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Hart, Robert W., Papers, 1924-1966, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Hart, Robert W., Papers, 1924-1966, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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Personal documents, correspondence, and financial records of Robert W. Hart, former professor at Pittsburg State University.
Robert William Hart was born in 1896 to William and Sarah Hart and grew up in Crawford County, Kansas. In 1916 he graduated from the State Manual Training Normal School (now Pittsburg State University), and found early work as an engineer. Robert served as an ensign in the navy during World War I. He taught in the public schools in Fort Scott and Pittsburg from 1916-1918; 1921-1923. In 1920 he married Retta Statler and they had two children. In 1923 he was hired as …