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== Libraries == | == Libraries == | ||
=== Libraries in the Philippines === | |||
The Archive Division of the Records Management and Archives Office is in the Philippine National Library Building. Send inquiries to: | |||
Archive Division of the R.M. & A.O. <br>Philippine National Library<br>T. M. Kalaw Street<br>Ermita, Manila 2801<br>Metropolitan Manila, Philippines | |||
The Philippine National Library has a valuable 45,000-volume Filipiniana collection of biographies, local histories, bibliographies, and gazetteers. It also has collections of rare books and manuscripts, newspapers and brochures, and microforms. The atlases, maps, gazetteers, and manuscripts of the rare books collection are listed in: | |||
Medina, Isagani R., Editor. ''Filipiniana Materialsin the National Library.'' Quezon City, Philippines: Published jointly by the National Library and the University of the Philippines Press, 1971. | |||
The Filipiniana collection at the University of the Philippines Library is also helpful. See: | |||
''Filipiniana 1968: A Classified Catalog of Filipinian Books and Pamphlets in the University of the Philippines Library as of January 1, 1968.'' Diliman, Rizal, Philippines: the University of the Philippines, 1968. | |||
The following libraries shelve Filipiniana collections: | |||
*The Ayala Museum Library has over 3,500 rare books and manuscripts: <br>'''Ayala Museum Library and Iconographic Archives'''<br>Makati Avenue <br>Makati, Manila <br>Metropolitan Manila, Philippines<br>Internet: [http://www.ayalamuseum.com/ http://www.ayalamuseum.com] | |||
*The Jorge B. Vargas Filipinian Collectionhouses Vargas's personal collection of rarebooks, documents, and manuscripts: <br><br>'''Jorge B. Vargas Filipiniana Foundation'''<br>241 Shaw Boulevard <br>Mandaluyong, Manila<br>Metropolitan Manila, Philippines<br>Internet: [http://www.vargasmuseum.org/ http://www.vargasmuseum.org] | |||
*The Fr. Luis G. Merino Library has rare holdings from 1700 on, Philippine history, architecture, cultural arts, and the restoration of the historic walled City of Intramuros. <br><br>'''The Fr. Luis G. Merino Library<br>'''5/F Palacio del Gobernador Building<br>Gen. Luna Street, Intramuros <br>Manila, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines | |||
The following collection includes mostly documents from the American occupation period, with some records from the Spanish colonization period, and a few modern records:<br><br>U.S. Embassy, American Historical Collection Ateneo de Manila University <br>Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila <br>Philippines<br>Telephone: (632) 924-4601, ext. 2668<br>Fax: (632) 924-4428 | |||
Many important libraries are listed in: | |||
Dayrit, Marina. ''Directory of Libraries in the Philippines.'' Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines: The University of the Philippines Library, 1973. | |||
Besides the libraries listed above, each province has a library that stores valuable local histories. Some municipalities and cities have libraries that collect local family histories and other important genealogical records. Also, each municipality has a local civil registrar office that keeps valuable family history information. The local civil registrar logs all civil registration events (see [[Philippines Civil Registration]]. | |||
== Museums == | == Museums == | ||