Panama Canal Employee Mutual Benefit Association Records
Scope and Contents Note
Member records, administrative files, correspondence, and financial materials (35 linear feet total) comprise this collection. There are four series. All files pertaining to subscribers or applicants are arranged alphabetically. The first series, Subscriber Records, 1931-1979 includes receipts, correspondence, and membership information on each member of the Association. The second series, Subscriber Records: Deaths, records the information on payments to beneficiaries on the death of members. The third series is Applications/Terminations. This series documents people who had contact with the Association, even if they were not a member. The fourth series is Administrative, and contains financial and office files, as well as secretary's reports and matters pertaining to the Board of Governors.
Dates
- Creation: 1931-1979
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Access is unrestricted, but the collection is stored off-site and is not immediately available in the reading room. Researchers should contact the Benson Rare Books and Manuscripts department at 512-495-4578 to arrange to use the collection.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Historical Note
The Panama Canal Employee Mutual Benefit Association (PCEMBN) began in 1931, founded by William C. Sterling and John Everett. The organization, in business until 1979, paid out $1000 to the family of a subscriber upon the subscriber's death. The association paid out a total of three million dollars between its founding and dissolution to the families of 3,017 members. By 1979, the association boasted 2,928 members. However, with declines in membership, and the approaching treaty deadlines with Panama, a meeting was held in September 1979 in order to dissolve the organization. The report of dissolution was sent out to the members in November 1979 by Dwight McKabney, the last President of the PCEMBN.
Full Extent
35 linear feet
Abstract
Administrative and financial records of the Panama Canal Employee Mutual Benefit Association.
Acquisition Information
Information of acquisition method not available.
Processing Information
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- Title
- Panama Canal Employee Benefits Association Records
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2005.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 May: Edited by D Ryan Lynch to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu