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Ku Klux Klan Material
Manuscript Collections
MSS 45 George R. Dale collection, 1922-1979. 1 box (0.42 linear ft.)
George R. Dale was the famed editor and publisher of the Post-Democrat who gained
prominence through his battles with the Ku Klux Klan. He was mayor of Muncie from
1930-1935, indicted for violating the prohibition laws in 1932, convicted in the district
Federal Court, but was pardoned by President Roosevelt on Christmas Eve, 1933.
SC 112 Ku Klux Klan collection, 1913-1970. 1 folder
Contains excerpts of Stephenson's letters endorsing Ed Jackson (1924), copies of Klan
membership questionnaire, alleged knights of Columbus initiation pledge ( 1913) and
photocopies of newsclippings from the Greenfield daily reporter regarding the auto
damage and death threat which reporter William Shaw received for covering Ku Klux
Klan activities in October 1970.
SC 192 United Klans of America collection, 1966-1972. 1 folder
Contains three issues of the Fiery cross (1966?, May 1972, Aug. 1972), brochures on
the principles (religion, race and foreign relations) advocated by Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan and photocopies of bulletins, application forms, a short history of the Ku Klux Klan
(1961, 4 p.), and advertisement issued by the United Klans of America.
Theses/Dissertations
Caldemeyer, Steven R. The legal problems of a liberal in Middletown during the 1920's.
(1970)
Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 1970. SpColl: LD2489.Z72 1970 .C35
Cates, F. Mark. The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana politics, 1920-1925. (1971)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 1971. SpColl: F526 .C32 1983A
Elrod, Carol A. A descriptive study of the Ku Klux Klan's anti-Catholic propaganda from
1922-1924 in two of its publications distributed in Indiana, The Fiery Cross and Dawn.
(1979)
Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 1979. SpColl/Gen: LD2489.Z72 1979 .E47
Frame, Velma A. Some patterns of Ku Klux Klan activities in Delaware County during
the
1920's. (1947)
Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 1947. SpColl/Gen: LD2489.Z9 1947 .F73
Jessup, Michael M. (Michael Morris). The decline of the 1920's Ku Klux Klan: a
sociological analysis. (1992)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1992. SpColl: HS2330.K63
J48 1992A
Moore, Leonard Joseph. White Protestant nationalism in the 1920's: the Ku Klux Klan
in Indiana. (1985)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 1985. SpColl: F526 .M624 1985A
Peacock, Frances Louise. My daddy's farm. (1997)
Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 1997. SpColl/Gen: LD2489.Z72 1997 .P43
Schwartz, Martin D. Unrest in Middletown: a study in municipal pressures. (1938)
Thesis (Honors)--Harvard College, 1938. SpColl: F534.M9 S35 1938A
Fiction
Brown, George Alfred. Harold the klansman. (Kansas City, Mo.: Western Baptist Pub.,
1923).
SpColl: PS3503.R8136 H36 1923
Dixon, Thomas. The clansman: an historical romance of the Ku Klux Klan. (New York:
Grosset & Dunlap, 1905).
-illustrated with scenes from the photo-play The birth of a nation
-The clansman is the second book of a series of historical novels planned on the race
conflict
SpColl: PS3507.I93 C5 1905B
Hughes, Ira. Seeds of light. (Knightstown, In : Cedar Hill Press, c1992).
-The story of a young klansman's transformation from klansman to freedom fighter
-Signed by the author.
SpColl: PS3558.U356 S4 1992
Rubin, Victor. Tar and feathers: an entrancing post-war romance in which the Ku Klux
Klan, its principles and activities figure prominently: based on fact. (Chicago: Universal
Press, c1923, t.p. 1924).
SpColl: PS3535.U198 T3 1924
Audiotapes
Carey, Jim. The Negro and the Ku Klux Klan [sound recording]. (1968).
-1 sound tape reel (39 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 1 track ; 7 in.
-Fourth in the annual LaFollette Film Forum series held at Ball State University, Muncie,
Ind.
-Recorded July 23, 1968.
SpColl: AUDIOTAPE 1809
Chaney, William. Highlights and history of the United Klans of America [sound
recording]: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. (1971).
-2 sound tape reels (47 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track ; 7 in.
-Recorded Apr. 14, 1971 at Ball State University.
-Includes introduction of the speaker and question and answer period.
SpColl: AUDIOTAPE 2359, 2360
Hannaford, John William. The Negro in the city [sound recording]. (1968).
-1 sound tape reel (27 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 1 track ; 7 in.
-Sixth in the annual LaFollette Film Forum series held at Ball State University, Muncie,
Ind.
-Recorded Aug. 6, 1968.
SpColl: AUDIOTAPE 1812
Periodicals
The Kourier magazine. (Atlanta, Ga. : Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1924-1928).
-monthly
-continues Imperial night-hawk
-ARCHIVES--Textual holdings: v.1 (1925)
-BRACKEN--MICROFORMS--Textual holdings: v.1 (1924/1925)-v.4 (1928) Microfilm
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A15
Microforms
Imperial night-hawk. (Atlanta : Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.).
-SpColl has v.1, no. 1 (Mar. 28, 1923) and v.1, no. 29 (Oct. 17, 1923).
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A15
The American Klansman. (Atlanta, Ga.: Association of Georgia, Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan).
-SpColl has v. 1, no. 3 (June 1950)
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A12
The Kluxer. (Dayton, Ohio : Ferret Publishing Co. )
-SpColl has v. 1, no. 13 (Oct. 20, 1923), v. 1., no. 14 (Oct. 27, 1923), and v. 1, no. 18
(Nov. 24, 1923)
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A14
Ephemera
Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Second degree: the obligation: first section. (19--).
-"Form 2D-5."
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A6917
_____. Stop buying Ford cars and trucks and other Ford products. (New Orleans, La.:
Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans, [1953?]).
-At head of title: Notice! To all white citizens, greetings.
SpColl: HS2330.C473 S8
Coburn, W. S. To all citizens of the Invisible Empire, provisional klan California, Los
Angeles. (Atlanta, Ga.: Imperial Palace, Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Inc., Dept. of Propagation, [1922]).
-Printed letter of W.S. Coburn.
SpColl: HS2330.K63 C58 1922
Ku Klux Klan. Collection of mimeographed fliers and announcements, ca. 1965-1967.
(1965- 1967).
-Louisiana
SpColl: HS2330.K63 K8
Ku Klux Klan. Operative Klankraft. (Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Ohio,
1926?).
-Ohio
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A5 1926
Lutz Music Printing Co. Catalogue: sheet music, records player rolls, band music and
books. (York. Pa. : Lutz Music Print. Co., [ca. 1925]).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 L88 1925
_____. Stop this bloodshed: don't blame race-mixing on the negroes. (Shreveport, La.:
Militant Order of the Christian Soldiers, [1965?]).
-"Most of the agitation comes from money-mad Jews who see a chance for profits and
for world revolution."
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S8
_____. The Black spangled banner.(S.l. : s.n.; Beverly Hills, Calif.: Distributed by
International Bookfinders, 19--).
SpColl: PS3500.A1 B5 1900Z
_____. When white people learn to vote together like negroes do, then politicians in
Washington and Baton Rouge will quit shoving you around : in Louisiana, whites are
uniting behind Ned Touchstone for State Superintendent of Education. (S.l. : s.n., 196?).
-"Pass this card on to another white man."
SpColl: HS2330.K63 W5
_____. The Ku Klux Klan, here yesterday, today, forever: programme, July 28, 29, 30,
1924, Sacramento, California. (Sacramento, Calif. : The Klan?, 1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 K88 1924
_____. White supremacy!: attention, white men: grand torch-light procession at
Jackson, on the night of the fourth of January, 1890. (Jackson? Miss. : s.n., 1890?).
SpColl: E668 .W5
_____. Intelligent voters: Sam Berry, candidate for the Assembly from the Ninth District
(Placer and Nevada counties) is endorsed by the Placer County Klu Klux Klan. (S.l.:
s.n., 1920?).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 I5
Ku Klux Klan. Ku Klux special to Dallas: [letter, 1923 Oct. 5, San Antonio, to all
Klansmen]. (San Antonio, Tex. : s.n., 1923).
-Texas, San Antonio Klan No. 31
-Letter press.
-Announces rates on chartered special train on Oct. 24, 1923, to Dallas State Fair.
SpColl: HS2330.K63 K83 1923
_____. Save America!!: join United Klans, UKA : Klan rally, come hear the truth: good
preaching, country music, Sun., Sept. 25, 4 p.m., rally rain or shine, the white
public only, Moneta, Va.. (South Hill, Va. : Virginia Realm, United Klans of America,
[192-?]).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S3 1920Z
Ku Klux Klan. To the Klansmen of Philadelphia County. (Philadelphia, Pa.: The Office,
1926).
-Philadelphia County Headquarters.
-Bulletin, no. 3; "December 1926."
-Accompanied by a newspaper clipping and ticket stub glued to a sheet on Ku Klux Klan
activities in Pennsylvania.
SpColl: HS2330.K6 K825 1926
_____. Taxes and citizenship!: how do we vote? (Bogalusa? La. : s.n., 1966?).
-"Our schools need money."
-Stamped: Original KKK.
SpColl: HS2330.K63 T3
Ku Klux Klan. Letter, ca. 1870, Attalla, Ala. to James R. Conn. (1870).
-Alabama
-Holograph, with envelope.
-Warning to "keep quiet until the present election is over."
-Photocopy. S.l. : s.n., 197-?
SpColl: F326 .K8 1870A
Ku Klux Klan. Letter, ca. 1870, Attalla, Ala. to William Pruitt. (1870).
-Alabama
-Holograph, with envelope.
-Warning to "have little to do or say in the present election."
-Photocopy. S.l. : s.n., 197-?
SpColl: F326 .K8 1870CA
Ku Klux Klan. Letter, ca. 1870, Attala, Ala. to Allen Gray. (1870).
-Alabama
-Holograph, with envelope.
-Warning to "Say no more or do no more in the present election."
-Photocopy. S.l. : s.n., 197-?
SpColl: F326 .K8 1870BA
Ku Klux Klan. The Klan ledger. (Published by the Original Ku Klux Klan of Louisiana,
1964).
-Louisiana
SpColl: HS2330.K63 K813
_____. Register to vote and elect those friendly to our cause: boycott the opposition:
second in a series. (Bogalusa [La.] : Published by ACCA, [1955?]).
-Includes Bogalusa Voter's League boycott list.
SpColl: HS2330.K63 R4 1955
_____. Register to vote, and vote. ([Bogalusa? La.] : Anti-Communist Christian Assn.,
[19--]).
-"Vote our people in office; boycott the enemy out of existence."
SpColl: HS2330.K63 R412 1900Z
Government Documents
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. The presentday Ku Klux Klan movement; report, Ninetieth Congress, first session. (Washington,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1967).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 A56
GovPub: Y4.UN1/2: K95/2
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. Activities of Ku
Klux Klan organizations in the United States, hearings. Before the Committee on UnAmerican Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress. (Washington,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1966).
-Hearings held Oct. 19, 1965-Feb. 24, 1966 in the 1st and 2d sessions.
-v. 1-5
SpColl: HS2330.K63 A55
United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late
Insurrectionary States. Report of the Joint select committee appointed to inquire into
the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, so far as regards the execution
of laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States and
Testimony taken. (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1872).
-v. 1-11
SpColl: E668 .U5
Books/Other
Blake, Aldrich. The Ku Klux Kraze: a lecture. (Oklahoma City, Okla.: A. Blake, c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 B43 1924B
Blee, Kathleen M. Women of the Klan : racism and gender in the 1920s. (Berkeley:
University of California Press, c1991).
SpColl/Gen: HS2330.K63 B44 1991
Booth, Edgar Allen. The mad mullah of America. (Columbus, Ohio: B. Ellison, c1927).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 B66 1927
Burton, Annie Cooper. The Ku Klux Klan.(Los Angeles, Cal.: W. T. Potter c1916).
SpColl: E668 .B955
Caughey, John Walton. Their majesties, the mob. (Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1960).
-Over 50 documents republished from various sources.
SpColl/Gen: HV6791 .C38
Cook, Ezra Asher. Ku Klux Klan secrets exposed: attitude toward Jews, Catholics,
foreigners, and Masons: fraudulent methods used, atrocities committed in name of
order. (Chicago: Ezra A. Cook, c1922).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 C6
Curtin, Andrew Gregg. Reform vs. corruption: the voice of a patriot: what he knows
about Hartranft. (S.l. : s.n., 1872?).
-"Bellefonte, September 28, 1872."
SpColl: F154 .C8
Davis, James. AThe Ku Klux Klan in Denver and Colorado Springs.@ Denver
Westerners monthly roundup. (Denver, Colo.: Westerners, 1967. Vol. 23, no. 7, July,
1967).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 D3
Davis, Susan Lawrence. Authentic history, Ku Klux klan, 1865-1877. (New York:
American library service, 1924).
SpColl: E668 .D26
Dever, Lem A. Confessions of an Imperial Klansman; hot tar and feathers. (Portland,
Or. [L. Dever] 1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 D48 1924
Evans, H. W. (Hiram Wesley). Is the Ku Klux Klan constructive or destructive? (Girard,
Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Co., c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 E93 1924
Evans, H. W. (Hiram Wesley) The attitude of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan toward the
Roman Catholic hierarchy. (19--)
SpColl: BX1770 .E78 1900Z
Evans, H. W. (Hiram Wesley) The klan of tomorrow ; and, The klan spiritual:
addresses. (Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, c1924).
-"Delivered at the second imperial klonvokation [sic] held in Kansas City, Missouri,
September 23, 24, 25 and 26, 1924."
SpColl: HS2330.K63 E94 1924
Frost, Stanley. The challenge of the Klan. (Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company,
c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 F65
Fry, Henry Peck. The modern Ku Klux Klan. (Boston, Small, Maynard & company
c1922).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 F7
Greenapple, H. R. D.C. Stephenson, Irvington 0492 : the demise of the Grand Dragon
of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. (Plainfield, IN (P.O. Box 352, Plainfield 46168-0352): SGS
Publications, c1989).
-"Compilation from the papers of Harold C. Feightner"--Pref.
-Includes the Klansman's manual (c1924) and the Constitution and laws of the Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan, Atlanta, Ga., 1921.
SpColl: HS2330.K63 D13 1989
Guzleman, Martin. Tragedy and bread lines, or, Confidential talks of a country
chairman to his precinct committeemen. (Milan, Ind. : Milan Book & Novelty Co.,
c1932).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 G89 1932
Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel). K. K. K.; the kreed of the klansmen, a symposium by
E. Haldeman-Julius and others. (Girard, Kan., Haldeman-Julius Co. [c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 H23 1924
Haldeman-Julius, E. K.K.K.: the kreed of the Klansmen, a symposium. (Girard, Kansas
: Haldeman-Julius Co., c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 K23 1924
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean). The American negro; a study in racial crossing.
(New York, A. A. Knopf, 1928)
-SpColl: E185.89.A5 H5 1930
Hodsden, Harry E. Stephenson was framed in a political conspiracy. Recent editorials
and news articles, with text of petition in the La Porte Circuit Court, and argument of
counsel. (La Porte, Ind., La Porte Press inc., c1936).
-Cover title: The Stephenson case.
-Foreword signed: Harry E. Hodsden.
-Includes writ of habeas corpus presented in behalf of D.C. Stephenson, former grand
dragon of the Ku Klux Klan of Indiana, who was convicted in 1925 on charge of murder
in the death of Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis.
SpColl: KFI3567.H6 H6 1936
Horn, Stanley Fitzgerald. Invisible empire; the story of the Ku Klux klan, 1866-1871.
(Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1939).
SpColl: E668 .H78
Imperial Klonvokation (4th : 1928 : Chicago, Ill.). Proceedings of the fourth Imperial
Klonvokation, held in Chicago, Illinois, July 17, 18 and 19, 1928. (S.l.: Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan, 1928?).
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A4 1928
_____. Scum o' the melting-pot. (Atlanta : Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1920).
-"Signed editorial feature, April 1920, issue McClure's magazine."
SpColl: JV6455 .K3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Papers read at the meeting of Grand Dragons, Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan; together with other articles of interest to Klansmen. (New York, Arno
Press, 1977-).
-Reprint of Papers read at the meeting of Grand Dragons, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
at their annual meeting together with other articles of interest to Klansmen published by
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Atlanta, Ga.
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A3 1923
_____. Principles and purposes of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. (S.l. : Ku Klux
Klan? 19--). SpColl: HS2330.K63 P75 1900Z
Ku Klux Klan. Form P-206 : Imperial Palace, Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan (Incorporated). (S.l. : s.n., 1923).
-"When we receive this with all the questions below properly answered by you and if
same is satisfactory we will impart to you the information your friend desires you to
have."
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A62 1923
Ku Klux Klan. The practice of Klanishness : first lesson in the science and art of
Klankraft. (Atlanta, Ga.: Printed by Ku Klux Press, [Imperial Palace, Invisible Empire,
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Atlanta, Ga.] 1918).
-Imperial instructions document ; no. 1, series AD 1918
-Signed by William Joseph Simmons, Imperial Wizard.
SpColl: HS2330.K63 K75 1918
Ku Klux Klan. Proceedings of the second Imperial Klonvokation: held in Kansas City,
Missouri, Sept. 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1924. (S.l.: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1924?).
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A4 1924
Ku Klux Klan. Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan. (Atlanta? Ga. : s.n., 1925?).
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A5 1925
Ku Klux Klan. Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan. (Atlanta? : The Klan?, 1920?)
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A5 1920
Ku Klux Klan. Klansman's manual, compiled and issued under direction and authority of
the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Incorporated. (Atlanta, Buckhead, c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A5 1924
_____. The Most awful disease of our time. (Original Ku Klux Klan of Louisiana, 196?).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 M64 1960Z
_____. The Truth about the Notre Dame riot : on Saturday, May 17th 1924.
(Indianapolis, Ind.: Fiery Cross Pub. Co., c1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 T78 1924
Ku-Klux Klan. Prescript of the * * * [order of the Ku-Klux klan]. (New York, Am. phot.lith. co., 18-?).
SpColl: E668 .K92
Ku-Klux Klan. Constitution and laws of the Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan inc. (Atlanta,
The Klan, c1921, pref 1922).
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A5 1922
La Forge, John. The race question and the Negro. (New York, Toronto, Longmans,
Green and co., 1943).
SpColl: E185.61 .L25 1943
Lewinson, Paul. Race, class, & party: a history of negro suffrage and white politics in
the South. (London, New York [etc.] Oxford university press, 1932).
SpColl: JK1929.A2 L4
Likins, W. M. (William M.). The trail of the serpent. (Uniontown? Pa.: W. Likins, c1928).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 L53 1928
Lutholtz, M. William. Grand dragon: D.C. Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana.
(West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, c1991).
SpColl(2): HS2330.K63 L87 1991
Mecklin, John Moffatt. The Ku Klux klan: a study of the American mind. (New York,
Harcourt, Brace and company, 1924).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 M4
Monteval, Marion. The Klan inside out: in four parts, sixteen chapters. (Claremore,
Okla.: Monarch Pub. Co., [1924]).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 M63 1924
Moore, Leonard Joseph. Citizen klansmen : the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921-1928.
(Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1991).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 M635 1991
Myers, Gustavus. History of bigotry in the United States. (New York, Random house
1943). SpColl (2): BR516 .M9 1943
National Flag Conference (1923 : Washington, D. C.). The code of the flag as adopted
by the National Flag Conference Washington, D.C., June 14-15, 1923. (Little Rock, Ark.
: Women of the Ku Klux Klan, 1923?).
SpColl: CR113 .N15
Simmons, William Joseph. The Klan unmasked. (Atlanta, Ga., Wm. E. Thompson
publishing co. c1923).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S5
Simmons, William Joseph. The Klan unmasked. (Atlanta: W.E. Thompson Pub. Co.,
c1924)
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S5 1924
Simmons, William Joseph. The Ku Klux Klan, yesterday, today and forever. (S.l. : s.n.,
192-?).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S52
Strayer, J. F. (John F.) Behind the white mask of the Ku Klux Klan: a message from the
Committee of Ten to co-operating Klans and Klansmen. (McKeesport, Pa.? : s.n.,
1929?).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S865 1929
Strayer, J. F. (John F.). A famous suit of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in equity: in
the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania : and
history of preceding events. (McKeesport? Pa.: s.n., 1927).
-"A report from the Committee of Ten to cooperating Klans and Klansmen throughout
the state, Dec. 31, 1927."
SpColl: HS2330.K63 S87 1927
Tucker, Richard K. The dragon and the cross: the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in
middle America. (Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1991).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 T84 1991
White, Alma Bridwell. The Ku Klux klan in prophecy. (Zarephath, N.J., The Good
citizen c1925).
SpColl: HS2330.K63 W53
White, Walter Francis. Rope & faggot: a biography of Judge Lynch. (New York &
London, A. A. Knopf, 1929).
-Special Collections copy 1 is author's autographed presentation copy to Herbert H.
Lehman.
SpColl(2): HV6457 .W45
Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Installation ceremonies. (S.l.: The Order, 19--).
-"Form 505. J.F.H. Co."
SpColl: HS2330.K6 A69153