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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 Ristine’s owners.

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Materials include press releases issued by Wayne Cryts, a handwritten timeline of the events surrounding the Ristine Elevator, religious and agricultural poetry written by supporters of the Cryts’, pamphlets, flyers, a screenplay, The Gentle Rebel, and History Day project submissions focusing on the Ristine Grain Elevator. Arranged chronologically.

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Arranged chronologically.

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Includes scans of scrapbook albums prepared by Wayne Cryts’ mother. Arrangement is in the original order as created by Mrs. Cryts.

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:...

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:...

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:...

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:...

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:...

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:...