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Title: Katherine Ream Sobeck Papers, 1942-2010
Date (inclusive): 1942-2010
Collection Number: 2010C33
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Materials in this collection were acquired by Katherine Ream Sobeck. The collection is comprised of memoirs, correspondence,
internee lists, newsletters, other printed matter, and photographs related to the experiences of American civilians interned
by the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II.
Creator:
Sobeck, Katherine Ream
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010.
[Identification of item], Katherine Ream Sobeck Papers, 1942-2010, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Katherine Ream Sobeck was born December 7, 1929, in Manila, Philippines. She was living in Baguio, Philippines with her family
at the time the Japanese invaded the islands during World War II. Members of Katherine Ream Sobeck's family were civilian
internees throughout the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, at first at Camp John Hay and Camp Holmes in Baguio City,
and subsequently at the Bilibid Prison in Manila. The Ream family moved to California in May 1945. Katherine married Frederick
J. on Sobeck September 1, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and divorced in September 1977. She now resides in Maryland.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Katherine Ream Sobeck collection is comprised of memoirs, correspondence, internee lists, newsletters, other printed matter,
and photographs related to the experiences of American civilians interned by the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines
in World War II. Content is comprised of transcripts, photocopies and copies of original materials.
Over time Katherine Ream Sobeck came into the possession of unpublished copies of internee diaries and memoirs, newspaper
clippings, camp related papers, and photographs documenting the experiences of American internees in Japanese-occupied Philippines,
specifically at the Baguio and Bilibid internment camps. In 2010 Katherine Ream Sobeck donated these materials to the Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Francis Willard Brush papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Ann Miller Depew papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
James J. Halsema papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
George C. Mora papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Renee Ream collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Americans -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps