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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Constructing The Panama Canal: A Brief History, Ian E. Phillips
Constructing The Panama Canal: A Brief History, Ian E. Phillips
The Downtown Review
Seeking to commemorate the construction of the Panama Canal, an engineering marvel widely considered a contender for the eighth wonder of the world, this article attempts to retell the story of the Canal's construction by synthesizing a narrative centered on the Canal under French and American leadership, worker segregation, and labor conditions at the Isthmus.
An Environmental History Of The Rio Grande In The Panama Canal Zone, 1521- 1950., Francisco Javier Bonilla
An Environmental History Of The Rio Grande In The Panama Canal Zone, 1521- 1950., Francisco Javier Bonilla
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is an examination of the history of environmental change in the defunct Rio Grande river valley in the former Panama Canal Zone. By mining secondary sources and engineering records, this study provides a narrative of the historic river’s role in the formation of the so-called interoceanic corridor through the isthmus of Panama from 1521 to 1950. More importantly, however, as a case study of river histories in Latin American environmental history, this understudied, Pacific-draining river illustrates how nature and non-human nature made Panama’s strategic transit region into a loci for material flows over time. The Rio Grande played …
Dying To Better Themselves: West Indians And The Building Of The Panama Canal, Written By Olive Senior, Michael L. Conniff
Dying To Better Themselves: West Indians And The Building Of The Panama Canal, Written By Olive Senior, Michael L. Conniff
Faculty Publications, History
A book review of Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal, by Olive Senior. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2014. xxiii + 416 pp. (Paper US$ 40.00)
Exploration Of The United States’ Cultural Legacy In Panama Through Analysis Of American Foreign Policy And Public Opinion, Katherine A. Boss
Exploration Of The United States’ Cultural Legacy In Panama Through Analysis Of American Foreign Policy And Public Opinion, Katherine A. Boss
Honors Theses
The study of a culture is nearly too difficult to accomplish academically, therefore the consilience of data, personal experience, and public opinion offers the most comprehensive approach. The Panama Canal has just celebrated its centennial and remains to this day one of the most important geopolitical and global economic hubs in the world. Nearly every country that participates in maritime trade utilizes the canal. Panama has ambitious plans for the canal’s future, as it nears completion of a multibillion dollar expansion project; however predicting how Panama handles this growth and new responsibility as a major world power is directly related …
Panama Canal - 100th Anniversary (Sc 2869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Panama Canal - 100th Anniversary (Sc 2869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of blog entries (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2869. WKU Libraries blog entries relating to the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal. Entries concentrate on materials held by WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections and are illustrated with items from the collection.
Jennings, Oscar Ben, 1907-1996 (Mss 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jennings, Oscar Ben, 1907-1996 (Mss 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 366. Personal correspondence, news clippings, estate video, event programs, and sundry materials collected by Oscar Ben Jennings of Henderson, Kentucky. Several folders of material relate to the 50th reunion of the Barret Manual Training High School class of 1925. Also includes information about the Henderson Rotary Club.
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 1686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 1686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1686. Copies of letters from William H. Natcher, U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 2nd district, Washington, D.C., to his four grandsons in Cambridge, Ohio. He comments about historical people and incidents and gives his views on the Panama Canal treaty.
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 164. Correspondence of George Matthew Love and Nora (Sullivan) Love of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and their children: Ruel, Margaret, and George Marshall Love, Sr. The bulk of the letters date from 1922 to 1949 and contain information about the family and local happenings in Bowling Green.
Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), Janet Butler Munch
Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), Janet Butler Munch
Publications and Research
Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) was a trial lawyer and diplomat.
Portrait Of The Panama Canal: Foreward, George R. Goethals
Portrait Of The Panama Canal: Foreward, George R. Goethals
Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications
A 1913 edition of the British magazine Puck features a two-page, full-color cartoon depicting Uncle Sam astride the Isthmus of Panama and the nearly completed Panama Canal. The cartoon also shows the pyramids of Egypt, the hanging gardens of Babylon, and other familiar human creations. Its caption reads, "The seven wonders of the world salute the eighth." Cradled in Uncle Sam's arm is a figure, a saluting, white-haired, white-suited mustachioed man with the name "Goethals" printed on his collar. This is my great-grandfather, chief engineer of the Panama Canal.
Untitled Essay On Panama Canal Zone, June 1939, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Untitled Essay On Panama Canal Zone, June 1939, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of an untitled essay written by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated June 1939. Within, Wilson writes on American interests in Latin America surrounding Panama and the Panama Canal.
Address Of The Hon. Maurice H. Thatcher, Delivered Before The Alumni Association Of The University Of Alabama, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Address Of The Hon. Maurice H. Thatcher, Delivered Before The Alumni Association Of The University Of Alabama, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Item from the Congressional Record with remarks by Maurice H. Thatcher, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district; he was also a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and governor of the Canal Zone from 1909 to 1913 as well as general counsel for the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine, Inc. Thatcher discusses the history and significance of the canal, General Gorgas and General Sibert, the building of the canal, the French Attempt, and completion of the construction.
Should America Favor The Allies, Circa 1917, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Should America Favor The Allies, Circa 1917, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918
A typed unpublished essay entitled, "Should America Favor the Allies", by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dating circa 1917. Within, Wilson writes on the present situation with Germany and the threat Prussianism poses to the United States.
The Colombian Treaty Should Be Ratified, October 28, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
The Colombian Treaty Should Be Ratified, October 28, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918
A typed copy of an essay entitled, "The Colombian Treaty Should Be Ratified". Huntington-Wilson lists what he believes to be some reasons as to why the United States should pass the Thomson-Urrutia treaty.
Travel Diary: October 3 To October 28, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diary: October 3 To October 28, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diaries, 1914-1918
A typed copy of a diary entry dated from October 3rd to October 28th, 1914. While documenting his travels through Columbia, Huntington-Wilson also discusses his thoughts on Columbian politics and the assassination of Rafael Uribe.
Travel Diary: October 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diary: October 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diaries, 1914-1918
A typed copy of a diary entry dated October, 1914. Huntington-Wilson discusses the history of forced inscription of indigenous Colombians into the army along with the story of Minister Cortes returning to Colombia after the Root-Cortes treaty failed.
Travel Diary: March 21, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diary: March 21, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diaries, 1914-1918
A typed copy of a diary entry dated March 21, 1914. Documenting Huntington-Wilson's travels from Ancon to Bucay, he discusses foreign diplomacy with Peru and the epidemic of yellow fever and bubonic plague sweeping across the area he is traveling and sight-seeing.
Travel Diary: Ancon, Canal Zone, March 9, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diary: Ancon, Canal Zone, March 9, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diaries, 1914-1918
A typed copy of a diary entry dating from March 9, 1914. Huntington Wilson continues his thoughts on politics related to the Panama Canal and comments on the various races of people in the area.
Travel Diary: February 21 - February 24, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diary: February 21 - February 24, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Travel Diaries, 1914-1918
A typed copy of diary pages from February 21 to the 24th documenting the beginnings of Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson's Latin America tour. Wilson expresses political opinions of the area, especially related to Panama and the Panama Canal, while also noting his sightseeing across the Caribbean.
Note Regarding Panama Canal Tolling, February 1913, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Note Regarding Panama Canal Tolling, February 1913, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Notes, Speeches, Articles, and Addresses
The document is a handwritten note by the Assistant Secretary of State giving favored nation status to Great Britain in the matter of Panama Canal tolls.
Note On The Panama Canal, December 1912, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Note On The Panama Canal, December 1912, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Notes, Speeches, Articles, and Addresses
The document is a handwritten note by the Assistant Secretary of State on the possible fortification and defense of the Panama Canal by the United States.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To William Hoster, June 24, 1911, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To William Hoster, June 24, 1911, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Other Correspondence
The document is a copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to William Hoster following up on a conversation about the Nicaraguan and Honduras Convention, the American banking group and their Latin American investments, and the potential turn-over of the Honduras contract.
Dollar Diplomacy And The Monroe Doctrine, 1911, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Dollar Diplomacy And The Monroe Doctrine, 1911, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Notes, Speeches, Articles, and Addresses
A typed copy of an essay entitled, "Dollar Diplomacy and the Monroe Doctrine", written by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dating from circa 1911. Within, Wilson describes the history of the Monroe Doctrine and its continued necessity to be utilized in relation to Pan-American politics.
Ordinary Meeting, The Panama Canal, The Lock Canal Type And The Straits Of Panama Type, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Ordinary Meeting, The Panama Canal, The Lock Canal Type And The Straits Of Panama Type, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Article from the Journal of the Society of Arts by M. Philippe Bunauvarilla, Bunau-Varilla helped turn the vote toward choosing the Panama site; he became minister plenipotentiary to the United States. He discusses success and failures in building of the canal.
West Side News, July 31, 1889, Orville Wright, Edwin Sines
West Side News, July 31, 1889, Orville Wright, Edwin Sines
West Side News
West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. The front page of this issue features a short article on the ratio of males to females in Great Britain as well as humorous anecdotes. On the fourth page there is a short write-up regarding resuming work on the Panama Canal. Also included in this issue are national news, local news, humorous stories, and advertisements.