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Box 4276.01

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Ku Klux Klan Songbook, circa 1925

 Item — Box: 4276.01, Folder: 002
Scope and Contents Contains a folder of typewritten lyrics to thirteen Klan songs. The songs are based on popular, patriotic, and religious songs. Titles include "The Cross in the Wildwood," sung to the tune of "The Church in the Wildwood," and "Keep the Crosses Burning," sung to the tune of "Keep the Home Fires Burning." Inside the notebook is a label identifying the item as being "loaned for the confidential use of Samuel Vanover" of Danville, Kentucky.
Dates: circa 1925
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4276, Wade Hall Collection of Materials from White Supremacist Groups