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Title	James Ball Diaries, Volumes 1-3
Creator	James Ball
Subject	Community life Montana Deer Lodge. Community life Montana Lewis and Clark County. Irish Americans Montana. Ranch life Montana Deer Lodge. Ranch life Montana Lewis and Clark County. Sheep ranchers Montana Deer Lodge Diaries. Sheep ranchers Montana Lewis and Clark County Diaries. Sheep ranches Montana Deer Lodge. Sheep ranches Montana Lewis and Clark County. Montana Description and travel. Diaries Montana Deer Lodge. Diaries Montana Lewis and Clark County
Description	This collection consists of three diaries kept by James Ball at different points in his life. Two of the diaries also contain accounting records. The first diary is from May 1906 to Dec. 1908. The second runs from Nov. 1913 to Aug. 1915. The third, and largest, was written between Sept. 1928 and July 1933. The diaries contain day-to-day observations of the sheep ranch, weather, James Ball's travels around Montana, visits from neighbors, work exchanged with neighbors, and other small community events.
Date	1906-1908; 1883-1884, 1913-1915; 1928-1933
Notes	Sheep rancher. James Ball was born in 1861 in Nebraska, the son of Irish immigrants. He moved west to Montana sometime in his early twenties. There he met his wife, Viola, who came to Montana from Michigan. The Balls bought land near Deer Lodge and established a sheep ranch. Two sons and two daughters were born in the 1880s. The oldest daughter, Anna, died at the age of nine. The Ball family moved their sheep ranch to the Helena area around 1910, where it remained until James Ball's retirement in the early 1930s. At least one son played an active role in the day-to-day workings of the ranch. At the height of the operation, the Balls were also involved with dairy cows, and had a business agreement with a creamery in Helena. After retirement the Balls moved to the city of Helena where they lived for the rest of their lives.
Date Digital	8/31/2010
Type	image
Identifier	umt050000
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Rights	Copyright to this collection is held by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula. This image may also be protected by copyright. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Collection	James Ball Diaries, Mss 282, Archives & Special Collections, Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula. For further information connect to the online guide to this collection. http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv98590
Language	en
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Contact Us	For additional information about our collections visit the Archives and Special Collections website: http://www.lib.umt.edu/asc. To suggest a keyword or share what you know about this item e-mail library.archives@umontana.edu. Please include the resource identifier in your note to us.

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