Content Description
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Rev. Alfred L. Griffiths and Ernestine C. Griffiths papers
creator:
Griffiths, Alfred L.
creator:
Griffiths, Ernestine C.
source:
Griffiths, Stephen L.
source:
Meyer, Katharine Griffiths Yelas
Identifier/Call Number: M2231
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear Feet
2 MB, 1 half box, 2 flat boxes, 1 map folder
Date (inclusive): c. 1937-1963
Content Description
Materials include correspondence, photographs, unpublished typescript bound volumes, colored slides, telegrams, documents,
newspaper clippings, and more. Most of the material relates to the Griffiths' life in the Philippines before, during, and
after World War II, including their missionary work, the local landscape and population, and Alfred Griffiths' work to help
Balbalasang men who served in the 121st company receive back pay.
Biographical / Historical
The arrangement and historical information was compiled by the son, Stephen L. Griffiths. His document is included in file
1/0.
Biographical / Historical
Reverend Alfred ("Al") L. Griffiths and Ernestine ("Nessie") C. Griffiths were Episcopal Missionaries in the Philippines stationed
in Balbalasang, Kalinga, Luzon in the Philippines in the 1930s and 1940. They, along with their daughter Katharine (Katy),
were captured by the Japanese during World War II and were imprisoned until the end of the war. Alfred and Ernestine had a
son, Stephen L. Griffiths, in 1946. Stephen wrote a book about his family's experience: Guerrilla Priest: An American Family
in World War II Philippines.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Stephen L. Griffiths and Katharine Griffiths Yelas Meyer; 2017. Accession MSS 2017-153.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Rev. Alfred L. Griffiths and Ernestine C. Griffiths papers (M2231). Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Griffiths, Alfred L.
Griffiths, Ernestine C.
Griffiths, Stephen L.
Meyer, Katharine Griffiths Yelas