George Washington Goethals letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0575
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a letter from Goethals to O.M. Carter regarding Carter's return to the "service."
Dates
- 1918 March 27
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Born in 1858 in Brooklyn, New York, Goethals graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1880. Goethals was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1907 when he was appointed chief engineer for the construction of the Panama Canal. Under his management construction was completed in 1914, about one year early.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Letter from Goethals, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal and civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, to O.M. Carter regarding Carter's return to the "service."
Provenance
unknown
General
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Processed by
Megan Quillivan and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the George Washington Goethals letter
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository