Linda Hall Library

The A.B. Nichols Panama Canal Collection at the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology is an archive of rare and unique materials generated during the Panama Canal’s construction from the late 19th century to 1923. For scholars, historians, writers and others this archive provides original source material for one of the world’s greatest engineering achievements. Funds will preserve, digitize, and publicize ten notebooks, containing some 700 brittle items and two photo albums.