Ball Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Ball Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of Wililam and Mary

Summary

Extent:
0.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Ball family, Ball, Hugh, and Ball, Mary Pierce
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ball Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of Wililam and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1887-1976, of the Ball family, chiefly Hugh Ball and Mary Pierce Ball who operated a dairy farm in Vergennes, Vermont. Dairy farming account books and receipts are included in the collection. Mary Ball (née Mary Lucy Pierce) grew up in Shelbourne, Vermont and her eleven diaries, written between the ages of eighteen and thirty-two, detail the weather, social engagements, sewing projects, books read, school, and in the last diary, baby care.

Also in the collection are correspondence, mainly between members of the Ball family; portraits and snapshots; artwork; and other related materials.

Biographical / historical:

Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in November 2010. Finding aid completed by Lisa Sparks Carpenter in December 2010.