Call Number:

MC108

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers

Extent:

4 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1885-1918 (inclusive) and 1899-1906 (bulk)

Creator:

Poillon, Arthur, 1877-1948

Form:

Clippings., Diaries., Photographs., and Reports.

Abstract:

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.

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.