2010 News Archives

American Historical Collection Bulletin, April-June 2010
(15 December 2010)

This issue of the AHC Bulletin focuses on Philippine events that came in the wake of the Spanish-American War of 1898. The ten-week conflict ended in December 1898 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which awarded the United States territories overseas including the Philippine Islands.

This issue includes the “True Version of the Philippine Revolution” by Emilio Aguinaldo, Senator Chauncey M. Depew’s speech before the U.S. Senate in February 1900, and General Lawton’s work in the Philippines by Dean C. Worcester. Also included are the songs sung at dinners of the Military Order of the Carabao.

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Gathering of AHCF and AAP members and
Donation of Myron Cowen’s Memorabilia
(22 November 2010)

A simple gathering of the members of the American Historical Collection Foundation (AHCF), American Association of the Philippines (AAP), and some guests, was organized last 13 November 2010 to commemorate the transfer of AHC to its new location at the 3rd Level of the Rizal Library Special Collections Building. AAP holds ownership in trust of the AHC while the AHCF aids and support the AHC.

During this event, Mr. Robert Lane, AAP President turned over to AHC some memorabilia of Ambassador Myron Cowen. Cowen was assigned to the Philippines in 1949-1951. When he saw the devastation wrought by war, he encouraged the American community to donate books and materials pertaining to the first half of the twentieth century. His initiative was responsible for the initial phase of the collection.

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Memoir of Dr. Ruth Hale Cobb Hill
(10 November 2010)

Dr. Ruth Hale Cobb Hill is a Filipino-American born in the 1930s. She has spent a quarter of her life in the Philippines and three quarters in the United States. Dr. Cobb Hill is a clinical consultant specializing in cross-cultural psychotherapy. She recently published an article in Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche (Spring 2010 Vol. 4, no. 2) entitled “Liminal Identity to Wholeness: A ‘Biracial’ Path to the Practice of Cross-Cultural Jungian Psychotherapy.” This article is a memoir of the author’s family background, her education, and her development as a “luminal” person – that is, a person living on the threshold between two worlds and two racial identities – and how this life experience informs her work as a Jungian-oriented cross-cultural psychotherapist. Indeed, this donation from the author is a noble addition to the American Historical Collection.

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American Historical Collection Bulletin January - March 2010 Volume 38. No. 1(1 October 2010)

This issue of the AHC Bulletin focused on how the Americans campaign for health and sanitation after the Philippine-American War from 1898-1902 to prevent or contain tropical diseases and epidemics. It also features the wartime recollection of Eugene Arthur Perkins, a Santo Tomas intern, who is a prominent Manila resident and pre-war legal practitioner. Lastly, three books on the Pacific War experience by Americans residing in the Philippines were reviewed.

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American Historical Collection Bulletin October-December 2009
(7 September 2010)

This issue has some fascinating articles covering the full span of American hegemony in the Philippines from the earliest days up through the final battles of World War II (excerpts from Notes from the Editorial Board).

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AHC welcomes a researcher from Northwestern University-Chicago
(23 August 2010)

A visiting research associate of the Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University, Ms. Stefanie Bator, did a research at the American Historical Collection for her dissertation entitled “From Civilization to Citizenship: Private American Reformers, American Colonialism, and Filipino Nationalism, 1898-1946.” Ms. Bator is a doctorate student of History in Northwestern University-Chicago. Her research interests are the late-19th and early-20th Century American History, American Expansion, Gender & Sexuality.

Dr. Vincent Rafael of Washington University, a member of Ms. Bator’s dissertation committee and an Ateneo Alumni introduced her to the collection. She is particularly interested in the records of public health nursing, infant mortality and reduction campaigns, and St. Luke’s Hospital records.

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Lest We Forget: The Brave & Honorable Guerillas and Philippine Scouts of WW II (11 May 2010)

An addition to the American Historical Collection is a book donated by Mr. Denny Milligan, a retired California Attorney and former US Marine. While doing his research, Mr. Milligan browsed through the resources at the AHC: books, maps, photographs and other unpublished materials.

Through this book, the author was able to share the stories and the glories of true heroes during the World War II in the Philippines. It also includes the reminders of the tortures on the death march, in the prison camps and on the civilians. This is for everyone who would like to learn Philippine history and also for those looking for guide on historical places in the Philippine.

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AHC Welcomes a Researcher from University of Michigan
(13 April 2010)

Ms. Colleen Woods is a graduate student in history from the University of Michigan. Her research interest looks at the U.S. - Philippine relations after the Second World War and Philippine Independence.

Ms. Woods first learned about AHC from Paul Kramer’s book “Blood of Government.” Then, Dr. Francis Gealogo, a professor at Ateneo History Department introduced her to the collection and the possibilities of doing research at the AHC library. Having visited the library for a couple summers ago, she knew that there were materials on colonial and commonwealth period, however, she was surprised to find resources on post-independence period. These materials would be of great help to her dissertation that is tentatively titled: “Freedom Incorporated: Independence, security, The United States and the Philippines.”

Her study made her delve into monographs, books, correspondence, brochures, speeches, and other materials on a wide range of topics including Huk Rebellion, Presidential biographies, United Nations report on the Philippines, agricultural studies, army manual and a lot more. Most of the materials she used were published sometime between 1946 and 1965.

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Elks Club Committee met at the AHC (11 March 2010)

Mr. Doyle E. Stout, Chairman of the Board of the Manila Elks Club together with Mr. Larry V. Thomas, Mr. Winniefred S. Sandico, Mr. Jose Lopez III, and Ms. Waldette M. Cueto (AHC Librarian) met last 5 March 2010 to conduct an initial review of the photographs, maps, and documents that may be used in the proposed “Elks Centennial Plus Table Top Book.” The book hopes to recount the complete story of the Elks in the Philippines.

The Elks Club (Manila Lodge No. 761) is an American Club in the Philippines chartered in 1902. Its mission is to inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity; to recognize a belief in God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its Members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America will serve the people and its communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating the Elks Care and Elks Share.

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American Historical Collection Bulletin July – September 2009 Volume 37 No. 3 (17 February 2010)

The third issue of the 2009 “new” Bulletin has two foci: a “Massachusetts woman” and currency. The first focus brings us back to the turn of the century, when Helen Calista Wilson journeyed to the Philippines to investigate its situation for the Anti-Imperialist League. The second focus is currency—which could not be a more topical subject, given the flux we are currently in—a weakening dollar, and various currencies strengthening and weakening vis-à-vis each other. It is interesting to read these articles and determine what was true a century ago and what is still relevant today (excerpts from the Notes from the Editorial Board by Jill Gale de Villa)

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• AHC Bulletin Apr-Jun 2010
  (1 October 2010)
• Gathering of AHCF and AAP members and Donation of Myron Cowen’s Memorabilia (22 November 2010)
• Memoir of Dr. Ruth Hale Cobb Hill
  (10 Nov 2010)
• AHC Bulletin Jan-Mar 2010
  (1 October 2010)
• AHC Bulletin Oct-Dec 2009
  (7 September 2010)
• AHC welcomes a researcher from Northwestern University-Chicago (23 August 2010)
• Lest We Forget: The Brave & Honorable Guerillas and Philippine Scouts of WW II (11 May 2010)
• AHC Welcomes a Researcher from University of Michigan (13 Apr 2010)
• Elks Club Committee met at the AHC (11 Mar 2010)
• AHC Bulletin, Jul–Sep 2009 Vol. 37 No. 3 (17 Feb 2010)

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