Evelyn Rich papers, 1954-1993

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Summary

Creator:
Rich, Evelyn Beatrice Mackenzie, 1957-
Abstract:
Collection consists of audio cassette tapes, transcripts, notes, photographs, and collected printed materials from Evelyn Rich's doctoral research on Ku Klux Klan ideology, conducted between 1984 and 1986. Contains interviews with Klan leaders and white supremacists David Duke, Don Black, Glen Miller, Stanley McCollum, and others, as well as recordings of rallies and speeches. Also includes documentation of Klan activities and copies of literature published by Invisible Empire, Knights of the KKK; the White Patriot Party; Knights of the KKK; the Populist Party; Mountain Church; NAAWP; Institute for Historical Review; and other white supremacists and white Christian nationalist groups.
Extent:
5.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11363

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of audio cassettes, transcripts, photographs, notes, and printed materials collected and created by Evelyn Rich as she researched her dissertation, "Ku Klux Klan Ideology: 1954-1988." Rich travelled the United States between 1983 and 1986, attending Ku Klux Klan rallies, meeting white nationalists like David Duke, Louis Beam, Roger Handley, Don Black, and Glen Miller. This collection contains her interviews with these men, as well as lower-level Klansmen and Klan women, discussing their backgrounds, political and racial beliefs, and their feelings and opinions on issues such as integration, the Republican Party, the Populist Party, and states' rights. The collection also includes recordings and photographs of Klan rallies, as well as copies of various white supremacist and white Christian nationalist literature and newspapers, including The Klansmen, Fiery Cross, NAAWP News, and The White Patriot.

A portion of the collection documents Rich's relationship with David Duke and Don Black, two prominent Klan leaders in the mid-1980s. Her relationship with Black is recorded through correspondence and several interviews, as well as photographs and notes from a roadtrip the two took together in 1986. Materials from Duke include extensive interviews about his beliefs on issues such as integration, the Holocaust, genetics, and white supremacy; poetry by Duke written for Rich and photographs from their trips and time together; newsletters, speeches, and political campaign ephemera from Duke's run for U.S. Senate, Louisiana governorship, and the presidency; and newspaper clippings quoting the Rich audio tapes (now held in this collection, then housed at Tulane University), which record Duke's racist and anti-Semitic ideology.

Biographical / historical:

Evelyn Rich (1957- ) was born in England, and arrived in the United States in 1978. She travelled extensively through the country researching her dissertation between 1983 and 1986; during that period she met and interviewed many Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists. Rich earned her doctorate from Boston University in 1988. She is also the partner of Jared Taylor, founder of American Renaissance (another white nationalist group, based in Northern Virginia).

Acquisition information:

The Evelyn Rich Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.

Acquired through support of Stan Brown, Trinity '92.

Processing information:

Processed by RL Staff, Jan. 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0328

Arrangement:

Arranged into series: Interviews; Correspondence and Name Files; and Far Right Groups: Notes, Printed Material, and Ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Collection is open for research. Original audiovisual materials are closed to use. Contact Research Services to request the production of listening copies.

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Terms of access:

Evelyn Rich has given Duke University an exclusive license to exercise all intellectual property rights, including copyright, for all non-commercial uses of this collection. Any commercial uses of this collection must be granted by Evelyn Rich until her death.

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