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Harry Outen Cole Papers, 1909-1950 A&M 0640

Harry Outen Cole Papers, 1909-1950 A&M 0640


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0640
Title
Harry Outen Cole Papers 1909-1950
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196992
Quantity
2.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 ft. 1 1/4 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.); 1 reel of microfilm
Creator
Cole, Harry Outen, 1874-1950
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of Harry Outen Cole (1874-1950), a Morgantown, West Virginia engineer who was with the Pacific Division of the Panama Canal, 1908-1912. In addition to correspondence there are reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, U.S. documents, photographs, blueprints, and structural drawings of the Panama Canal, with some data on the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. Correspondents include Chapman Revercomb and Melvin C. Snyder. Included is a microfilm of an autobiographical sketch, "Some Episodes in the Life of Harry Outen Cole."

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harry Outen Cole Papers, A&M 0640, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Cole, Harry Outen.
  • Engineering
  • Morgantown (W. Va.)
  • Nicaraguan Canal (Nicaragua)
  • Panama Canal (Panama)
  • Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
  • Snyder, Melvin C.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Cole, Harry Outen, 1874-1950
  • Cole, Harry Outen.
  • Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
  • Snyder, Melvin C.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Morgantown (W. Va.)
  • Panama Canal (Panama)
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