| Scope and content |
This collection (1910-1924) contains fifteen letters, one Christmas card, and a Panamanian calendar sent by A. P. Wilde from Empire in the Canal Zone, to relatives in Louisa County, Virginia. During this time Mr. Wilde was employed by the Isthmian Canal Commission in the Department of Examination of Accounts while the Panama Canal was being built across the Isthmus of Panama. Topics discussed are work on the Canal, the effects of drought, earthquakes, and hurricanes, difficulties of sea travel, treatment of malaria, the drawdown of clerks as the Canal is completed, and his political opinions. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
A. P. Wilde Papers (#1221), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Martha G. Elmore. |
| Biographical note | Abner "Tabb" Pleasants Wilde (1859-1958) was a civilian who worked on the Panama Canal for the Department of Examination of Accounts for the Isthmian Canal Commission and also as an editor and contributing writer for Sporting Life newspaper. After the completion of the canal, Wilde spent the remainder of his life in Panama. |
