Conversation so far:
Did the McDaniel Oscar go missing?
The whereabouts of McDaniel's Oscar are currently unknown.
When did it go missing?
In 1992, Jet magazine reported that Howard University could not find it and alleged that it had disappeared during protests.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In 1998, Howard University stated that it could find no written record of the Oscar having arrived at Howard.
When did McDaniel win the Oscar?
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Has anyone searched for the missing Oscar?
In November 2011, W.
B.
Carter, of the George Washington University Law School, published the results of her year-and-a-half-long investigation into the Oscar's fate.
What were the results?
she argued that the Oscar was likely returned to Howard University's Channing Pollack Theater Collection between the spring of 1971 and the summer of 1973.

Question: If it was returned, why can't it be found?
Self-contained rewrite: If McDaniel Oscar was returned, why can't it be found?