Manuscript Collections - Ross B. Sayles Papers

ROSS B. SAYLES PAPERS, 1950-1984
5 linear inches (1 LGA-S box)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ross B. Sayles was born in 1910. He lived in West Branch, Iowa and worked as a security guard for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Sayles collected local history and self-published The West Branch Story. Sayles died in 1995.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The papers contain research files, newspaper clippings and drafts of The West Branch Story.
      
FOLDER LIST

Box      Contents

1. Hoover Library Historical Notes, 1965-1979 and undated (3 folders)

            Local History Notes, 1950-1979
            Newspaper Clippings Related to Herbert Hoover and Presidents, 1954-1984
            Scrapbook on Hoover’s Death and Burial, 1964
            The West Branch Story, 1978, 1980 (2 volumes)