Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Nelson C. Price Collection, 1930-1949
- Dates:
- 1930-1949
- Creators:
- Price, Nelson C.
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- .8 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Nelson C. Price Collection, 1930-1949. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letters, drawings, occupation money, newspapers, printed propaganda, posters, photographs and maps relating to the Philippine Islands during and after the U.S. invasion in 1945. Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt.) Nelson C. Price collected the materials from January to November 1945. Material relates primarily to POW camps (specifically Cabanatuan, Santo Tomas, and Los Banos) and Japanese military in the Philippines. There is a typescript of Price's unpublished work "One Hundred Days at Luzon," 1945, in which he records his experiences in the Philippine Islands. There are many original documents attached to the typescript, including letters, maps and photographs. Also included in the collection is a copy of Price's 1946 Master's thesis, "The Introduction of American Education to the Christian Provinces of the Philippine Islands."
- Biographical / historical:
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Price was a schoolteacher in Yucaipa, California, when he was drafted in June 1941. He served as a Battalion Operations Sergeant while in the Philippine Islands in 1945. He became a First Lieutenant in 1950.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945--Philippines.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1930-1949
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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Nelson C. Price Collection, 1930-1949. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359