Charles Edward Magoon Papers Inventory (#3922-z)

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Processed by

A. Brooke Allan and Linda Sellars

Date Completed

August 1971 and June 2000

Encoded by

Linda Sellars

Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title

Charles Edward Magoon Papers (#3922-z) 1900-1914, [1998?]

Creator

Magoon, Charles Edward, 1861-1920.

Extent

About 30 items.

Repository

Southern Historical Collection

Abstract

Charles Edward Magoon was United States minister to Panama and governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1905-1906, and provisional governor of the Republic of Cuba, 1906-1909. The collection includes letters of introduction and congratulations to Charles Edward Magoon pertaining to his work for the Division of Insular Affairs (renamed the Bureau of Insular Affairs in 1902) of the United States War Department, 1899-1904, and to his service with the United States State Department as minister to Panama and governor of the Canal Zone, 1905-1906, and provisional governor of the Republic of Cuba, 1906-1909. Also included are a genealogy of the Magoon family, photocopies of newspaper articles about Magoon, of letters to Magoon from William Howard Taft, and of Magoon's will.

Administrative Information

Access

No restrictions.

Usage Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Provenance

Received from David A. Lockmiller of Washington, D.C., in April 1971 and from Joanne Roth of Fairborn, Ohio, in March 1999 (Acc. 98329).

Online Catalog Terms

Canal Zone--History.

Cuba--History--American occupation, 1906-1909.

Diplomatic and consular service, American--Cuba.

Diplomatic and consular service, American--Officials and employees.

Diplomatic and consular service, American--Panama.

Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.).

Magoon family.

Magoon, Charles Edward, 1861-1920.

Panama--History--1903-1946.

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.

United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs.

United States. Division of Insular Affairs.

United States. Dept. of State--Officials and employees.

Biographical Note

Charles Edward Magoon was born in Steele County, Minn., the son of Henry C. Magoon and Mehitable W. Clement Magoon. Magoon was educated at the University of Nebraska. He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced law in Lincoln, Neb., from 1882 until 1889. He was made judge advocate of the Nebraska National Guard and was then appointed to the Division of Insular Affairs (renamed the Bureau of Insular Affairs in 1902) of the War Department, serving from 1899 to 1904. He was counsel general of the Isthmian Canal Commission, 1904-1905; United States minister to Panama and governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1905-1906; and provisional governor of the Republic of Cuba, 1906-1909.

Collection Overview

Letters of introduction and congratulations to Charles Edward Magoon pertaining to his work for the Division of Insular Affairs (renamed the Bureau of Insular Affairs in 1902) of the United States War Department, 1899-1904, and to his service with the United States State Department as minister to Panama and governor of the Canal Zone, 1905-1906, and provisional governor of the Republic of Cuba, 1906-1909. Also included are a genealogy of the Magoon family, photocopies of newspaper articles about Magoon, of letters to Magoon from William Howard Taft, and of Magoon's will.

Description

Items Separated

Items separated includes a picture (P-3922).