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This
collection was digitized with funding from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services. |
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| Overview
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| Title: |
Estus
H. Magoon Collection, 1925-1954 |
| Collection
No: |
CHC0126 |
| Extent: |
3.50
linear ft. (9 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Cuban
Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries |
| Location: |
34E5 |
| Abstract: |
The
Estus H. Magoon Collection contains reports
and photographs of Estus H. Magoon, a civil
engineer who worked on various public health
projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
from 1925 to1954. |
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| Administrative
Information |
| Acquisition
Information: |
Part
of this collection was received as a gift in 1984.
Photographs were purchased from David Holloway
in 1989. |
| Processed
by: |
Esperanza
B. de Varona, 1992. Updated by María R.
Estorino, 2003. |
| Encoded
by: |
Giselle
Fernández, 2003 |
| Access
Restrictions: |
This
collection is unrestricted. |
| Preferred
Citation: |
Estus
H. Magoon Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection,
University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida |
| Copyright
Statement: |
©
2003 University of Miami. All rights reserved.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained
in writing from the Director of the Cuban Heritage
Collection. |
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Biographical
Note |
Estus
H. Magoon (1892-1974) was a civil engineer with a bachelor’s
degree from Purdue University (1913) who worked for the
Rockefeller Foundation’s International Health Division
from 1919 to 1957, designing and building sewer systems,
water supply plants, and other sanitation and plumbing projects
in Latin America and the Caribbean. Magoon kept detailed
reports and statements of his projects between 1925 and
1954. Furthermore, he kept diaries for the Rockefeller Foundation
between 1935 and 1951. The diaries contain specific descriptions
of the projects in which he worked on during this period
and some descriptions of his personal life and the countries
in which he worked.
Magoon
spent much of his time working in Cuba, Nicaragua and Panama.
He established his office in Havana from 1935 to 1947. He
worked in numerous cities in Cuba, including Camaguey, Marianao,
Varadero and Bayamo, and describes in detail the projects
he worked on in each city. Among the many projects were
building water plants, properly disposing of waste and refuse,
and the malaria problem in the Caribbean region.
On
August 1, 1947 Magoon moved his office to Miami and bought
a home in Coral Gables. However, he continued to work on
health and sanitation projects throughout Latin America
and the Caribbean through 1954. Estus H. Magoon died in
1974. His wife, Vashti L. Magoon, established a trust fund
at Purdue University that supports an award for outstanding
teaching assistants in engineering, the Estus H. and Vashti
L. Magoon Award. She passed away in 1986. |
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| Scope
and Content Note |
The
collection contains reports and photographs of Estus H.
Magoon, a civil engineer who worked on various public health
projects in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period
of 1925 to1954. In this collection are included notes on
drainage engineering projects in Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama,
Venezuela, etc. It also includes over 1800 photographs of
Latin American and Caribbean subjects. About 70% of the
photographs measure 4 1/2" by 2 1/2". Most of
the photographs are of a technical nature showing construction
sites and processes, but many views showing living conditions
are included as well. The bulk of the photographs are from
Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia and Jamaica.
The documents on drainage engineering projects were received
as a gift in 1984. The photographs were purchased from David
Holloway, a bookseller in South Miami, in 1989. |
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| Container
List |
Series I. Magoon Papers
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Box
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Item
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Folder Title
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1
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1
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Candler College
(Havana, Cuba): Graduation
Program
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2
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Central America: Summary of Operations/Informal Reports,
1925-29
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3
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Colombia: Plano de Chorrera, 1936
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4
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Correspondence
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5
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Costa Rica: San José:
Memoria de la Labor
Municipalidad, 1934-36
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6
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Diaries, 1935
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7
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1936
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8
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1937
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9
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1938
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10
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1939
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11
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1940
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12
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1941
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13
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1942
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14
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1943
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15
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1944
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16
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1945
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17
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1946
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2
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1
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1947
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2
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1948
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3-4
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1949
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5
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1950
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6
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1951
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7
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Dominican
Republic: Constanza Report
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8
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Financial
Records, 1942-1954 |
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9
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International
Health Division: Antigua, Guatemala |
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10
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Barbados |
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11
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British
Guiana |
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12
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British
Honduras |
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13
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Caribbean Region |
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14
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Cayman
Islands |
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15
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Central America |
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16
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Colombia |
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17
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Costa
Rica |
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18
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Cuba |
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19
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Dominica |
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20
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Dominican Republic |
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21
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Dutch Guiana |
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22
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Grenada |
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23
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Guatemala |
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24
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Haiti |
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25
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Honduras |
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26
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Jamaica |
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27
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Leeward
and Windward
Islands |
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28
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Montserrat |
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29
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Nevis |
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30
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Nicaragua |
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31
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Panamá |
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32
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Puerto
Rico |
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33
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St.
Kitts |
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34
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St.
Lucia |
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35
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St.
Vincent |
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36
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Salvador |
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37
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Trinidad |
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38
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Tobago |
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39
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Venezuela |
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40
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Virgin Islands |
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41
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Newsletter:
Engineering and Sanitation Section
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42
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Nicaragua: Managua: Ground Waters
of City Report
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43
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Reports: Annual, 1932-1954 |
| 3 |
1
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Annual and Quarterly, 1930 |
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2
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Quarterly and Semester, 1932-1946 |
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3
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Summary, 1942 |
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4
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Rockefeller
Foundation: News Release |
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5
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St.
Thomas, St. Croix: Reports of Measures to Control
the Breeding of Anophele
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6
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Sanitary
and Plumbing Equipment: Bid Slips
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| Series
ll. Photographs and Negatives |
| Box |
Item
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Folder Title
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| 4 |
1
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Unidentified
Material: Seven 8" X 10" Photographs
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| 5 |
1
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Antigua
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2
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Barbados
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3-18
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Brazil: General
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19-21
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Guapy River
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22-26
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Itamby
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27-31
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Langes River
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32
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Mage
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33-35
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Manquinas
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36-39
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Petropolis
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40-48
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Rio de Janeiro
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49-51
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Santa Ana
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52
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Serra
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53
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Serrat Mountain
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54-55
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