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Ball, Lucina (1847-1901)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1847 - 1901

Biography

Lucina A. Ball was born in 1847 in Greene, Ohio. She graduated from high school in Buffalo, New York and after working as a teacher and as an editor, she became the secretary at the newly founded Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York City. Based on her experience at Pratt, she was hired as Drexel's first secretary and registrar, where she worked until she resigned due to illness in 1897. She passed away in 1901. Two of Lucina's brothers established the Ball Corporation, best known for manufacturing glass jars, lids, and related products used for home canning.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Administration, page 17

 page
Dates: 1896
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-12-008, Yearbooks / Eccentric / 1896

B - Miscellaneous, 1946-1955

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: Sub-series A
Scope and contents note

Correspondence and supporting documents with various correspondents. Subjects include development, including donor cultivation and scholarship funds. Family of Lucina Ball, Bethlehem Steel, Mayer I. Blum, and Philadelphia Textile Institute. Also includes two black and white photographs of Mayer I. Blum.

Dates: 1946-1955
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-007, James Creese administration records / Drexel University / Administrative Files

Ball, Lucina , 1891-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series VIII
Scope and contents note

photograph, correspondence, biographical material, reports, essays

Dates: 1891-1940
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-005, Office of the President records / General Correspondence

Ball, Lucina, 1940

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of files on members of the Drexel community. Most of the files are on previous faculty and staff, but the collection also includes files on alumni/ae, honorary degree recipients, trustees, guest speakers, donors, students, and members of the Drexel Family. While each file's contents are varied, many consist of resumes/CVs, photographs, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and other administrative papers. There are many notable people listed within this...
Dates: 1940
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-10-002, Biographical reference collection

Ball, Lucina and Family, 1937-1941

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: Sub-series E
Scope and contents note

Correspondence, articles and biographical information re: Lucina Ball, first Secretary of the Institute. Includes information from the memoirs of Frank C. Ball (Ball Brothers Co., Muncie, Indiana).

Dates: 1937-1941
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-007, James Creese administration records / Drexel University / Development

extract from memoirs of Frank C. Ball, undated

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of files on members of the Drexel community. Most of the files are on previous faculty and staff, but the collection also includes files on alumni/ae, honorary degree recipients, trustees, guest speakers, donors, students, and members of the Drexel Family. While each file's contents are varied, many consist of resumes/CVs, photographs, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and other administrative papers. There are many notable people listed within this...
Dates: undated
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-10-002, Biographical reference collection / Ball, Lucina

General Correspondence, 1891-1958, bulk: 1920 - 1945

 Series
Identifier: Series VIII
Scope and content note Series 8: General Correspondence, 65 foldersThis series includes folders which were from the Office of the President generally without reference to a specific President and those folders which included the papers of multiple Presidents of Drexel. A large section of this series is those folders which were marked “miscellaneous”. These often included a page or two on a specific topic and this had been combined with a few other unrelated items. This series varies greatly but...
Dates: 1891-1958; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-005, Office of the President records

letter from E. B. [indecipherable] to President Kolbe listing and quoting documents from the 1890s by and about Lucina Ball, January 22, 1940

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of files on members of the Drexel community. Most of the files are on previous faculty and staff, but the collection also includes files on alumni/ae, honorary degree recipients, trustees, guest speakers, donors, students, and members of the Drexel Family. While each file's contents are varied, many consist of resumes/CVs, photographs, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and other administrative papers. There are many notable people listed within this...
Dates: January 22, 1940
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-10-002, Biographical reference collection / Ball, Lucina

letter from James Creese to George A. Ball, November 17, 1948

 Item
Identifier: Sub-series A
Scope and contents note From the File:

Correspondence and supporting documents with various correspondents. Subjects include development, including donor cultivation and scholarship funds. Family of Lucina Ball, Bethlehem Steel, Mayer I. Blum, and Philadelphia Textile Institute. Also includes two black and white photographs of Mayer I. Blum.

Dates: November 17, 1948
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-007, James Creese administration records / Drexel University / Administrative Files / B - Miscellaneous

letter from Lucina A. Ball to Herman Dercum, September 26, 1893

 Item
Identifier: Series VIII
Scope and contents note From the File:

photograph, correspondence, biographical material, reports, essays

Dates: September 26, 1893
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-005, Office of the President records / General Correspondence / Ball, Lucina

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