Broadside, "Knights of Columbus Oath. Fourth Degree", 1913

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

This collection is available for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

Broadside, "Knights of Columbus Oath. Fourth Degree" (WLU Coll. 0575), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Broadside, "Knights of Columbus Oath. Fourth Degree" (WLU Coll. 0575), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Background

Scope and content:

A counterfeit printed oath of the Knights of Columbus. Fourth Degree., an international Catholic fraternal service organization. This small broadside was intentionally printed to include extreme and sensational language falsely portraying the organization as violently anti-Protestant and anti-Masonic. Anti-Catholic propaganda, like this broadside, was distributed in the early 20th century by various nativist groups, white-supremacists, and hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard