Book Description

The records in this collection document the finishing of the building of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) and the uneasy relationship between the United States and the newly independent Republic of Panama (est. 1903), since the United States controlled five miles on each side of the canal. The collection is also refers to the Kuna Indian revolt in the 1920s, when the United States played a vital role in promoting the relative autonomy of the Kuna.