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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Joseph Cowles Mehaffey, U.S. army officer and governor of the Panama Canal Zone, were given to the Library of Congress by Harry N. Burgess in 1971.
The papers of Joseph Cowles Mehaffey were arranged and described in 1972 and 1977. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Joseph Cowles Mehaffey Papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Joseph Cowles Mehaffey is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Joseph Cowles Mehaffey are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Joseph Cowles Mehaffey Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Joseph Cowles Mehaffey (1889-1963) span the period 1925-1959, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1944-1949. The papers consist of correspondence, printed matter, and miscellaneous material. Correspondence is largely personal in nature, containing a large number of congratulatory letters on promotions and appointments. It also contains information on life in the Canal Zone and the operation of the Panama Canal.
The printed matter consists of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets on Panama and Central America, reports of the Panama Rail Road Company, and congressional documents relating to the Panama Canal. The newspaper clippings and magazine articles relate largely to the Panama Canal, but also contain some articles about Mehaffey.
Notes by Mehaffey in a miscellany file relate to the Panama Canal, Washington, D.C., engineering projects such as the Arlington Memorial Bridge and renovation of the White House, and personal and speech material.
This collection is arranged by type of material.