Charles G. Ross Papers Dates: 1892-1987; Bulk Date Span: 1945-1950. Correspondent and editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1918-1945; Press Secretary to the President, 1945-1950. The papers of Charles G. Ross primarily document his service as Press Secretary to President Harry S. Truman. The collection also contains some documentation of Ross's youth and education, his personal life, and his career as a journalist. The collection includes some material relating to his sons, John B. and Walter Ross; his widow, Florence Ross; and her second husband, Roy A. Roberts, the editor of the Kansas City Star. The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed material, transcripts of press conferences, diary entries, press releases, scrapbooks, and other items. [Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List] ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Size: About 14 linear feet (approximately 28,000 pages). Access: Open. Copyright: The late Florence Ross Roberts donated her literary property rights in any of the writings of her husband, Charles G. Ross, in this collection to the United States government, effective at the time of her death. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other writings in this collection is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents or their heirs. Processed by: Randy Sowell, Sharie Simon, and Janice Davis [ Top | Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List ] BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1885 (November 9) Born, Independence, Missouri 1901 Graduated from Independence High School with classmates Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace 1905 A.B., University of Missouri 1908-18 Member of the faculty of the School of Journalism, University of Missouri 1913 (August 20) Married Florence Griffin 1918-34 Chief Washington correspondent, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1932 Received Pulitzer Prize for newspaper correspondence 1934-39 Editorial page editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1939-45 Contributing editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1945-50 Press Secretary to the President 1950 (December 5) Died of a heart attack at his desk in the White House [ Top | Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List ] COLLECTION DESCRIPTION The Charles G. Ross Papers mostly document his service as President Harry S. Truman’s Press Secretary from 1945 to 1950. The collection also includes information about Ross’s youth and education, his personal life, and his distinguished career as a journalist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A significant portion of the collection documents the activities of Ross’s family in the years after his death in 1950. Included is material relating to his sons, John B. and Walter Ross; his widow, Florence Griffin Ross; and her second husband, Roy A. Roberts, the long-time editor of the Kansas City Star. The Ross Papers consist of ten series. The first series, the Alphabetical Correspondence File, contains correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed material, press releases, and other items relating to Ross’s service as Press Secretary to the President. For the most part, this series is a name file comprising Ross’s official correspondence with various persons during his tenure as Press Secretary. Much of this correspondence is with reporters, editors, and publishers, and includes occasional protests by Ross against what he regarded as unfair or inaccurate press reports. There is also correspondence with Ross’s friends and relatives, and with such prominent officials as Dean Acheson, J. Edgar Hoover, and Fred Vinson. In addition to documenting the Truman administration’s relations with the press from 1945 to 1950, the material in the Alphabetical Correspondence File also contains information on such subjects as the decision to use the atomic bomb, trips taken by the President, and Ross’s personal or financial affairs. The Papers Removed from the Scrapbooks of Charles G. Ross File contains documents that were originally included in the scrapbooks at the end of the collection. The series mostly consists of transcripts of press and radio conferences held by Ross during his years as Press Secretary. These conferences were held, usually in the morning, on most weekdays when Ross was present at the White House. At the conferences, Ross provided the assembled reporters with tidbits of information concerning the President’s daily schedule and other matters of interest such as new appointments, resignations, and travel plans. He also answered questions from the reporters, frequently engaging them in amusing banter that is preserved in the transcripts. Perhaps the most poignant transcript is the last one, for the press and radio conference held on the afternoon of December 5, 1950. Moments after that conference, Ross collapsed and died of a heart attack at his desk in the White House. Also included in this series are press releases, memoranda, and other items documenting Ross’s service as Press Secretary and the Truman administration’s relations with the press. Subject File I of the Ross Papers contains correspondence, printed material, newspaper clippings, diary entries, handwritten notes, and other items documenting the life and career of Charles G. Ross from high school in Independence, Missouri, through his years as a journalist in St. Louis and Washington, D.C., concluding with his service as a close aide and adviser to his boyhood friend, President Harry S. Truman. Included in this series is some Ross family correspondence, mostly consisting of letters from his sons, John and Walter. John’s letters contain interesting descriptions of his experiences as a medical student at Johns Hopkins during the 1930s. Other documents in this series include a copy of Ross’s 1901 annual (yearbook) from Independence High School; a college literary magazine featuring his poetry; diary entries by Ross for the years 1919 and 1938; his marriage certificate; correspondence concerning the Pulitzer Prize which Ross received for journalism in 1932; handwritten notes to Ross from President Truman; and newspaper clippings and letters of condolence regarding the death of Ross in 1950. Subject File II of the Ross Papers contains materials similar to those that are found in Subject File I. Among the items in this series are a religious periodical from 1892 containing a letter written by the six-year-old Ross; school papers prepared by Ross at Noland School and at Independence High School; his high school English notebook; speeches delivered by Ross in 1933 and 1946; diary entries by Ross for the years 1939 and 1946-49; financial records; legal documents; family correspondence from Ross, his father, and his sister, Helen; and other materials pertaining to Ross’s personal life and professional career. The next two series, Mrs. Charles G. Ross (Mrs. Roy A. Roberts) Files I and II, contain materials documenting some aspects of the life of Florence Griffin Ross. File I includes a substantial amount of information concerning Mrs. Ross’s second marriage, in 1955, to Roy A. Roberts of the Kansas City Star. In addition to congratulatory correspondence, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia, the series contains diaries of cruises and trips taken by Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. File I also contains Griffin family correspondence and printed material relating to the life of Mrs. Ross. The documents in File II consist of various pieces of correspondence, among them messages of condolence received by Mrs. Ross after the death of Charles G. Ross, from such persons as Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Clark Clifford, Perle Mesta, and Mrs. Oliver Franks (the wife of the British ambassador to the U.S.). The Roy A. Roberts File contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, speeches, and other items concerning Roberts’s career as editor, president, and chairman of the board of the Kansas City Star. Of particular note are letters and other materials relating to the involvement of Roberts in politics (particularly, his role in promoting the presidential candidacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952); his marriage to Mrs. Ross in 1955; his retirement from the Star; and his death in 1967. A fairly large portion of the series consists of newspaper or magazine articles by or about Roberts. The Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ross File contains documentation of the activities of Ross’s son and daughter-in-law and their extended family. Some references to the lives and careers of Charles Ross and Harry Truman can be found in the correspondence, printed material, memorabilia, and other items that make up this series. The Cross Reference Sheets File consists of cross reference sheets describing artifacts, books, and photographs that have been transferred from the Ross Papers to the museum, book, and audiovisual sections of the Truman Library. Photocopies of many of the transferred photographs are included in the series. The Scrapbooks File consists of twelve bound scrapbooks covering the period from April of 1945 to December of 1950. Contained in the scrapbooks are newspaper and magazine clippings documenting the Truman administration and Ross’s role in it during those years. More information about Charles G. Ross can be found in other manuscript collections at the Truman Library, most notably in the Personal File of the President’s Secretary’s Files, Harry S. Truman Papers, which includes a diary that was kept by Ross in 1946 (a typed draft of this diary is also in Subject File II of the Ross Papers). Other material concerning Ross is located in the White House Central Files (Official File 253 and President’s Personal File 4247) of the Truman Papers, and in the papers of Eben A. Ayers and Mary Paxton Keeley. Relevant information can also be found in the Library’s collection of oral history interviews, particularly in the interviews with Ayers, Keeley, Robert G. Nixon, and Matthew J. Connelly. A microfilm copy of the scrapbooks in the Ross Papers, reproduced on five reels of microfilm, is included in the Truman Library’s Scrapbook Collection. [ Top | Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List ] SERIES DESCRIPTIONS Container Nos. Series 1-8 ALPHABETICAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1916-1950 (Bulk Date Span, 1945-1950) Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed material, press releases, and other items documenting the service of Charles G. Ross as Press Secretary to the President from 1945 to 1950; the Truman administration and its relations with the press; and Ross's personal and financial affairs. Arranged in alphabetical order. 8-14 PAPERS REMOVED FROM THE SCRAPBOOKS OF CHARLES G. ROSS FILE, 1945-1950 Transcripts of press and radio conferences, press releases, memoranda, and other items pertaining to the Truman administration and Ross's service as Press Secretary to the President. Transcripts of conferences and press releases arranged in chronological order; rest of series arranged in no particular order. 14-17 SUBJECT FILE I, 1900-1970 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, diary entries, handwritten notes, and other items documenting the personal life and professional career of Charles G. Ross. Arranged in alphabetical order. 17-18 SUBJECT FILE II, 1892-1987 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, diary entries, school papers, speeches, financial records, legal documents, and other items documenting the personal life and professional career of Charles G. Ross. Arranged in alphabetical order. 19 MRS. CHARLES G. ROSS (MRS. ROY A. ROBERTS) FILE I, 1904-1972 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, memorabilia, diary entries, and other items relating to the life of Mrs. Florence Ross and her marriage to Roy A. Roberts in 1955. Arranged in alphabetical order. 19 MRS. CHARLES G. ROSS (MRS. ROY A. ROBERTS) FILE II, 1949-1954 Correspondence received by Mrs. Florence Ross, mostly messages of condolence upon the death of Charles G. Ross. Arranged in alphabetical order. 19-20 ROY A. ROBERTS FILE, 1927-1967 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, speeches, and other items relating to the life and career of Roy A. Roberts, editor of the Kansas City Star and second husband of Mrs. Florence Ross. Arranged in alphabetical order. 21 DR. AND MRS. JOHN B. ROSS FILE, 1949-1987 Correspondence, printed material, memorabilia, and other items concerning Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ross; their extended family; and the lives of Harry S. Truman and Charles G. Ross. Arranged in alphabetical order. 21 CROSS REFERENCE SHEETS FILE, No Date Span Cross reference sheets for items transferred from the collection to the museum, book, and audiovisual collections of the Truman Library, with photocopies of transferred photographs. One folder. 22-32 SCRAPBOOKS FILE, 1945-1950 Twelve bound, unfolderized scrapbooks, mostly containing newspaper and magazine clippings documenting this period of the Truman administration and Ross's role in it. Arranged in chronological order. [ Top | Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List ] FOLDER TITLE LIST ALPHABETICAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1916- 1950 (Bulk Date Span, 1945-1950) Box 1 Abell, William S. Acheson, Dean Ackerman, Carl W. Adamic, Louis Adkins, Earl O. Ahlfeldt, Ernie Aldrich, Winthrop W. Alexander, Judge Geo. F. Alexander, Roy Allan, Rupert Allen, Arch M. Allen, George E. Allis, Barney L. Army-Navy Merger Ashurst, Sen. Henry F. Atkins, Ollie Atomic Bomb Axtell, Enos A. Ayers, Eben A. Babb, Glenn Badger, Brig. Gen. George M. Baker, Art Barclay, Thomas S. Barner, Captain J. D. Barron, Carter T. Barry, Robert Baruch, Bernard Baxter, Cadet Norman, Jr. Baxter, Norman W. Baylor University Speech Beale, William Beebe, Dr. James Beginning Or the End [motion picture] Bell, Daniel W. Belyea, Ralph Bent, Silas Benton, William Beteta, Ramon Bez, Nick Biffle, Leslie L. Black, Josephine [Mrs. Hugo] Bland, Oscar Bliven, Bruce Bonnet, Henri Bourgholtzer, Frank Bowles, Chester Boyle, William, Jr. Brandeis, Louis D. Brandt, Raymond P. Bridges, J. G. Brooks, Overton Brown, J. M. Brown, Matilda D. Brushes [military hair brushes] Buck, Eugene E. Budget Box 2 Bundschu, Henry L. Burbach, George M. Burton, Harold H. Butler, Robert Carson, John Carter, Amon Carter, Marshall S. Chambers, Stuart M. Chicago Sun Childs, Marquis Chiles, Janie Chiles, Susan C. Chrysler, Walter P. Clayton, W. L. Cleveland, Chester W. Collet, Judge John Caskie Compton, Karl T. Comstock, C. N. [Aunt Della] Conzelman, Jim Cox, Oscar Crook, George W. Croy, Homer Cummings, Nathan Curtis, Wm. J. Daniels, Jonathan Davies, Joseph E. Davis, Elmer Dennison, Robert L. Dorsey, George M. Douglas, James M. Douglas, Lewis W. Douglas, W. A. S. Driscoll, Dave Drummond, Roscoe Dye, Captain Homer A. Eads, George W. Earle, Edward Early, Stephen T. Edgerton, Henry W. Edmundson, Charles Ellwood, Charles English, W. Francis Erwin, John D. Evans, Tom L. Ewing, Oscar R. Falcao, J. Harold [Harold Falcon] Falcao, Paulo Waldemar Farley, James A. Ferguson, [Miss] Wayne Finch, Fanny L. Fisher, Ben S. FitzGerald, J. V. Fitzpatrick, D. R. FitzPatrick, George Box 3 Fleishman, Maj. Alfred Forbes, Daniel R. Forbes, Mrs. Daniel R. Forrestal, James Frankfurter, Justice Felix Frye, Jack Goldberg, Harry Goldstein, Al Golub, Barney Gordon, John B. Gossett, Josie Grady, Mrs. Henry F. Graham, Dr. Evarts A. Graham, Dr. Frank Graham, General Wallace Gregg, Isaac Greig, Peter Gridiron Club, The Griffin, John J. Griffis, Stanton Gunther, John Halifax. Lord Hallinan, Hazel H. Hamilton, Ralph S. Handwriting of the President [1 of 2] [2 of 2] Hanna, John Hannegan, Robert Hanson, Marie Harriman, Mrs. J. Borden Harris, Ed Hawes, Harry B. Hayden, Jay G. Haydon, Stuart Hearst, Austine Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. Herrick, Mrs. John Hersey, John Box 4 Heymanson, Randal Higgins Industries, Inc. Hoben, Lindsay Holland, Joseph F. Hoover, J. Edgar Horowitz, Marion Hudson, Manley O. Hull, Cordell Hurd, Carlos F. Income Tax Return Independence, Missouri [booklet, Historic Independence] Innes, Guy International Military Tribunal [pamphlet on Nuremberg trial, 1945-1946] Isserman, Rabbi F. Jackson (Andrew) Statue Jacobs, Dr. J. Bay James, Marquis Johnson, Louis Johnson, Walter Jones, Robert W. Keeley, Mary Paxton Key West [correspondence with Capt. C. C. Adell] King, Admiral Ernest J. Kirschten, Ernest Klotz, Lt. Commander Ben Korea Krock, Arthur Last Notes Made on the Day of the Death of Charles G. Ross, December 5, 1950 Lawrence, David Leahy, Admiral Wm. D. Leva, Marx Leviero, Anthony Liebling, A. J. Lincoln, A.G. Lindsay, Malvina Lipscomb, Lisle Lockhart, Major J. G. Look Magazine Lubin, Isador Luckman, Charles Lyon, Harris Merton [correspondence with Zoe Lyon] Lyon, Zoe Lyons, Leonard Lyons, Louis M. McCollum, L. A. (Margaret and Mac) McCormack, John W. McGuinness, James K. McKellar, Kenneth McKelway, B. M. Mackenzie, A. R. K. McLaughlin, J. B. MacLean, Msgr. D. A. McNamara, Greta Kempton Madden, James L. Magnuson, Warren G. Mann, William S. Martins, Senhora Carlos Martins, Miss Nora Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Box 5 Mathews, Wm. R. Matthews, Frank Maw, Governor Herbert B. May, Arthur J. May, Leo Mayer, Siegel Mearns, David Mearns, Wm. A. Meissner, Edwin B. Mencken, H. L. Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co. Mesta, Perle S. Middlebush, Dr. [Frederick A.] Mili, Gjon Miller, Paul Milton, George Fort Monteros, Antonio Espinosa de los Morgan, Dr. Bill Mott, Frank L. Mott, Jim E. Mulholland, Grace Murdoch, Keith Myers, Col. Henry T. National Metropolitan Bank Neuberger, Captain Richard L. New York Magazine [The New Yorker] New York Times Nicholas, H. G. Noland, Nelle Tilford Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Notes Regarding Palestine, Resignation of Johnson, Etc. O'Conor, Herbert R. O'Donnell, John A. Painter, L. G. Parker, G. B. Parmer, Charles Patterson, Don D. Patterson, Robert P. Pearson, Drew Perkins, Frances Polk, Julius, Jr. Povich, Shirley Powell, Benjamin A. Powell, John B. Powers, S/Sgt. J. D. President, The - Articles on and Copies of Memoranda to [1 of 2] [2 of 2] Price, Byron Box 6 Pulitzer, Joseph Pusey, Merlo J. Quain, Rev. Edwin A. Railroad Strike [memorandum by Charles G. Ross] Ray, E. Lansing, Jr. Reese, Ben H., Jr. [and B. H. Reese, St. Louis Post-Dispatch] Reeves, Algernon P. Riggs, Robert L. Roberts, Roy A. Romulo, General Carlos Roosevelt, Eleanor B. Ross, Charles G. [biographical data] Ross, Miss Ella Ross, Harold W. Ross, Miss Helen Ross, Hugh G. Ross, Miss J. B. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ross, Louise (Mrs. Fred Holmquist) Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Ruhl, Margaret Allen Rusk, Dr. Howard A. Russell, Bruce Rutledge, Wiley St. Louis Post-Dispatch San Francisco Conference [empty] Santelmann, Captain Wm. F. Saud, Amir Saunders, R. L. Scarlett, William Schindler, Alfred Schooley, C. Herschel Security Regulations, Memos in Regard to Sermon, Mayor Roger T. Sheffield, T. C. Shepardson, Whitney Sigma Chi Fraternity Sigma Chi Fraternity of Missouri, Inc. Sigma Chi Magazine Simmons, Norwood Souers, Sidney Box 7 Stalin, 1949 [Kingsbury Smith Story] Stafford, Dell B. Taft-Hartley Law Terry, Lt. R. C. Thirty-Fifth Division Time [magazine] Todd, Dr. Tomlinson Trips of the President - Berlin Trip, July 6-August 7, 1945 Trips of the President - Bermuda Trip, August 16- September 2, 1946 Trips of the President - Campaign Trips, 1948 Trips of the President - Caribbean Trip, March 8-23, 1947 Trips of the President - Mexico Trip, March 3-5, 1947 Trips of the President - 1945-48 Trips of the President - 1949-50 Box 8 Trips of the President - Rio de Janeiro Trip, August 31-Sept. 20, 1947 Trips of the President - Trip Expenses of Charles G. Ross Truman Administration Truman-Attlee Meetings, 1950 Truman, Miss Margaret Truman, Mrs. Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Martha Union Trust Company Vinson, Fred M. Wallace, Henry A. Wallgren, Gov. Mon G. War Criminals WBCC [radio station] Webb, James E. Wechsler, James A. Wedemeyer Report White House Extension Williams, Lt. Col. Francis W. Wilson, Lyle C. Wilson, Woodrow [letter regarding nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for Supreme Court, dated May 5, 1916] Winchell, Walter Wood, Lewis Wood, Dr. V. V. Woodring, Harry H. PAPERS REMOVED FROM THE SCRAPBOOKS OF CHARLES G. ROSS FILE, 1945-1950 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, May 15-June 30, 1945 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, July 2-Aug. 31, 1945 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Sept. 1-Sept. 29, 1945 Box 9 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Oct. 1-Dec. 29, 1945 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, January 2-January 31, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, February 1-February 28, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, March 1-March 29, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, April 1-April 30, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, May 1-May 29, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, June 3-June 29, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, July 1-August 16, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Sept. 3-Sept. 30, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Oct. 1-Nov. 29, 1946 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Dec. 2-Dec. 30, 1946 Box 10 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Jan. 2-Jan. 31, 1947 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Feb. 3-March 31, 1947 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, April 2-May 30, 1947 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, June 2-July 31, 1947 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Aug. 1-Oct. 7, 1947 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Oct. 8-Nov. 28, 1947 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Dec. 1, 1947-Jan. 15, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Jan. 16-Feb. 26, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, March 1-April 30, 1948 Box 11 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, May 3-May 21, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, May 24-June 30, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, July 2-July 29, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Aug. 4-Aug. 31, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 1948 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Jan. 3-March 30, 1949 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Apr. 1-May 13, 1949 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, May 16-June 30, 1949 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, July 1-Aug. 15, 1949 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Aug. 16-Sept. 28, 1949 Box 12 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Oct. 3-Oct. 31, 1949 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 1949 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Jan. 3-Feb. 10, 1950 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Feb. 14-April 28, 1950 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, May 1-July 18, 1950 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, July 20-Aug. 31, 1950 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Sept. 1-Oct. 30, 1950 Press and Radio Conferences Held by Charles G. Ross, Nov. 1-Dec. 5, 1950 Box 13 White House Press Releases, Apr. 23, 1945-Jan. 29, 1947 White House Press Releases, Feb. 9, 1947-Dec. 8, 1947 White House Press Releases, Jan. 7, 1948-Dec. 28, 1949 White House Press Releases, Jan. 3, 1950-Nov. 7, 1950 Teletype News Reports, Aug. 10, 1945-Dec. 5, 1950 Lists of White House Dinner Guests [1945-1950] Memos From the Potsdam Conference [reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings] Lists of Photographs and Other Materials Transferred to the Audiovisual Collection and to the Museum, Harry S. Truman Library Souvenir Programs - Trips of the President [1 of 2] Box 14 [2 of 2] SUBJECT FILE I, 1900-1970 Asterisk, The - Literary Publication, University of Missouri, 1905 Attlee, Prime Minister Clement R. - Visit of December, 1950 Christmas Cards Received by Mr. and Mrs. Ross, 1945-50 Christmas Lists, 1937-70 Democratic National Convention, 1948 - Tickets Diary, 1919 Diary, 1938 Gleam, The - Independence, Missouri High School, 1901 Gridiron Club, The - 1933-42 [1 of 2] [2 of 2] Inaugural Pass, 1925 Inaugural Pass, 1945 Inaugural Program, 1929 (Charles G. Ross) Inaugural Program, 1949 (Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross) Inaugural Program, 1949 (Estelle Welsh) Invitations and Honors - White House (Harding- Hoover) [1922-32] Invitations and Honors - White House (Roosevelt) [1933-45] Invitations and Honors - White House (Truman) [1945-50] Box 15 Invitations and Honors - White House (Truman) [Mrs. Charles Ross, 1951-53] Invitations and Honors, General [1 of 5] [2 of 5] [3 of 5] [4 of 5] [5 of 5] Italy, Certificate from President of, Honoring Charles G. Ross, 1950 Log of President Truman's Vacation Cruise, August 16-September 2, 1946 MacArthur, Douglas - View of Professor Dennis W. Brogan, Cambridge University Marriage Certificate - Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross, St. Louis, Missouri, August 20, 1913 Mencken, H. L., Editor, American Mercury - Letter, March 30, 1929 Notes - Miscellaneous (Unidentified) Passports - Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross [and notes regarding trips, etc.] Portrait of Charles G. Ross - Memorial Gift to University of Missouri, 1952 [given by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff] Presidential Press Secretaries - Notes Regarding, July 10, 1931 [and Nov. 20, 1931] Press Conference - Notes Regarding [Pulitzer Prize, 1932 - Columbia University commencement program] Pulitzer Prize, 1932 - Correspondence Ross, Charles G. - Condolence Letter to Mrs. Ross from Herbert Hoover, Dec. 6, 1950 Ross, Charles G. - Condolence Letters from Foreign Countries Ross, Charles G. - Copies of Condolence Letters Received by President Truman Ross, Charles G. - General (Newspaper Clippings) Ross, Charles G., Death of - Letters from President Truman to Mrs. Ross, 1950-51 (Condolence) Ross, Charles G., Death of - Magazine Articles Ross, Charles G., Death of - Newspaper Clippings and Teletypes Ross, Mrs. Charles G. (Florence) - Genealogy Notes (nee Florence Griffin) Ross, Mrs. Charles G. (Florence) - General (Newspaper Clippings) Box 16 Ross Family Correspondence - 1913-1929 Ross Family Correspondence - 1930 Ross Family Correspondence - 1931-1932 Ross Family Correspondence - 1933-1934 Ross Family Correspondence - 1935 Ross Family Correspondence - 1936-1937 Ross Family Correspondence - 1938 (January- April) Ross Family Correspondence - 1938 (May- December) Ross Family Correspondence - 1939-1947 (Some Undated) Ross Family School Records Ross, John Bruce - Regarding Birth, Infancy, 1914 [son of Charles G. Ross] Ross, Virginia Celestia - Sunday School Certificate [sister of Charles G. Ross, born 1897] St. Louis Post-Dispatch Staff (Article in Time Magazine, August, 1934) Box 17 St. Louis Republic - Report, 1913 [letter, Nov. 3, 1913, regarding report] Sigma Chi, The Magazine of [1926, 1951, 1952] Speech at University of Missouri, School of Journalism, May 3, 1933 [Supreme Court of U.S. and U.S. Congress - letters and pass to press gallery] The Missourian, Magazine of the U.S.S. Missouri, Oct. 27, 1945 Trips of President Truman, 1945-50 Truman, Harry S. - Handwritten Notes to Charles G. Ross (Personal) Truman, Margaret - Program for Concert, Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., December 22, 1947 U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Aircraft Carrier, Commissioning of, October 27, 1945 University of Missouri Alumni Association - Luncheon, May, 1950 Wilson Administration - White House Reporters SUBJECT FILE II, 1892-1987 Account Book, 1921-1950 Appointment as Presidential Press Secretary, 1945 - Newspaper Clippings Appointment as Presidential Press Secretary, 1945 - Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News, Etc. Biographical Data and Truman Library Memoranda Regarding Ross Papers Death of Charles G. Ross - Legal Papers Death of Charles G. Ross - Newspaper Clippings Death of Charles G. Ross - Taxes on Estate Diary - 1939 (Daily Record Book, January 2- June 1, 1939) Diary - 1946 (Typed Draft, February 12-Oct. 31, 1946) Diary - 1946-48 (Handwritten Notes, Oct. 31, 1946-July 9, 1948) Diary - 1948 (Handwritten Notes Regarding White House Staff Written on Back of Boatmen's Bank Drafts, June 25, 1948) Diary - 1949 (Daily Record Book, December 31, 1948-January 11, 1949) Family Correspondence - 1893-1945 Box 18 Family Correspondence - Postage Stamps Saved by Mrs. Ross Gleam, The (Ross's Copy of 1901 Independence High School Yearbook) Letters of Acquisition - Library of Congress and Georgetown University Regarding Ross Papers Mark Twain's Motto: "Always Do Right. This Will Gratify Some People, and Astonish the Rest." Memorial to Charles G. Ross - New Yorker Magazine, December 16, 1950 Miscellaneous Cards and Notes Regarding Charles G. Ross National Press Club Luncheon, 1948 1948 Election - Collier's, December 25, 1948, "How Truman Did It" by Charles G. Ross 1949 Inaugural - Washington Evening Star 1949 Inaugural - Washington Post Notes Regarding Harry S. Truman - Notes Typed From Harry S. Truman's Longhand Notes, September 26, 1918 Notes Regarding Harry S. Truman - Subjects to Be Discussed by the President (Undated) Report on Series of Interviews Done by Charles G. Ross, 1935 Ross School Papers - Noland School and Independence High School Speech - Congressional Club, Washington, D.C., March 22, 1946 Speech - League of Women Voters, St. Louis, May 3, 1933 Stars and Stripes, April 19, 1945 Sunday School Evangelist, St. Louis, 1892 (Letter from Ross Published) [Teletypes Regarding State Department] Truman, Harry S. - Handwritten Notes on Military Service Truman, Harry S. - Letter to Ross, April 28, 1945 Truman, Harry S. - Visit to Yonkers, New York, 1948 Campaign University of Missouri Commencement Program, 1936 MRS. CHARLES G. ROSS (MRS. ROY A. ROBERTS) FILE I, 1904-1972 Box 19 Birthday Book - Florence Griffin, 1906 Correspondence - Griffin Family Correspondence, 1904-1928 Correspondence - Harry S. Truman, 1969-1970 Correspondence - Roy A. Roberts, 1957-68, Undated Correspondence - Wedding Congratulations, 1955, On Marriage to Roy A. Roberts Invitations, Greetings, and Other Cards - Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings - Regarding Marriage to Roy A. Roberts, 1955 Newspaper Clippings - Washington, D.C., The Evening Star, Regarding World War I, 1914 Passports - Issued November 25, 1959 and January 14, 1965 Travel - Diary of Trips, 1956-1960 Travel - Diary of Trips, 1963-1965 Travel - Passenger List, M.S. Gripsholm, From New York, June 28, 1958, Swedish American Line Yearbook - High School News, Central High School, St. Louis, Missouri, May-June 1909 MRS. CHARLES G. ROSS (MRS. ROY A. ROBERTS) FILE II, 1949-1954 Letter from Clark M. Clifford, April 20, 1951 Letter from Marcellus C. Sheild, July 10, 1951 Letter from Mrs. Luis (Altagracia) de Thomen, Wife of Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, September 5, 1953 Letters from Bess W. Truman, 1952-1954 Letters from Harry S. Truman, 1949-1954, Undated Letters from Mrs. Oliver (Barbara) Franks, British Embassy, 1950-1952 Letters from Perle Mesta, Legation in Luxembourg, 1952 Thank-You Note from Mrs. Robert P. (Margaret) Patterson for Sympathy Card on Death of Robert P. Patterson, Postmarked February 18, 1952 Walter Ross Note Regarding Photographs [no photos included] ROY A. ROBERTS FILE, 1927-1967 Address by Roy A. Roberts - School of Journalism, Kansas University, February 10, 1956 Address by Roy A. Roberts - School of Journalism, University of Missouri, May 3, 1957 Articles by Roy A. Roberts - "In the Far East: A Dragon Grows" Articles by Roy A. Roberts - "It's Peace or Else!" Articles by Roy A. Roberts - "John F. Kennedy: A Living Legend" Articles by Roy A. Roberts - "The Kansas City Star Story" Choate, Robert - Correspondence with Roy A. Roberts, 1951 Citation - Honorary Degree, Rockhurst College, May 1959 Citation - Honorary Degree, University of Missouri, June 1960 Citation - House Resolution Number 183 Citation - King of Belgium, the Order of Leopold II, May 9, 1959 Correspondence - Birthday of Roy A. Roberts, November 1964 Correspondence - Marriage to Mrs. Charles G. Ross, 1955 Box 20 Correspondence - Retirement of Roy A. Roberts, 1964-1965 Correspondence, General - 1953-1954 Court Case - U.S.A. vs. Kansas City Star Co., Roy A. Roberts and Emil A. Sees, 1955 Death of Roy A. Roberts - Editorials and Congressional Record, 1967 Eisenhower, Dwight D. - Correspondence Regarding Support in 1952 Election Greta Kempton Portrait of Harry S. Truman Harris & Ewing, Photographers, Washington, D.C. - Proofs of Wedding Pictures, 1955 Harry S. Truman Library - Certificate of Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Roberts for Contribution to Building Fund Kansas, University of - Alumni Magazine, 1951 Kansas City Star - Articles by Roy A. Roberts, October-November, 1965 Kansas City Star - Articles by Roy A. Roberts, Trip to Washington, D.C., May 1965 Kansas City Star - Correspondence Regarding Retirement of Roy A. Roberts as President of the Kansas City Star, Etc., 1960-64 Kansas City Star - Editorial Regarding Adlai E. Stevenson by Roy A. Roberts, July 18, 1965 Kansas City Star - 85th Anniversary, 1965 Kansas City Star - Newspaper Clippings Regarding Retirement of Roy A. Roberts as President of the Kansas City Star, 1963 Memorial Service for Roy A. Roberts, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri [February 27, 1967] Newspaper Clippings Regarding 1955 Wedding to Mrs. Charles G. Ross Newspaper Clippings Regarding Retirement, 1964 Passport - Roy A. Roberts, 1927 Photocopy of Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson Regarding Support in 1964 Election Prevost, Jean-Louis, "Flowers and Fruits" Time Magazine Cover - "Kansas City's Roy Roberts," April 12, 1948 DR. AND MRS. JOHN B. ROSS FILE, 1949-1987 Box 21 Article on Harry S. Truman by David McCullough in Parade Magazine, "When Truman Surprised the World" (1984) Georgetown University (25th Anniversary of the Class of 1936) Gridiron Club, The, Washington, D.C., 1967 Harry S. Truman - Truman Centennial, First Day Cover, Etc. Harry S. Truman Library Institute - Membership Roster of Honorary Fellows, 1974 Jackson County (Missouri) Historical Society - Articles on the Ross Family and the 1859 Jail [1978] Letters from Mrs. Roy A. Roberts (Mrs. Charles G. Ross) and Mary Anne Cleaveland (Granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ross) Maps, Travel Guides, Etc. [1 of 2] [2 of 2] Miscellaneous [newspaper clippings, printed material, etc.] National Press Club Luncheon Honoring Walter Williams, University of Missouri School of Journalism, January 26, 1959 1949 Inaugural Invitations to Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ross Roy A. Roberts - Night Letter, October 24, 1966 School Report - "The Making of a Press Secretary: Charles G. Ross" by Mary Anne Cleaveland, and Letter, 1987 CROSS REFERENCE SHEETS FILE, No Date Span Cross Reference Sheets SCRAPBOOKS FILE, 1945-1950 Box 22 Charles G. Ross, April 20, 1945-August 31, 1945 - Volume I Box 23 Charles G. Ross, September 1, 1945-December 31, 1945 - Volume II Box 24 Charles G. Ross, January 1, 1946-June 30, 1946 - Volume III Box 25 Charles G. Ross, July 1, 1946-December 31, 1946 - Volume IV Box 26 Charles G. Ross, January 1, 1947-June 30, 1947 - Volume V Box 27 Charles G. Ross, July 1, 1947-December 31, 1947 - Volume VI Box 28 Charles G. Ross, January 1, 1948-June 30, 1948 - Volume VII Box 29 Charles G. Ross, July 1, 1948-December 31, 1948 - Volume VIII Box 30 Charles G. Ross, January 1, 1949-June 30, 1949 - Volume IX Box 31 Charles G. Ross, July 1, 1949-December 31, 1949 - Volume X Charles G. Ross, January 1, 1950-June 30, 1950 - Volume XI Box 32 Charles G. Ross, July 1, 1950-December 5, 1950 - Volume XII [ Top | Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List ] Back to the top of the page Back to the Personal Papers Index

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