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Thomas Ball Fauntleroy Papers, Accession #12711-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was made a gift to the University on August 12, 1966 by Mrs. Thomas Fauntleroy Ball.
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.
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.
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order; oversized materials are arranged chronologically.
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.
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.