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Philippines -- History -- Insurrection, 1896-1898

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

General Henry Ware Lawton collection

 Collection — Folder S0814
Identifier: S0814
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten document containing three resolutions regarding actions the State of Indiana would take in response to the death of General Henry Ware Lawton during the Philippine Insurrection. The resolutions were drafted and signed on December 20, 1899 by a committee comprised of Governor James Mount, William Hart, and John B. Conner.The collection also includes a February 7, 1939 handwritten letter sent to Indiana Governor M. Clifford Townsend by Ex Sgt....
Dates: 1899-1939

James Miller oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH201
Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcript and audiotape reel from an oral history interview with Reverend James Miller, conducted by Thomas Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 2, 1968, at Waugh, Boone County, Indiana. The interview covers his experiences in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War, life following the war, conversion and life as a preacher, and discusses the Ku Klux Klan and its effects on his ministry.
Dates: 1968/10/02

John P. Robinson collection

 Collection — Folder S1130
Identifier: S1130
Scope and Contents This 11-page typed manuscript gives John P. Robinson's memories of the Philippine Insurrection in 1899. Page 10 gives a summary of the experience, beginning with the organization of Company L, 4th U.S. Infantry at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on October 20, 1898. The company left for New York on January 15, 1899, and shipped out on the 19th. They saw Gibralter, Port Said, Suez Canal, Perim Island, Ceylon Island, Singapore, and finally Manila on March 9th, having traveled a total distance from...
Dates: 1898-1899

William R. Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0739
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters and a diary from William R. Johnson in the United States and the Phillipines ranging from 1898 to 1902 regarding war and family matters.
Dates: 1898-1902