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John Nivison Force papers, approximately 1897-1921
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John Nivison Force papers, approximately 1897-1921Creator/Contributor:
Force, John N. (John Nivison), 1877-1938, creator, creator.Abstract:
Contains approximately 150 items, including commencement programs, calling cards, newspaper clippings, pictorial clippings,
correspondence, ephemera, etc, Some of the material is related to John Force's tour of duty as a medical doctor in the Panama
Canal Zone. One of the items is a Panama identity certificate, with mounted photograph, for his wife, Ethel Wickson Force.
Also includes several artifacts including 3 swatches of cloth from the wedding day gowns of his sister-in-law, Catherine
Colegrove Nivison, two honorary medical society medals, and a medical doctor symbol pin.
Date:
1897 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- nccz--- -- n-us---Force, John N. (John Nivison) -- 1877-1938 -- Archives
Force, John N. (John Nivison) -- 1877-1938 -- Correspondence
Force, Ethel Wickson -- Photographs
University of California (1868-1952) -- Faculty
Epidemiology -- Study and teaching
Public health -- Study and teaching
Epidemiology -- Research
Public health -- Research
Physicians -- California
Medical research personnel -- United States
College teachers -- California -- Berkeley
Panama Canal (Panama)
Note:
John Nivison Force papers, BANC MSS 2018/208, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Print materials have been transferred to the Print Collection of The Bancroft Library.
Dr. John Nivison Force, Professor of Epidimiology, first became a member of the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley
in the summer session of 1910 as Lecturer in Public Health. The following year he was appointed Lecturer in Hygiene and Assistant
Medical Examiner. Promotion to Assistant Professor of Epidemiology followed in 1912. Appointment as Associate Professor was
made in 1919, and that of Professor in 1925. At the outbreak of the World War I, Dr. Force was appointed Captain in the Medical
Corps of the United States Army and detailed to the Panama Canal Zone.
In English.
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Faculty papers.Artifacts (object genre).
Identification photographs.
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Language:
English