Reports/Printed Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Morison, George S., 1842-1903
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content: George S. Morison Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1846-1903
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0978, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of printed and published materials that relate to the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC). The ICC was an American administration commission set up to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal in 1904. There are also many Senate and House related documents published by the United States Government Printing Office.

Many of the dossier's (bound reports) contain foldout maps and drawings, specifically profiles, elevations, plans and sectional views for the Panama Canal.  Included is a typescript letter (Box 15, folder 14) from Morison to President Theodore Roosevelt of December 10, 1901, about the Isthmian Canal Commisioon and Morison's involvement.