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Jau Don Ball papers, 1917-1934.
BANC MSS C-B 515LOCAL
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Title:
Jau Don Ball papers, 1917-1934Creator/Contributor:
Ball, Jau Don, -1936, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Shell Oil CompanyAbstract:
Contains correspondence and reports concerning Dr. Ball's work as an Army Doctor performing discharge examinations at the
Presidio of San Francisco during World War I. The bulk of the collection, however, relates to his consulting work for local
industry and government in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his work in industrial psychiatry for the Personnel Dept. of the
Shell Oil Company during the 1920s. Includes some manuscript lectures for a course on criminology he taught at the University
of California, Berkeley, along with speeches and other writings. Also includes some miscellaneous printed articles and pamphlets.
Date:
1917 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caIndustrial psychiatry
Psychology, Industrial
Psychological tests
Intelligence tests
Typology (Psychology)
Trait intercorrelations
Physicians -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Psychiatrie du travail
Psychologie du travail
Tests psychologiques
Intelligence -- Tests
Typologie (Psychologie)
Traits de personnalité -- Intercorrélation
Médecins -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Industrial psychiatry
Intelligence tests
Physicians
Psychological tests
Psychology, Industrial
Trait intercorrelations
Typology (Psychology)
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Berkeley (Calif.). -- Police Department.
Berkeley (Calif.). -- Fire Department.
Marchant Calculating Machine Company.
Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company.
Yellow Cab Company.
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Criminology.
Berkeley (Calif.). -- Police Department
Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company.
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Criminology
Yellow Cab Company.
Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
A copy of a narrative collection overview, prepared by Joan Hennecke for Dr. George P. Hammond, Nov. 10, 1947, has been placed
at the front of Carton 1. It has been annotated to indicate the appropriate folder numbers in which the materials described
may be found, as well as those items which are lacking.
Dr. Ball graduated from the University of Virginia, Dept. of Medicine in 1902 and was licensed to practice in Calif. in the
same year. He started his practice in San Juan, San Benito Co., Calif., but moved to Oakland by 1916 and Berkeley in 1922.
From 1926, he practiced in San Francisco and died there on Nov. 25, 1936, at the age of 56.
Type:
case files.Physical Description:
print
3 cartons (3.75 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 515LOCAL
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.