Series 1: Papers on the Philipines includes diaries, notes, letters, military documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to Poillon's time in the Phillipines from 1906-1918.
The diaries in this series are arranged in chronological order; the remaining materials are loosely grouped together by type (e.g., military documents).
Diary, 1906
Diary, 1907
Diary, 1908
Diary, 1909
Diary, 1910
Diary, 1911
Expeditions, 1906-1908
Military Notes, circa 1908-1911
Correspondence, dates not examined
Not Identified, dates not examined
Folk Lore, dates not examined
Spanish mss, dates not examined
Military Reports, dates not examined
- Scope and Contents
Consists of papers of Poillon mainly related to the Philippine Islands where Poillon was stationed (1899-1906) as a lieutenant with the U.S. 14th Cavalry. Included are typed translations of Jesuit letters (1885-1886) from missions on Mindanao; articles and notes on the history, customs, and folklore of the Moro Indians; diaries (1906-1911); Poillon's two reports, "A Report on the Celebes Islands" (1906) and "A Report on the Colonial Army of the Netherlands Indies" (1906); notebooks of clippings concerning the Philippine Islands and his commanding officer General Tasker H. Bliss; and a large group of photographs of the American Expeditionary Forces in France (1911-1918).
- Arrangement
Box 1--Diaries (1906-1911), Subjects A-L; Box 2--Subjects M-Z; Box 3--Clippings, Photographs.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Poillon, Arthur, 1877-1948
Poillon was stationed in the Philipine Islands from 1899-1906 as a lieutenant with the U.S. 14th Cavalry.
- Acquisition:
Information about how this material was acquired is not available.
- Appraisal
No information about appraisal is available for this collection.
- Processing Information
Inventory created by Tal Eisenzweig in August 2008.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Arthur Poillon Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xw42n7927
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-4
- Subject Terms:
- Folk-lore -- Philippines.
Jesuits -- Missions -- Philippines -- 19th century.
Jesuits -- Philippines -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
Moro Indians.
World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Photographs. - Genre Terms:
- Clippings.
Diaries.
Photographs, Original.
Reports. - Names:
- United States
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930 - Places:
- Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902.
Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1898-1935.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Philippines.