Sarasota County Commissioner John Maure Saba, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 038

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains business and professional records collected by Commissioner John M. Saba, Jr. During his tenure on the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners. Records included in the collection are planning, zoning, and ordinace studies, drafts of proposals and plans, expenditure reports and other documentation. Topics covered by these documents are land development, zoning conflicts and proposals, ordinances regarding the Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan and utilities rates of various companies.

Dates

Creation: 1965 - 1981

Biographical / Historical

John Maure Saba, Jr. was born in 1937 to John Maure Saba, Sr. and Gwendoline Atkinson. Saba Jr. has five brothers: William, Ronald, Richard, Donald and Bruce. The family came to Sarasota in the mid to late 1940s. While in Sarasota, Saba, Jr. attended Southside Elementary School and later Sarasota High School. He attended Stetson University where he majored in law and business. Saba, Jr. married Marilyn Mae Moller in 1959 at the First Presbyterian Church in Sarasota. He and some of his siblings would work with their father on the family business, Saba’s Home Furnishings, once located at 1055 South Tamiami Trail. Commissioner Saba, Jr. served as a Sarasota County Commissioner for District No. 4 from 1971-1981. His father also served as Sarasota County Commissioner from 1956-1957.

Extent

2.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

This collection is stored offsite in a remote storage facility. Materials from the collection can be brought to the Sarasota County History Center for viewing upon request. Please contact the Sarasota County History Center by phone at 941-861-6090 or by email at historycenter@scgov.net at least three business days before your visit to ensure the material will be available when you arrive.

General

The Sarasota County History Center collects historical records and publications that were created over a broad span of time by a wide variety of individuals and groups. Some of the content in these collections may contain language or imagery that today would be considered negative, inappropriate or offensive. The contents of these historical collections do not necessarily reflect the views, beliefs or policies of the History Center, the Department of Libraries and Historical Resources or Sarasota County Government. These materials are made available to the public strictly for research and educational purposes.