Box 4445
Contains 11 Results:
Wayne and Sandy Cryts Family Papers
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.
Sub-Series 4: Clothing, 1986-1993
T-shirts and hats pertaining to Wayne Cryts 8th Congressional district campaigns and Dick Gephardt’s 1988 Presidential campaign, as well as clothing expressing anti-Mexican trade sentiments. Subseries is arranged chronologically.
Sub-Series 5: Banners, 1979-1996
Banners pertaining to the American Agriculture Movement, the Ristine Grain Elevator, and Wayne Cryts’ 8th Congressional District Campaign. Subseries is arranged chronologically.