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Title: William Henry Hastings papers
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945
Collection Number: 70007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Materials relate to the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines and the Japanese prison camp at Santo Tomás. The
papers include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and correspondence, newspaper clippings files, a typescript of letters and
diary entries describing time spent in the camps, and a roster of prisoners of the Santo Tomás internment camp.
Creator:
Hastings, William Henry
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 1970.
[Identification of item], William Henry Hastings papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
An American merchant seaman, Hastings lived in Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II. He was interned by the Japanese
at the Santo Tomás internment center in Manila and at the Los Baños (or Sulphur Springs) center from January 8, 1942, until
he was repatriated on the S.S. Jean Lafitte, February 22, 1945, arriving in San Francisco on March 30, 1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials relate to the events of the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines, Japanese prison camps at Santo
Tomás and Los Baños (or Sulphur Springs) in the Philippines. The papers include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and correspondence,
newspaper clippings files, a typescript of letters and diary entries describing time spent in the camps, and a roster of prisoners
of the Santo Tomás internment camp.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Concentration camps -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps
Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)