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Scope and Contents In this day planner, Sidney Ball lists activities such as lunch, dinner, and shopping engagements, trips horseback riding, plans for events such as attending concerts, operas, and movies, and trips to San Francisco and Palo Alto, California. Also included are a few newspaper clippings regarding parole reform. Some notable entries include: May 1st: "Policewomen attend state police officers ball at new...

Scope and Contents In this day planner, Sidney Ball discusses activities such as lunch and dinner plans, attending movies, shopping trips, and a trip to Death Valley, California. Some notable entries include: January 12th and February 9th: "Academy of Criminology" January 17th: "Playing in snow. Ed. Threw sno ball at motorcycle officer- I take blame." February 3rd: "Took boys to hotel....

Scope and Contents Daily Calendar from 1946: In this day planner, Sidney Ball kept a record of birthdays, days she was on duty, days she had off, staff club meetings, Latin American committee meetings,dinner and lunch plans, trips to Camp Pendleton, nature studies through the Southern California Camp Association, poems, and notes taken possibly during a counselor's course on leadership. Some notable entries include: April...

Scope and Contents In this day planner, Sidney Ball kept a record of a shopping list for goods purchased in Mexico, parties, attendance at the Pacific Coast Camp Conference, trips to Nova Scotia, Maine, West Virginia and Lexington, KY, observations and interactions with people that had been arrested, a record of school days, notes regarding leadership qualities and notes on a course taken in which discussions included advice for successful teaching. Some notable entries include:...

Scope and Contents Daily Calendar from 1950: In this day planner, Sidney Ball kept a record of observations, conversations, names, and actions regarding people who had been arrested, as well as lists of addresses, movie plans, big sisters league meetings, dinner plans, and concerts. This day planner also includes a few forms, such as a memo for the illness of a policewoman, request for overtime, a municipal court subpoena list, and a summons to see Sgt. Shields regarding an injury a woman claimed to have...

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This day planner consists of entries regarding parties, dinners, luncheons, staff club meetings, recipes, rehearsal dates for an unnamed show, as well as a detailed meeting with a fortune teller, and notes on child and adolescent development, social interactions, and education.

Scope and Contents Daily Calendar from 1955: This day planner consists of names, addresses, shopping lists, directions, and dinner plans, as well as observations about people and incidents that happened at a police station. Some notable entries include: February 2nd: "Max Wilson. Start with W.A. 46- ending in 1948 (mch) 33 drunk arrests- been on AA since- re-hab started with farm. He remarked- 'only happiness at that time...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Sidney A. Ball Policewoman Daily Calendars Collection (1934-1957; 1965-1966; undated) contains seven daily planners belonging to Sidney A. Ball, a Los Angeles Policewoman from 1929-1965, making her one of the first policewomen on the force. In these planners are brief summaries of interactions and observations from Ball’s time as a policewoman, such as bookings for prostitution, intoxication, and verbal and physical altercations with police officers- including Ball. Ball also kept a...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Sidney A. Ball Policewoman Daily Calendars Collection (1934-1957; 1965-1966; undated) contains seven daily planners belonging to Sidney A. Ball, a Los Angeles Policewoman from 1929-1965, making her one of the first policewomen on the force. In these planners are brief summaries of interactions and observations from Ball’s time as a policewoman, such as bookings for prostitution, intoxication, and verbal and physical altercations with police officers- including Ball. Ball also kept a...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Sidney A. Ball Policewoman Daily Calendars Collection (1934-1957; 1965-1966; undated) contains seven daily planners belonging to Sidney A. Ball, a Los Angeles Policewoman from 1929-1965, making her one of the first policewomen on the force. In these planners are brief summaries of interactions and observations from Ball’s time as a policewoman, such as bookings for prostitution, intoxication, and verbal and physical altercations with police officers- including Ball. Ball also kept a...