Henry J. John, Czech Heritage Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of personal papers of Henry J. John including correspondence, translations, publications, biographical materials and photographs. The majority of the collection relates to John's medical career and his interest in literature and graphic arts.
Dates
- 1885-1968
Creator
- John, Henry J., 1885-1971 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Jaroslav John was born in 1885 in Olomouc in the province of Moravia (Czech Republic) and joined his parents in the U.S. at age 14. He worked in Oklahoma and in Kansas, where he went to school at the University of Kansas. In 1912, he received his Masters at the University of Minnesota. He received his M.D. in 1916 from Western Reserve University of Medicine. When practicing in New York, he worked with diabetes specialist F.M. Allen. On October 9, 1928, John married Betty Beaman and the couple established "Ho Mita Koda," a camp for diabetic children in Ohio, now operated by the Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland. Henry J. John died in 1971 at the age of 86.
Extent
5.4 Linear Feet (10 boxes, 4 OS folders)
Language of Materials
English
Czech
Slovak
French
German
Croatian
- Art collectors -- United States -- Archives Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Beneš, Vojta, 1878-1951
- Book collectors -- United States Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Czechoslovak-Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diabetes -- Research -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Laichter, Jan
- Laichter, Josef
- Masaryk, T. G. (Tomás Garrigue), 1850-1937
- Mucha, Alphonse Marie, 1860-1939 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Preissig, Vojtech
- Preissová, Gabriela Sekerová, 1862-
- Rádl, Emanuel, 1873-1942
- Svabinský, Max, 1873-1962
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531
archives@unl.edu
