William A. Ball Collection

Collection

Identifier: UA-10.3.306

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The William A. Ball collection consists of color slides taken by Ball of the dedication of the Macklin Field in 1948. The dedication slides show the bands as well as dignitaries on the field. Other slides in the collection include flooding in Lansing and East Lansing in 1947, and a Lansing Memorial Day parade in 1947. One of the flooding pictures shows the MSC Band Shell with water around it.

Dates

Creation: 1947 - 1948

Creator

Ball, William Allen (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Biographical Note

Dr. William Allen Ball, DVM, graduated from Michigan State College in 1949. He started as MSC as a married man with children. He had owned an oil station in Coopersville, Michigan when he was drafted for World War II. Preparing to serve our country, he sold the oil station. The war ended before his service was needed.