Papers of Thomas Fauntleroy Ball, 1825-1965 (bulk 1915-1961).

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Papers of Thomas Fauntleroy Ball, 1825-1965 (bulk 1915-1961).

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The collection contains correspondence and other papers documenting Ball's naval service, his consulting work for the Hughes Aircraft Company and his teaching positions. The collection also contains student notebooks, correspondence and other papers dealing with cancer research at Johns Hopkins, particularly research involving radiobiology, and a laboratory manual on experiments with direct and alternating currents. Also included are an address delivered during the dedication of the engineering college at the University of South Carolina and articles on education, nuclear physics, and public utilities. Business correspondence includes a letter nominating Samuel Reynolds Pritchard to a national award. Personal correspondence includes a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt and his reply. The collection also contains awards, certificates, and diplomas received by Ball and his wife, Mary McDowell Venable Minor. A biographical sketch of Ball's life, genealogical material, particularly on the Fauntleroy family, clippings and letters, some from the Minor family, and photographs complete the collection.

470 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337216

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Dept. of Physics.

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Ball, Thomas Fauntleroy, 1894-1965.

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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. From the description of Papers of Thomas Fauntleroy Ball [manuscript], 1902-1960. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805006 From the description of Papers of Thom...

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Ball, Mary Minor.

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Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory

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