Correspondents include Rollo Bergeson, Richard Kirkendall, and members of the Roswell Garst and Henry A. Wallace families. Other files document Murray's political career, his research interests, and his publications. 15.6 linear feet processed, 30.26 linear feet unprocessed. 5.25 linear feet. Ross was born in New York and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and clippings.
Other material documents Ross' work with the Agricultural History Society, the American Historical Association, the Mississippi Valley Historical Society, and the State Historical Society of Iowa. Ross' professorships at the University of North Dakota and Iowa State University and his student work at Cornell University and Syracuse University are also documented. The collection includes copies of his Ph.D. thesis on the history of the U.S. Electoral Commission and master's thesis on colonial New York. Correspondents include Harry J. Carman, Henry Steele Commager, Richard T. Ely, Guy Stanton Ford, Philip M. Hamer, Fred H. Harrington, John D. Hicks, Harold Ickes, Allan Nevins, Louis H. Pammel, and Louis B. Schmidt. Agricultural historian and historian of Greek immigration to the United States.