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Panama Canal - 100th Anniversary (Sc 2869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Panama Canal - 100th Anniversary (Sc 2869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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.