Ball, Eve

Author and authority on New Mexico history and the Old West.

From the description of Publications, 1963-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435428

Katherine Evelyn Daly (Eve Ball) was born 14 March 1890 in Kentucky. In 1918 she received a BS degree in education from Kansas State Teacher's College. Eve's husband, Joseph P. Ball, was a Captain in the Kansas National Guard, and died in the First World War. In 1934 she received a master's degree in education from the University of Kansas. She taught school, for a period of time, in Kansas and Oklahoma. In addition she also owned businesses in Hobbs, New Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona. In 1942 she moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico where she devoted herself to the study of Southwest history. A noted oral historian, Ms. Ball authored a series of influential articles and books on the history of the Apache Indians and the American Southwest. She died 24 December 1984.

From the description of Eve Ball papers, 1855-1984. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 77077110