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Arthur Poillon Papers
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Poillon was stationed in the Philipine Islands from 1899-1906 as a lieutenant with the U.S. 14th Cavalry.
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).
Box 1--Diaries (1906-1911), Subjects A-L; Box 2--Subjects M-Z; Box 3--Clippings, Photographs.
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Inventory created by Tal Eisenzweig in August 2008.
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Subject
- Folk-lore -- Philippines
- Jesuits -- Philippines -- 19th century -- Correspondence
- Jesuits -- Missions -- Philippines -- 19th century
- Moro Indians
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Photographs
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- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Author
- Tal Eisenzweig
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
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).
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