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Title: Renee Ream collection
Date (inclusive): 1941-2010
Collection Number: 2001C108
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Materials in this collection were collected by members of the John and Renee Ream family. The collection is comprised of diaries,
memoirs, DVDs and interview transcripts of American civilians interned by the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines
in World War II.
source:
Ream, Renee, 1934-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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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.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001 and 2010.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Renee Ream Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
John Ream's immediate family was living in Baguio, Philippines, at the time the Japanese invaded the islands during World
War II. Members of John Ream'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. At the time of internment,
John Ream was seven years old. Renee Sneskin Ream was born, 8 December 1934, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She met John Ream
after the war and they were married 7 September 1957, in San Jose, California.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Renee Ream collection is comprised of diaries, memoirs, videorecordings and interview transcripts of American civilians
interned by the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II. The materials were collected by various
members of the Ream family.
The collection originated with
We Lived Behind Barbed Wire: Four Oral History Interviews by Renee Ream. Mrs. Ream, interested in the history of her husband's family, interviewed her husband and sisters-in-law about
their experiences as civilian internees in the Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II. The transcripts of these
interviews were originally donated to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001.
Over time the family came into the possession of additional unpublished copies of internee diaries, memoirs and personal stories
documenting the experiences of American internees in Japanese-occupied Philippines, specifically at the Baguio and Bilibid
internment camps. In August of 2010 the Ream family donated these additional unpublished materials to the Hoover Archives.
Among the latter materials are videorecordings of a reunion of surviving former internees of the camps at Baguio City and
at Bilibid Prison. This reunion took place in Fremont, California, in 2010, and the footage consists of a moderated, day-long
discussion between former internees about their experiences. Materials arranged by document type.
Related Materials
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
Katherine Ream Sobeck papers, 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
Prisoners of war
Ream, Renee, 1934-