Found 2 collections related to Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1898-1935

Typewritten translation of diary of Simeon A. Villa, sub-inspector of hospitals in the Philippine Army, translated from Spanish to English by American Lieutenant J. C. Hixon in 1901. Diary entries were made from November 13, 1899 through March 22, 1901 and describe the flight of Emilio Aguinaldo from Bayambang until his capture at Palanan. Certified by Hixon on June 5, 1901, with prefatory note by Captain John R. M. Taylor less

Edward Warren Ordway (1864- ) was a New York City lawyer and political activist. He was secretary from 1899 to 1904 of the Anti-Imperialist League of New York (later the Philippine Independence Committee) and of the Filipino Progress Association which he formed in 1905. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, petitions, and other papers related to Ordway's political activities. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, 1893-1907, which concerns the University Settlement Society, the Social Reform Club, the Anti-Imperialist League of New York, the Philippine Independence Committee, and the Filipino Progress Association. Topics include organization of public opposition to American policy in the Philippine Islands following the Spanish-American War, the suppression of the independence movement for the Philippines, the policies of William Howard Taft as civil governor, the opium trade in the Far East, and the political, social and economic conditions in the Philippines. Also, minutes of the Filipino Progress Association and other papers, including signed petitions and typescript by George F. Seward. less