A Guide to the Thomas Fauntleroy Ball Papers 1902-1960
A Collection in the
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 12711-b
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Thomas Fauntleroy Ball Papers, 1902-1960, Accession #12711-b, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was made a gift to the University on 1969 August 4 by Mrs. Thomas Fauntleroy Ball Willis.
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 department, United States Naval Academy.
Scope and Content Information
The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Thomas Fauntleroy Ball including: articles; business correspondence; genealogical material regarding the Venable family; correspondence and papers dealing with cancer research at Johns Hopkins University; writings while at the University of South Carolina and Hughes Aircraft Company; testimonials for Samuel Reynolds Pritchard of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute; notes and notebooks; and newspaper clippings.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.