Receipt booklet used by the Realm of New York Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
date: label: Date
content: 1927-1928
name: label: Printed by
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Burton A. Avery, American, 1896 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A Ku Klux Klan receipt booklet used by the Realm of New York Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan number 123. There are forty-six receipts filled in mostly via carbon copy transfer. The receipt booklet front and back covers are blank cardboard and the interior receipts are tan newsprint with red ink print. The text along the right edge of each receipt reads [OFFICIAL ORDER ON KLABEE]. Receipt text reads [______________ 19__ / To ____________________ Klabee / PAY TO THE ORDER OF ____________ / ________________________ DOLLARS / and charge the same to ________ Fund of Klan No. _____ / Realm of ___ Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. / Signed ______________ E.C. / ______________ Kligrapp / No._______ Klan No_______ Realm of ____]. On the top left corner of each receipt is an image of two hooded klansmen on rearing horses. An impression off a receipt in the booklet is visible on the interior back cover: Central Square 28 / Jay Codner/ Sam H. Venable / Three_____ 25/100 / genl 123 / N.Y. / Burton Avery / 123 N.Y.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
place: label: Place used
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: United States History
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, A Gift of the Bunch Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.258.4
objectType: label: Type
content: receipts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 2 3/4 × 6 7/8 in. (7 × 17.4 cm)