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Title: William Henry Hastings papers
Dates: 1942-1945
Collection Number: 70007
Creator: Hastings, William Henry.
Collection Size:
5 manuscript boxes
(2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
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[Identification of item], William Henry Hastings papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1970.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
Concentration camps--Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945--Philippines.