A Guide to the Thomas Fauntleroy Ball Papers
A Collection in the
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 12711-a
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Preferred Citation
Thomas Ball Fauntleroy Papers, Accession #12711-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was made a gift to the University on August 12, 1966 by Mrs. Thomas Fauntleroy Ball.
Biographical/Historical Information
University of South Carolina, B.S., electrical engineering, University of Virginia, M.S.,1919; University of Virginia Instructor, Adjunct Professor and Assistant Professor of Physics, 1916-1922; also, taught at the University of South Carolina and headed the physics dept., United States Naval Academy.
Scope and Content Information
This collection, 1825-1961, contains ca. 265 items, including correspondence, printed material, and various awards of Thomas Fauntleroy Ball, a University of Virginia graduate and professor of physics. These papers record his Navy service, his tenure as an employee at Hughes Aircraft Company, and some early genealogical records.
Arrangement
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order; oversized materials are arranged chronologically.
Contents List
July 1943, Red Cross certificate to Mary Minor Ball [by Franklin Delano Roosevelt]; November 6, 1946, Certificate of Satisfactory Service to Thomas Fauntleroy Ball. Signed by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; [1946], Certificate of Appreciation to Thomas Fauntleroy Ball. Issued by Harry S. Truman.
May 26, 1825, will of Bettie S. Fauntleroy; October 12, 1897, "In Memoriam. Doctor Robert Randolph Ball"; November 5, [1918], genealogical listing.
Correspondence, cheque receipts, and miscellaneous papers from Thomas Fauntleroy Ball's tenure as a consultant for the Hughes Aircraft Company.
- re: [Frederick William Mackey Holliday] and accusations made against him in the Whigs' press during the Funding Acts controversy 1879 Mar 12
- from the War Department re: Revolutionary War service of Isaac Hite 1893 Mar 3
- Thomas Fauntleroy Ball to Franklin Delano Roosevelt re: communist and fascist tendencies in U.S. education 1940 Aug 28
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Thomas Fauntleroy Ball 1940 Sep 6
- James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, re: Thomas Fauntleroy Ball's World War II military service 1946 Nov 22
- Warren Olney, III, Assistant Attorney General, re: letter from Thomas Fauntleroy Ball to Dwight David Eisenhower 1953 Feb 18
Records Thomas Fauntleroy Ball's career on active and reserve duty. Includes correspondence, printed material, and documents establishing his date of birth (see letter, July 30, 1953).
Regulations governing the Naval Selection Board, on which Thomas Fauntleroy Ball served.