Manuscripts
Philippine American War letter
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Photographs of Philippine-American War
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This collection contains 15 photographs documenting the Philippine-American War. The images depict Filipino women, a portrait of General Juan Cailles (commanding officer of the Philippine Revolutionary Army), the hanging of the "Pardo Ladrones," the hanging of Private George A. Raymond, Philippine police in Pangasinan, a graveyard, and American prisoners of war related to the Lieutenant James C. Gillmore party. Each of the photographs has a caption written on the verso. Please note that this collection contains images of dead bodies, executions, and skeletal remains.
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Willis J. Raynor photograph album of the Philippine-American War
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An album compiled by Major Willis J. Raynor documenting his experiences in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), which was waged between the United States and the First Philippine Republic after the Philippines was annexed at the conclusion of the Spanish American War in 1898. The photographs are a mixture of personal snapshots and commercially-produced images, and several have handwritten captions. The album begins with scenes of Fort Logan, Colorado, in 1899, where Raynor was stationed, showing officer's quarters and presumably his wife and small children. The remainder of the album is set in the Philippines and subjects include: Raynor and other members of the 25th Infantry; war carnage; native Filipinos at work and with families; homes; and buildings in Corregidor, Luzon, Manila and elsewhere. Other photographs include "Decoration Day" at Corregidor and a cyanotype of patients in a hospital ward in Iloilo. Of note are several portraits of significant figures of the Philippine Revolution, including Emilio Aguinaldo, Antonio Montenegro and General Francisco Macabulos. The back of the album has a few clippings related to the war, and a personal clipping about the birth of Raynor's son on October 31, 1902, days before he shipped back to the United States.
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Unknown author letter to unidentified recipient
Manuscripts
An incomplete letter, addressed to "Dear James," written from Providence, Rhode Island, and dated "July 22." The author writes about family affairs and war news. The letter is written on Patriotic letterhead showing a Union soldier holding a bayonet, in a camp with tents, three American flags, and the United States Capitol Building in the back.
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Philippine American War photograph albums
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Four photograph albums containing a total of 218 images (chiefly 4.5 x 6.5 inches) of the Philippine American War, taken by an unidentified photographer most likely associated with the 19th U.S. infantry stationed in Cebu, Philippines. Primarily in Cebu with some in San Nicolas and elsewhere, the images document Filipino life and culture as well as U.S. soldiers in military activities and recreation. Three photographs depict the refueling of a hospital ship in Hong Kong, and there are also images of the recruitment of Indigenous soldiers in Puerto Rico, and rare views of the surrenders of Filipino generals Mateo Noriel Luga and Aguedo del Rosario. The photographs are captioned and numbered continuously throughout the four albums. The first album, images 1 to 54, contains mostly detailed panoramas (3.5 x 12 inches) of Cebu and its port, plaza, and bay. The second album, images 55 to 109, contains a range of subjects including the 19th Infantry band baseball team, Filipino homes and families, elaborate Holy Day celebrations in San Nicolas, and several photographs of insurgents and their surrenders. The third album, images 111 to 165, includes church interiors, street and market scenes, and a family identified as "Spaniard and Filipino Mixed Family." The fourth album, images 166 to 218, includes several scenes from the 19th Infantry's training in Michigan, prior to their arrival in the Philippines; interior shots of Colonel Edward J. McClernand's home; a church procession in the streets of Cebu; and the deportation of prisoners to Guam. Some writing in the album reflects racist views toward Filipino and Chinese people.
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Military requisition for steel cooking range
Manuscripts
Two documents related to the activities of medical officers and War Department bureaucracy during the occupation of the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-American War. The first document is a letter from Matthew H. Ellis, Major and Surgeon, requesting a steel range for the preparation of food for the treatment of sick and convalescent patients of the Oregon Volunteers, 2nd Regiment, stationed in Manila. The verso of the letter contains multiple endorsements signed by various officers, Chief Quartermasters, and surgeons passing the request up the chain of command with the request ultimately being denied. Also enclosed is the Special Requisition printed form, filled in and dated November 9, 1898.
mssHM 84052
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Spanish American War
Manuscripts
Linen-backed map of Philippine campaigns during the Spanish American War. "Color Photos of America's New Possessions" - bound book of color images of the Philippines and the Spanish American war. Published in 1899
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