Philippines Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

: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 Philippine Archives Collection constitutes an invaluable source of information on the Pacific war during World War II, particularly concerning the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs); military operations in the Philippines, 1941-1942; guerrilla warfare in the Philippines; and conditions in the Philippines under Japanese occupation.

:The collection’s focus is on the individual men and women who served in military or civilian capacities or in guerrilla units in the Philippines during the period of SWPA control. Among the records are:

:*personal histories and diaries;

:*unit histories;

:*medical and death reports;

:*documents on activities within guerrilla units and criminal behavior by guerrillas; and

:*accounts of the effort to liberate the Philippine Islands from Japanese control.

:These records also provide descriptions of conditions within the camps that held POWs and civilian internees in the Philippines, Japan, and on the Asiatic mainland; accounts of Japanese occupation and atrocities; reports of Japanese unit operations; and diaries and narratives recalling the Bataan death march and POW camp life.

:A large portion of the records are:

:*applications for pay and benefits based on military or civilian service,

:*claims by civilians who were pressed into service to repel the Japanese invasion, and

:*claims for compensation by former guerrillas based on their support of the U.S. effort in the Philippines.  

:Philippine and Hawaiian History: Recognizing the United States’ presence in the Pacific in the late 19th century, Ayer expanded the scope of his collection westward to include manuscripts, publications, photographs, maps, and language materials related to Philippine and Hawaiian history. Our collection is strongest for the late Spanish period in the Philippines, Filipino nationalism and revolution, the Philippine-American War, and the missionary period in Hawaiʻi.

:Documents from the American occupation period, with some records from the Spanish colonization period, and a few modern records.

::''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. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/845067737?oclcNum=845067737 '''WorldCat]

: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