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Americans -- Philippines

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William E. and Myra L. Parsons papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1033
Abstract:

Correspondence, receipts, and memorabilia connected with a trip to Manila taken by William E. Parsons with his wife, Myra, while working as consulting architect to the Philippine government. Included in the correspondence are accounts by Myra Parson of the trip across the Pacific, descriptions of life in Manila, and comments on the political situation in the Far East.

Dates: 1939

Walter Johnson Robb papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 740
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, financial papers and memorabilia documenting Robb's career in the Philippines as a correspondent and, during World War II, as a lecturer for the Office of War Information (O.W.I.). The writings include manuscripts of articles by Robb on the Philippines, texts of his broadcasts for the O.W.I., and poetry. Among his correspondents are Henry Andreas, Raymond L. Buell, Percy Hill, Sergio Osmeña, Chick Parsons, and Will Rogers, Jr.

Dates: 1919-1969, bulk 1940-1946