Philippe Bunau-Varilla papers
Language: fre
Number of pages: 10000
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; History; Panama. 1903 Nov. 18; Volcanoes; Panama; Panamanian Diplomatic and consular service; Foreign relations; Interoceanic Canals
Description: Correspondence, speeches, writings, legal records, newspaper clippings, and other papers concerning Bunau-Varilla's activities in the United States (1900-1907), his efforts relating to the Panama Canal, and his role in the Panamanian revolution and as minister plenipotentiary for the new government.  Includes material pertaining to the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty of 1903 and an eyewitness account of volcanic activity in Nicaragua in 1902.  Correspondents include Manuel Amador Guerrero, John Bigelow, Theodore E. Burton, Gustave Eiffel, William Crawford Gorgas, Mark Alonzo Hanna, John Hay, J.J. Jusserand, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, his son, Étienne Bunau-Varilla, 1938-1947.

Other gift, 1940-1979.

Panamanian diplomat and engineer.

In French and English.

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