Register of the William Henry Hastings papers
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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
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 1970.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Henry Hastings papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
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)
Scrapbooks and news clippings
1942-1944.
Scope and Contents note
Generally consists of news clippings describing the events of the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines, as
reported in local papers. Later scrapbooks also include other materials such as correspondence. The series also includes files
of clippings, mostly dating from 1944, assumed to be collected materials meant to be pasted into a scrapbook. Arranged by
format, then chronologically.
Scrapbooks
January 1942-July 1943
box 1, folder 1
January 1 - February 3, 1942
box 1, folder 2
February 6 - March 15, 1942
box 1, folder 3
March 16 - April 15, 1942
box 1, folder 8
August 1 - August 24, 1942
box 2, folder 1
August 25 - September 20, 1942
box 2, folder 2
September 21 - October 13, 1942
box 2, folder 3
October 14 - October 28, 1942
box 2, folder 4
October 28 - November 17, 1942
box 2, folder 5
October 30 - November 30, 1942
box 2, folder 6
November 13 - November 29, 1942
box 2, folder 7
November 29 - December 13, 1942
box 2, folder 8
December 14 - December 31, 1942
box 3, folder 1
November 19, 1942 - January 15, 1943
box 3, folder 2
January 1 - January 16, 1943
box 3, folder 3
January 15 - January 29, 1943
box 3, folder 4
January 27 - February 13, 1943
box 3, folder 5
January 17 - April 14, 1943
box 3, folder 6
February 9 - February 28, 1943
box 3, folder 8
March 29 - April 21, 1943
box 4, folder 5
September 30 - October 28, 1942
box 4, folder 6
July 11 - October 3, 1943
box 5, folder 1-3
Newspaper clippings
1942-1944
Internment camp materials
1942-1945.
Scope and Contents note
Includes a roster of individuals in the Santo Tomás internment camp, a typescript of letters and diary entries describing
time spent in the camps, a list of Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon awardees, and a nautical map of San Francisco, where Hastings
returned after the war. Arranged by format.
box 5, folder 4-5
Santo Tomás Camp roster
1945
box 5, folder 6-8
"Internment to Me" typescript of letters and diary entries describing time spent in the camps
1942-1944
box 5, folder 9
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon awardees list, including Hastings
1 May 1945
box 5, folder 10
Nautical map of San Francisco
1943
