Ball, Eve

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1890 - 1984

Parallel Names

Daly, Katherine Evelyn, 1890-1984

Biography

Eve Ball, also known as Katherine Evelyn Daly (1890-1984) was a noted oral historian and author. She especially enjoyed working in New Mexico, the Southwest, and with the Apache Indians.

Citation:

Her Ruidoso, c1963.

Robinson, Sherry. Apache voices, c2000: t.p. (Eve Ball) p. 203 (Katherine Evelyn Daly, b. 14 March 1890, Clarksville, Tenn.) p. 219 (d. 1984)

Eve Ball manuscripts and photographs, 1966 (Katherine Evelyn Daly (Eve Ball) was born March 14, 1890 on her grandfather's plantation in Kentucky. Eve spent her early years in Clarksville, Tennessee, married Joseph P. Ball, was a noted oral historian and author, died on December 24, 1984)

Wikipedia, December 18, 2018: (Eve Ball (14 March 1890-24 December 1984), was an American historian of the American West and a teacher; born on 14 March 1890 in Clarksville, Tennessee; earned a B.S. degree in education from Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg in 1918 and became a teacher. Ball received a M.A. in education from Kansas State University in 1934; died at home in Ruidoso, New Mexico)

id.loc.gov, April 15, 2022 (Eve Ball, also known as Katherine Evelyn Daly (1890-1984) was a noted oral historian and author. She especially enjoyed working in New Mexico, the Southwest, and with the Apache Indians)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Schnautz Incoming Letters from Eve Ball

Series — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038297]

Identifier: MSS 6288

Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Series I: The Henry Schnautz letters and correspondence collection includes one archival series, “Henry Schnautz Incoming letters from Eve Ball.” Materials found in Series 1 include seventy-six (76) letters, as well as photographs and newspaper clippings, from Eve Ball to Henry Schnautz. Letters discuss Schnautz’s art work, life on the Apache reservation, activities in New Mexico, and Eve Ball’s work.

Dates: 1956-1980

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6288, Henry Schnautz letters

Kenneth Mead and Barbara Mackey Ogilvie letters

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 6695

Scope and Contents

The collection contains letters mainly from Eve Ball to Barbara and Kenneth Ogilvie, spanning the years 1972 to 1984. Topics are mostly about life and health updates, though some content discusses Eve's publications and research on Native Americans. Collection also includes envelopes, clippings, and four color slide photographs of Eve Ball's home. Includes an April 1984 newsletter from the Lincoln County Historical Society.

Dates: 1972-1984

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kenneth Mead and Barbara Mackey Ogilvie letters

Henry Schnautz letters

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231038297]

Identifier: MSS 6288

Abstract

A collection of correspondence from Eve Ball to Henry Shcnautz from 1965-1980, discussing personal dealings, assosciations, and the affairs of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, with whom Ball was closely assosciated.