<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196992">A&amp;M 0640</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Harry Outen Cole Papers, 1909-1950 <num>A&amp;M 0640</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 07:38:40 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Harry Outen Cole Papers</unittitle>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">2.25 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 2 ft. 3 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_0af297384a46d4cbc751e5686c3cc90a">Papers of Harry Outen Cole (1874-1950), a Morgantown, West Virginia engineer who was with the Pacific Division of the Panama Canal, 1908-1912. In addition to correspondence there are reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, U.S. documents, photographs, blueprints, and structural drawings of the Panama Canal, with some data on the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. Correspondents include Chapman Revercomb and Melvin C. Snyder. Included is a microfilm of an autobiographical sketch, "Some Episodes in the Life of Harry Outen Cole."</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harry Outen Cole Papers, A&amp;M 0640, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063919" source="lcsh">Morgantown (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097339" source="lcsh">Panama Canal (Panama)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043176" source="lcsh">Engineering</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091744" source="lcsh">Nicaraguan Canal (Nicaragua)</subject>
    <persname source="ingest">Cole, Harry Outen.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013066903" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Snyder, Melvin C.</persname>
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