Stoyte Ogleby Ross papers, 1906-1974

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Creators:: Ross, Stoyte Ogleby, 1906-1973
Abstract:: Personnel files, orders, correspondence, certificates, clippings, and photographs, relating to pilot training in the United States during World War II, postwar American military assistance to Denmark, and miscellaneous aspects of American military aviation.
Extent:: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 small object box (3.7 Linear Feet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Stoyte Ogleby Ross papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: Personnel files, orders, correspondence, certificates, clippings, and photographs, relating to pilot training in the United States during World War II, postwar American military assistance to Denmark, and miscellaneous aspects of American military aviation.
Biographical / historical:: Brigadier general, United States Air Force; commander, Lake Charles Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1941-1943, Aloe Air Force Base, Texas, 1943-1945, and Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia, 1952-1956; chief, United States Military Assistance Advisory Group in Denmark, 1956-1960. Father of two children and two grandchildren. Hometown of Jacksonville, FL and born on April 13, in 1906, died December 24, 1973. Cause of death was a stroke compounded with other illnesses at the age of 67.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1991.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Officers
Military assistance, American -- Denmark
Names:: United States. Air Force

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Restrictions:: Box 6 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Terms of access:: For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Stoyte Ogleby Ross papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US