Richard Fisher Panama Canal Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Fisher, Richard
label: Creator
content: Fisher, Richard, Mrs.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Panama Canal (Panama)
label: Place
content: Canal Zone
topic: label: Topic
content: Canals
label: Topic
content: Dams -- Panama
label: Topic
content: Locks and dams
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Mrs. Richard Fisher in 1977 to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry).
creator: label: Creator
content: Fisher, Richard
label: Creator
content: Fisher, Richard, Mrs.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Richard Fisher Panama Canal Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Fisher Collection of Panama Canal materials contains materials collected by Richard Fisher, who lived in the Panama Canal Zone during its construction. Materials include books and pamphlets, stereographs, postcards, and panoramic photographs detailing the construction and history of the Panama Canal.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Fisher lived in the Canal Zone during the construction of the Canal and collected and assembled these materials.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (4 boxes , 1 map-folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1968
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1045
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Books
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Photographs and Stereographs, 

Series 2: Publications, 1902-1968
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Preliminary inventory created by Meghan Ryan, intern, 2014; processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Books
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains stereographs and postcards relating to the construction of the Panama Canal; typescripts of letters sent from Panam, 1944; legislative documents; panoramic photographs detailing the Panama Canal's landscape; photographs of buildings; and books and pamphlets discussing the history of the Panama Canal.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials at the Archives Center

Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives (AC1116)

Joe Britton Panama Canal Zone Photographs (AC1234)

W.P. Stine Panama Canal Papers (AC1039)

Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1040)

W.A. Fishbaugh Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1021)

John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook (AC0708)

Charles Wood Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1114)

Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Glass Negatives (AC1111)

William Currie Photograph Album (AC1043)

Roland A. McCrady Photograph Collection (AC0710)

George S. Morison Collection (AC0978)

George W. Sims Papers (AC0127)

William R. Hutton Papers (AC0987)

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs (AC0945)

Robert F. Olds Collection (AC0231)