Edward K. and Marion M. Sales Papers
00246

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Sales, E. K., 1892-1970
Creator
Sales, Marion M., 1890-1983
Title
Edward K. and Marion M. Sales papers
ID
00246
Date [inclusive]
1917-1943
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Edward Karns Sales was born in Lenawee County, Michigan on April 11, 1892. During his youth, he lived with his family in Tecumseh, Michigan. Sales graduated from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1916 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. During World War I, he served as a veterinarian in the U.S. Army, with a rank of First Lieutenant.

Following the war, Sales moved to East Lansing, Michigan. He was hired by Michigan Agricultural College in 1920 as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine in Veterinary Medicine. By 1950 he was director of the Small Animal Clinic. He retired circa 1957. According to the Faculty Directories, Sales was Head Emeritus.

Sales married Marion McOwan circa 1920-1921. McOwan was born July 17, 1890 in New Jersey. She served as an Army Corps nurse during World War I. The Sales had a daughter named Jane D., born August 18, 1921. Jane married John W. Coffman (April 8, 1919-February 11, 1983) in Lansing, Michigan, on May 3, 1947.

Edward Sales died on his birthday, April 11, 1970, and was buried in Deepdale Cemetery in Lansing, Michigan. Marion Sales died May 13, 1983, and was interred next to her husband.

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Scope and Contents note

The papers of Edward K. and Marion M. Sales include photographs and postcards from their military training and service during World War I. There are also military-themed World War I era clippings, maps of France, souvenir photograph albums of Germany, and other souvenir publications.

Also included in the collection are World War II era materials, such as military pocket guides, Overseas Editions for Armed Services of various publications, and issues of Stars and Stripes. These materials likely belonged to John W. Coffman, who married the Sales' daughter after the war.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections January 2015

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Maps
  • Photographs
  • Postcards
  • Publications
  • Scrapbooks

Personal Name(s)

  • Peninger, Grady

Subject(s)

  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Newspapers
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area

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Collection Inventory

Box Folder

Decorated metal photo frame date unknown 

 1 1

Clippings - World War I era, military theme circa 1917-1919 

 1 2

Correspondence (memos) 1919 

 1 3

German photograph albums (published) undated 

 1 4

Postcards circa 1910-1919 

 Box
1		 Folder
5

Soldiers training at Camp Meade, Maryland 

Michigan Agricultural College. Military Science. Company G. 1913 

German cities, rivers, and other scenes 

Soldiers treating injured horses at Veterinary Hospital in Coblenz, Germany 

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Photographs from Scrapbook 
Box Folder

Photographs and photocopies of scrapbook pages circa 1917-1919 

 1 6

Photographs circa 1917-1919 

 1 7
Box Folder

Photographs - soldiers in uniform (World War I era) 

 1 8

Unknown male undated 

Marion McOwan undated 

"France Our Ally" by B. Van Vorst (YMCA publication) 1918 

 1 9

"Souvenir Roster of the New York Masonic Club of the American Army of Occupation 1919" 

 1 9

Maps 
Box Folder

France and its Colonies, printed by A. Taride undated 

 1 17

France and its Borders, No. 5 Coblenz, printed at Base Printing Plant, 29th Engineers, U.S. Army 1918 

 1 17
Box Volume

World War I Photo Album circa 1917-1919 

 2 1
Box Folder

World War I soldiers (possibly doctors) and nurses, Coblenz, Germany 1919 

 3 4
Box

Edward Sales' Certificate of appointment to First Lieutenant in the Veterinary Corps December 3, 1917 

 2745
Box Folder

Military pocket guides 

 1 10

"Handbook of Information Replacement Training Centers, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas" undated 

Chinese Language Guide (TM 30-333) June 24, 1943 

"Meet the Marianas" undated 

Program - Opening Night 75th Battalion Service Club, 23rd September 16 [1945] 

 1 11

Welcome letter with hand drawn map - 23rd Replacement Depot, Saipan circa 1944-1945 

 1 11

Jeep Comics, number 5 1945 

 1 12

Magazines - Overseas Editions for Armed Forces ( Inside Detective,  Outdoor Life,  Cosmopolitan,  Popular Photography) July-August 1945 

 1 13

Newspaper clippings 1944, undated 

 1 14

Publications - Overseas Editions for Armed Forces ( McGraw Hill Overseas Digest, Coronet, Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker) 1945 

 1 15

Publications 

 1 16

The Saipan Daily Target October 19, 1945 

Saipan Beacon published by Island Command October 19, 1945 

The Pinkeye Gazette May 17, 1945, June 1, 1945, May 10, 1945, May 3, 1945 

Magazines - Overseas Editions for Armed Services ( Life,  Look, and  Esquire) 

 3 1

Sporting News (Overseas Edition) July 26, 1945 

 3 2

Stars and Stripes 1945 

 3 2

Yank, Western Pacific Edition, published at Saipan 1945 

 3 3