Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Halsema (James J.) papers
98015  
No online items No online items       Request items ↗
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Access
  • Use
  • Acquisition Information
  • Preferred Citation
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Title: James J. Halsema papers
    Date (inclusive): 1942-1995
    Collection Number: 98015
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 folder (0.1 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Diary transcript, other writings, and miscellany, relating to conditions in Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II.
    Creator: Halsema, James J.
    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 1998.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], James J. Halsema papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American civilian interned in the Japanese-occupied Philippines, 1941-1945.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This collection contains the following hard copies: (1) James J. Halsema, "Japanese Internment Camps for Allied Civilians in the Philippines, 1941-1945"; (2) James J. Halsema, "Jjh Filipiniana Catalog," August 25, 1995; (3) Fr. Robert E. Sheridan, "Ex Baguio Internees as of February 1948"; and (4) one 3.5-inch diskette. The diskette contains: James J. Halsema diaries, 1942-1944, reconstructed circa 1996 (3 files); and Halsema, "Japanese Internment Camps for Allied Civilians in East Asia 1941-1945" (1 file). These four digital files total about 180 pages and have a date modified of February 25, 1998. The digital files are available in the Hoover Archives reading room.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
    Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
    Prisoners of war
    Concentration camps