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Correspondence between Richard Pilant and Allen McReynolds concerning the creation of a memorial in Missouri to honor Dr. Carver. |
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(click on the letters for a larger, readable version)
 
[McReynolds Papers, Collection 3605, folder 269, 1942, Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia]
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Richard Pilant was a professor of English at Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri, at the time he wrote to Allen McReynolds, a trustee of The State Historical Society of Missouri. Pilant wrote a book about Carver titled Poor Peoples Scientist and was instrumental in creating the national memorial in Diamond, Missouri. |
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