William Watts Ball

William Watts Ball (December 9, 1868 — October 14, 1952) was a newspaper editor, journalism dean, columnist, and writer in South Carolina.[1] He was noted for his Conservatism.[2] The Duke University Library has a collection of his papers.[3]

He was born in Laurens, South Carolina.[4]

The Editor and the Republic is a collection of his speeches and articles published by UNC Press.[5] John D. Stark wrote his thesis about him in 1961.[6]

Bibliography
  • The state that forgot; South Carolina's surrender to democracy
  • Essays in reaction: Back to Calhoun, Back to aristocracy, read before the Kosmos Club of Columbia, S.C
  • A boy's recollections of the Red Shirt campaign of 1876 in South Carolina
  • An episode in South Carolina politics
  • Call it by its name
  • The freedom of the press in South Carolina and its limitations
  • A view of the state. Response to the sentiment "The day we celebrate" at the 184th Anniversary dinner of the St. Andrew's Society of Charleston, S.C

References
  1. "Ball, William Watts".
  2. Bailey, Hugh C. (December 1, 1969). "Damned Upcountryman: William Watts Ball. A Study in American Conservatism. By John D. Stark. [Duke Historical Publications.] (Durham, N. C.: Duke University Press. 1968. Pp. 248. $8.50.)". The American Historical Review. 75 (2): 600. doi:10.1086/ahr/75.2.600 – via academic.oup.com.
  3. "Guide to the William Watts Ball papers, 1778-1952 and undated". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
  4. "Ball, W. W. (William Watts), 1868-1952 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org.
  5. "The Editor and the Republic | William Watts Ball". University of North Carolina Press.
  6. Stark, John D (November 27, 1961). William Watts Ball: a study in conservatism. OCLC 11094139.
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