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Papers relating to Friant's careers in
business and public service, an important promoter of economic
development for Southeast Missouri, as an officer in the Himmelberger-Harrison
Land and Investment Company (1915-1925), as special representative for
the Little River Drainage District Association, as Secretary-Treasurer
of the National Drainage Association (1931-1933), and as Special
Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1935). Includes
correspondence, copies of federal documents regarding rural population,
flood control, land reclamation, drainage, and farm relief, copies of
Friant's speeches, photographs, and documents relating to his service
with the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents and the
Cape Girardeau Rotary Club. |
