Panama Canal
Summary
After completing the Panama Canal in 1914, the United States maintained ownership over 553 miles of land around the canal. In 1964, hostilities erupted over the United States control of the Canal Zone and rioting ensued. Many Americans, including Senator Dole, believed the United States should retain ownership of the Canal, but in 1977 President Carter and Panamanian General Torrijos signed a treaty to give control of the Panama Canal to Panama.
Archival Materials
Senator Bob Dole eating and speaking with the Panama Canal Zone Adjutant during a trip to the Panama Canal
File Name: ph_065_009_003
Material Type: Photograph
Date: 1978
Citation: Dole Photograph Collection, 1900-2011, Box 65, Folder 9, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Senator Bob Dole Touring Panama Canal
File Name: ph_065_009_001
Material Type: Photograph
Date: 1978
Citation: Dole Photograph Collection, 1900-2011, Box 65, Folder 9, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Senator Bob Dole Talking to others with Panama Canal in the Background
File Name: ph_065_009_004
Material Type: Photograph
Date: 1978
Citation: Dole Photograph Collection, 1900-2011, Box 65, Folder 9, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Dole Amendments to the Panama Canal Treaty
File Name: s-leg_683_009_001
Material Type: Text
Date: Undated
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 683, Folder 9, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Panama: Marxist Enclave on the Isthmus. Report by Nicaragua Government Information Service on Communism in Panama
File Name: s-leg_302_010_001
Material Type: Text
Date: Undated
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 302, Folder 10, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Panama Canal Treaty, translation from Spanish to English
File Name: s-leg_302_010_002
Material Type: Text
Date: 1977-07-10
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 302, Folder 10, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Correspondence From Grain Farmer in Barton County, KS, Opposing Panama Canal Treaties and Bob Dole’s Reply
File Name: s-con_092_007_001
Material Type: Text
Date: 1967-08-28
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Constituent Relations, 1960-1969, Box 92, Folder 7, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
‘President Johnson's Folly: The New Panama Treaty’ Pamphlet by Committee on Pan-American Policy sent by Stockton, KS, man with reply from Bob Dole
File Name: s-con_092_007_002
Material Type: Text
Date: 1967-08-31
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Constituent Relations, 1960-1969, Box 92, Folder 7, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
‘The Panama Canal Zone’ Fact Sheet Regarding U.S. Sovereignty Over the Panama Canal. Prepared by the Republican Study Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
File Name: s-leg_716_011_001
Material Type: Text
Date: 1975-10-29
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 716, Folder 11, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Form Letter Used to Reply to Constituents in Favor of the Panama Canal Treaty
File Name: s-leg_716_011_002
Material Type: Text
Date: Undated
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 716, Folder 11, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Panama Canal Issue Brief Prepared by the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service
File Name: s-leg_716_011_003
Material Type: Text
Date: 1974-11-06
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 716, Folder 11, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Panama Canal Resolution with Note from Senator Strom Thurmond to Senator Bob Dole
File Name: s-leg_716_011_004
Material Type: Text
Date: 1975-02-19
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Legislative Relations, 1969-1996, Box 716, Folder 11, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Letter from Senator Bob Dole on behalf of the Young Republican's Fund to Save Our Panama Canal
File Name: s-pers_031_004_001
Material Type: Text
Date: 1977-09-23
Citation: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers- Personal/Political Files, 1969-1996, Box 31, Folder 4, Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Bibliography
Clymer, Adam. Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2008.
Falcoff, Mark. Panama’s Canal: What Happens When the United States Gives a Small Country What it Wants. Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, 1998.
LaFeber, Walter. The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal. New York: Simon and Shuster, 2004.