attempted to get payment from Nelson, Nelson would not pay. The testimony notes that this took place shortly before the action at King's Mountain. The document is dated from March 4, 1789.
Dates:
1789 March 4
Samuel M. Johnston Address, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of one piece of paper with the address of Samuel M. Johnston in Fountain Hill, McMinn County, Tennessee. The item is undated but likely dates from the 19th century.
Dates:
undated
FBI Missing poster for information on the disappearance at Philadelphia, Mississippi, of Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Henry Schwerner, with phone numbers and addresses of FBI departments across the United States, 1964 June 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
1964 June 29
Meridian Police Dept. Traffic Violation Notice signed by Lee Roberts, 1964 December 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 2
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
1964 December 17
Copy of comic of the Investigation in Mississippi
, 1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 3
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
1964
Copy of article On Being Investigated by the FBI
printed in The Southern Review, 1964 October 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 4
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
1964 October 1
Copy of The Klan-Ledger
from the Mississippi chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, with rebuttal to the Warren Commission Report, 1964 October
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 5
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
1964 October
The Klan-Ledger
from the Mississippi chapter of Ku Klux Klan about Jesus Christ, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 6
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy 1 of The Klan-Ledger
from the Mississippi chapter of Ku Klux Klan about Jesus Christ, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 7
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy 2 of The Klan-Ledger
from the Mississippi chapter of Ku Klux Klan about Jesus Christ, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 8
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy 3 of The Klan-Ledger
from the Mississippi chapter of Ku Klux Klan about Jesus Christ, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 9
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Comic of Ku Klux Klan men looking at another KKK member with black hands and feet protruding from under his robes (2 copies), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 10
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy of article about FBI agents arresting Neshoba County, Mississippi, Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and others in connection with the disappearance of three civil rights workers, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 11
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy of oath for joining members of the KKK, Mississippi chapter, to sign, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 12
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy of Application for Citizenship in the Invisible Empire
in the Mississippi chapter of the KKK, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 13
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Copy of twenty reasons to join the KKK of Mississippi, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 14
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
Standard Examination Form
to aid in properly identifying all unknown Persons seeking information,
, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 15
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
undated
FBI Wanted poster and printer's plate for James Earl Ray for the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 16
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The Tom van Riper Collection, 1964-1968, contains materials (applications, The Klan-Ledger, etc.) related to the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi as well as FBI posters and comics in connection to the KKK. Five items date to 1964, one to 1968, and the remainder are undated. There are several copies of articles, including some from the Klan-Ledger, applications, an unmarked oath, and examination forms for the Klan. There is also a traffic ticket signed by Lee Roberts, a subject of the...
Dates:
1968
Lucius Polk Brown Journal, 1921
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This daily journal of Lucius Polk Brown was written in every day of 1921 and contains detailed information of his daily routines, his work, the trips he took, and operation of his several farms in the Spring Hill and Nashville areas of Tennessee.
Dates:
1921