George Washington Goethals microfilm collection, 1901-1915 [microform]. 1970.

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George Washington Goethals microfilm collection, 1901-1915 [microform]. 1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22740075

Correspondence of Goethals located in the following collections: Henry L. Stimson papers (MS 465), William Kent family papers (MS 309), Wetmore family papers (MS 548), James Rockwell Sheffield papers (MS 446) and miscellaneous manuscripts collection (MS 352). Correspondence deals primarily with Stimson during construction of the Panama Canal.

1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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