Davis, Kate Elizabeth Ball, -2002
Person
Biography
Kate Elizabeth Ball graduated from Greenwich Academy in Connecticut in 1935, Vassar College in 1939, and New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where she received her master's degree. She taught at Garrison Forest School and held several war-related jobs in the early 1940s before coming to Nightingale. Miss Ball taught history/geography and English to Middle and Upper School students, advised Harvey House, and taught music classes and conducted the Glee Club.
Miss Ball married Charles Stevenson Davis and became known as Mrs. Davis in September 1948. She had one son, Charles Jr. Mrs. Davis retired from Nightingale in spring 1967 and lived in Orleans, Massachusetts, where she died in September 2002.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sound recording, interview with Kate (Ball) Davis, 1970 Apr
Item — Box: 04052
Identifier: 001 004 000 02 0033
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
1970 Apr
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