Frank Ball Journals
Scope and Contents
The collection includes six diaries kept by Frank Ball of Richland Preparative Meeting of Bucks County together with an account book, commonplace book, and a volume of detailed meteorological data, 1855-1856. The journals contain daily entries about his thoughts and activities as well as contemporary events.
Dates
- Creation: 1855 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Ball (1855-1929), sometimes known as Franklin Ball, was the son of Aaron and Rebecca (Strawn) Ball. Raised as Methodist, he joined the Society of Friends at the age of twenty, becoming a member of Richland Monthly Meeting, Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He married Emma Weldy in 1882 and worked as a furniture maker and undertaker, conducting the latter until near the end of his life. Ball was a leading figure in the local business community and civic affairs. He was a founder of the Quakertown Chautauqua, served as a school director and president of the Building and Loan Association and the Bucks County Natural Science Association among other activities. An active Quaker, he was acknowledged as a minister. He also was an avid student of nature, forming a comprehensive library and collection of specimens of flowers, leaves and grasses.
Extent
.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes six diaries kept by Frank Ball of Richland Preparative Meeting of Bucks County together with an account book, commonplace book, and a volume of detailed meteorological data, 1855-1856. The journals contain daily entries about his thoughts and activities as well as contemporary events.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Richard Phillips, FHL 2024-051
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Frank Ball Journals
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- S. Morikawa
- Date
- March 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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