Inventory of the Katherine Ream Sobeck Papers, 1942-2010
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Katherine Ream Sobeck Papers, 1942-2010, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Biographical Note
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Over time Katherine Ream Sobeck came into the possession of unpublished copies of internee diaries and memoirs, newspaper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.
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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
Memoirs and Correspondence
1942-2004
Scope and Contents note
All content photocopies and transcriptions of originals.
box 1, folder 1
Camp John Hay memoirs, undated
Scope and Contents note
Written accounts by various authors who were children during internment. Includes letters by Ruth Ream, list of internees,
illustrations and photographs. (3 copies)
box 1, folder 2
Katherine Ream Sobeck correspondence
2003-2004
box 1, folder 3
Nora Ream Kuttner correspondence
1990, 1996-1997
box 1, folder 4
Internee memoirs
1942-2000, undated
Scope and Contents note
Memoirs from internees Woodrow and Sara Bartges, Patricia Briggs Dabbs, Carl B. Eschbach, Sidney Frankel, Betty Halsema Foley,
Jim Halsema, Sylvan Katz, John F. Ream, Jim Thompson and unknown authors.
box 1, folder 5
Ream family memoirs, undated
box 1, folder 6
Rokuro Tomibe (former Commandant, Camp Holmes) correspondence and documents
1975-1983, undated
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings related to 1977 internee reunion, an early translated draft of war time memoir
The Secret Story of the War's End by Rokuro Tomibe and published version.
Internment Camp Materials
1942-1948
1988 (bulk 1942-1948)
Scope and Contents note
All content photocopies or copies of originals.
box 1, folder 7
Camp documents
1944
Scope and Contents note
Inventory of Red Cross packages, high school exam papers, bulletin board notices and daily newsletter.
box 1, folder 8
Camp drawings and maps, undated
box 1, folder 9
Internee rosters
1942-1948, undated
box 1, folder 10
Photographs
1942-1945, 1988, undated
Miscellaneous Materials
1945-2010
Scope and Contents note
All content photocopies or copies of originals.
box 1, folder 11
Baguio Internee News
2007-2010
box 1, folder 12
Internee reunions
1976-2010
Scope and Contents note
Documents, pamphlets and photographs associated with internee reunions.
box 1, folder 13
Miscellaneous
1945-1995, undated
Scope and Contents note
American POW articles, maps, journal article, war claim document, Douglas MacArthur communications and research paper by Romilda
Wilder.
box 1, folder 14
Newspaper and magazine articles
1945-1963, 1977-2007, undated
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper and magazine articles written by and about internees..
