Frank C. Ball Indiana history scrapbook, 1914-1945.

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Frank C. Ball Indiana history scrapbook, 1914-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/460639026

This collection contains the Indiana history scrapbook of news clippings on various topics related to the history of Indiana including politics, state parks, and historic homes. It was compiled by Frank C. Ball and his bookplate can be found on the inside cover.

1 box (0.2 cubic ft.)

Ball State University Library, Bracken Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7561111

Ball State University Library, Bracken Library

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Ball, Frank Clayton, 1857-1943

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Frank C. Ball (1857-1943) was born in Ohio in 1857. In 1880, Frank and Edmund Ball received a $200 loan from their uncle to purchase the Wooden Jacket Company. Their brothers, Lucius L. Ball, William C. Ball, and George A. Ball, joined the business in 1884 and they changed the name to the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company. Frank Ball was responsible for moving the Ball family from Buffalo, New York to Muncie, Indiana, in 1887 to take advantage of the natural gas boom. He served as the fi...