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Ku Klux Klan and Notre Dame Collection (KKK), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Material concerning the 1924 riot in South Bend, Indiana, between Notre Dame students and the Ku Klux Klan specifically; and the Ku Klux Klan and Notre Dame, in Indiana and in the USA more generally.
The genesis of this collection seems to have been in the President's Office (see UPWL), but additional documents about the Ku Klux Klan have been added to it over the years.
Concerns the Ku Klux Klan Suit against Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Mainly letters from Patrick H. O'Donnell concerning efforts against the Klan in Chicago and South Bend.
Mainly letters describing, praising, or decrying Notre Dame's actions during the May 1924 Klan March and Riot; and a few letters concerning the October 1924 March.
Several documents scanned from UKKK, chiefly from UKKK 1/04.