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  • Title: Francis Willard Brush papers
    Date (inclusive): 1940-1998
    Collection Number: 98053
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes (1.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, diaries, newsletters, printed matter, identification documents, and photographs, relating to conditions in Santo Tomás internment camp during World War II. Includes papers of Helen Nelson Brush, wife of Francis Brush and also an internee in Santo Tomás camp.
    Creator: Brush, Francis W., 1908-2005
    Creator: Brush, Helen Nelson, 1908-
    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], Francis Willard Brush papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American missionary in the Philippines; internee in Santo Tomás camp, 1942-1945.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Memoirs, correspondence, diaries, newsletters, printed matter, identification documents, and photographs, relating to conditions in Santo Tomás internment camp during World War II. Includes papers of Helen Nelson Brush, wife of Francis Brush and also an internee in Santo Tomás camp.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
    Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
    Missionaries
    Missions -- Philippines
    Concentration camps
    Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)