Sub-Series 2: Cassette Tapes, 1978-1988

Sub-Series — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Correspondence, newspapers, photographs, and legislative materials pertaining to Wayne and Sandy Cryts, a Puxico, Missouri couple who made national headlines in 1981 when they defied federal law and reclaimed their soybeans stored at the Ristine Grain Elevator in New Madrid, Missouri, after a federal bankruptcy court confiscated their beans to pay-off the debts of the grain elevator’s owners. Materials are organized into series by record type or function. Series include One Man with Courage: The Wayne Cryts Story by Wayne Cryts and Jerry Hobbs, correspondence, appointment planners, the American Agriculture Movement, the Ristine Grain Elevator, the 1986 and 1988 8th Congressional District campaigns, scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, cassette tapes, videos, and digital media and oversized materials.

Dates

Creation: 1978-1988

Extent

From the Collection: 26.8 Linear Feet

From the Collection: 13 map folders

From the Collection: 4 Object

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Cassette tapes of Wayne Cryts’ speeches on behalf of the American Agriculture Movement and his legal dispute with the Ristine grain elevator and the United States government. The tapes also include songs composed by the Cryts’ supporters, and speeches by American Agriculture Movement officials. Researchers are restricted from accessing materials containing privately recorded telephone conversations. Please consult Special Collections and Archives in advance for more information. Arranged chronologically, and then followed by undated materials.