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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Object ID
MG0115_P01
Date Range
1812 - present
. E. Roberts to decline the request to run for the U.S. Senate seat. The office “is not to be declined…But it has always been my opinion that no man should make himself a candidate for it…” 19 July 1866. (1 item, 4 pages to scan) Folder 5a Threats from the KKK Photostatic copy of a threat letter from
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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Description
The Thaddeus Stevens Collection contains items related to Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith.
Date Range
1812 - present
Date of Accumulation
1812 - present
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Smith, Lydia Hamilton
Stevens, Thaddeus
Subjects
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Estates (Law)
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Lawyers
Legislators--United States
Letters
Politicians
Programs (Publications)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Slavery
United States. Congress. House
Search Terms
Abolition
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Congressmen
Correspondence
Estate settlement
Finding aids
KKK
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Lawyers
Legislators
Letters
Manuscript groups
Programs
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Slavery
Stevens and Smith Center
United States Congress, House of Representatives
Extent
1 box, 30 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0115_P01
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
George M. Steinman Papers (MG0184_S01; MG0184_S02)
Sally E. Nungesser Collection (MG0839)
See also the Photograph Collection
See also the Curatorial Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Box #, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-115
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1
Classification
MG0115
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Re-processed and finding aid prepared by SB, 2007-2008. Added to database 14 April 2022.
Documents
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-03-09-18
Date Range
c. 1920
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Ku Klux Klan, Southern Lancaster County
Date Range
c. 1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Classification
2-03-09-18
Search Terms
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
KKK
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10.25 x 8.5 inches
Object ID
2-03-09-18
Images
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Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Object ID
2015.012
Date Range
1928
Collection
History Collection: Groups & Organizations
Description
Token, 1928 Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Pennsylvania. Token indicates that a member of the Klan from Pennsylvania attended the 1928 National Konklave and subsequent march on Washington, D.C. Similar tokens were made for those from Michigan, Illinois and Ohio.
Date Range
1928
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Drawer
Drawer 19
Subcategory
Advertising Medium
Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Search Terms
KKK
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Tokens
Object Name
Token
Object ID
2015.012
Accession Number
2015.012
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