Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. collection

Identifier: irn611486
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn611486

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 and 2019 by the descendants of Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of American Ku Klux Klan pamphlets, medal and hood relating to the experiences of Sanford Vandifer Rogers Jr. in South Carolina during the 1920s.

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Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619892
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of American Ku Klux Klan pamphlets which were acquired by Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. while he was a member of the KKK in Spartanburg Country, South Carolina in the 1920s. Pamphlets are entitled "The Klan Spiritual" by Dr. H.W. Evans (1924, two copies); "The Obligation of American Citizens to Free Public Schools (undated); "The Practice of Klanishness" (1924); "The Jewish Problem in the United States" by Rev. Sam H. Campbell (undated); and "Principles and Purposes of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" (undated).
Ku Klux Klan medal given to a South Carolina man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619899
- English
- 1920-1928
- overall: | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) medal acquired by Sanford Vandifer Rogers Jr. in Spartanburg County, South Carolina during the 1920s while he was a member. Sanford was born in 1864. His father, Sanford senior, was a Confederate soldier who died in a Union prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York just before he was born. The KKK promoted the idea that whites are inherently superior to other races. This idea was supported by the racially motivated, pseudoscientific American eugenics movement, which attempted to establish a hierarchy of races. These racist ideas were used to justify the exclusion of Africa...
Hood
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn713089
- English
- overall: Height: 44.000 inches (111.76 cm) | Width: 23.250 inches (59.055 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Handmade KKK hood worn by (and possibly made by) Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. The hood was homemade out of a flour sack.

Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. collection

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Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. collection

Ku Klux Klan medal given to a South Carolina man

Hood