Panama Collection, 1804-1977 (bulk 1850-1950).

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Panama Collection, 1804-1977 (bulk 1850-1950).

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Manuscript collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum in Balboa Heights containing correspondence, diaries, memoirs, financial and legal papers, technical drawings of canal plans, photoprints, and other papers primarily concerning the involvement of foreign individuals and organizations in planning and constructing the Panama Canal; business and real estate interests in Panama including the Compagnie nouvelle du canal de Panama, Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama, Isthmian Canal Commission, Panama Canal Company, Panama Railroad Co., and Panama Water Works; and institutions in the social and cultural life of the Canal Zone including the Canal Zone Baseball League, Isthmian Historical Society, and Natural History Society. Includes papers (1804-1937) of the de Sablá family relating chiefly to business interests in Panama and to a lawsuit by family heirs, United States ex rel de Sablá v. Panama. Also includes memoirs and correspondence of several canal construction workers and the diary (1849) of William Henry Sidell, principal engineer of the Panama survey of 1849. Correspondents include Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ferdinand de Lesseps.

12,700 items.38 containers plus 18 oversize.8 microfilm reels.18.4 linear feet.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Panama Railroad Co.

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Compagnie nouvelle du canal de Panama

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Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama.

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Panama Water Works.

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Natural History Society (Canal Zone)

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De Sablá family.

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Panama canal company

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Canal Zone Baseball League.

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Isthmian Historical Society.

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Sidell, William Henry, 1810-1873

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Canal Zone Library-Museum

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Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894.

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French diplomatist and noted engineer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the Marquise Visconti, 1861 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591336 Lesseps was a French diplomat and promoter of the Suez Canal. From the description of Autograph letter signed , 1878 June, and carte-de-visite. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872482 ...

Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)

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