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Clinton V. Ballard

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TypePerson
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Active
fl. 1941
Work
County Agent Leader
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
agriculturecommunityheritage

Summary

Clinton V. Ballard is identified in the June 1941 conference announcement as a County Agent Leader who would play an important part in the County Agents Summer Conference at Beaver Island. Subsequent local reports identify him as a Michigan State Extension leader and later as the Extension Service director.1

Evidence and limits

The conference report supplies initials, surname, professional title, and one conference connection. Subsequent reports establish the full name and Extension career, but none supplies a birth or death date or confirms attendance at the announced conference.

Open questions

  • Which civil, obituary, or institutional record establishes Ballard’s life dates?
  • Did Ballard leave a report or photographs of the Beaver Island conference?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, June 20, 1941, “County Agents Summer Conference At St. James, Beaver Island.” ↩

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, June 20, 1941, “County Agents Summer Conference At St. James, Beaver Island.”
    Names C. V. Ballard as County Agent Leader who would play an important part in the announced Beaver Island conference. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1941-06-20
  2. Charlevoix County Herald, June 25, 1948, “Grass Day.”
    Identifies C. V. Ballard as the assistant director of the Michigan State College Cooperative Extension Service and says he joined its staff in 1915 as a county agricultural agent. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1948-06-25
  3. Charlevoix Courier, 1974, U.S. Coast Guard command notice.
    Identifies a Michigan State University graduate as the daughter of the late Clinton V. Ballard, former director of the MSU Extension Service. The distinctive office and Michigan State affiliation bridge the full name to the earlier C. V. Ballard reports, but this notice gives no death date. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie1974unse

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Clinton V. Ballard”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/clinton-v-ballard/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, June 20, 1941, “County Agents Summer Conference At St. James, Beaver Island.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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