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Re: Pensionados

Bryan  (View posts) Posted: 14 Mar 2005 11:58AM GMT
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Aloha Mario,

Yes, I do have more information on the pensionados, but again, most of it is at home, in Hawaii. Still, if you can go to a federal repository where US federal documents are kept, then you can reduplicate my efforts. In Hawaii, nearly all public libraries have access to this collection via the Internet, microfilm access, their own personal collection and "lending library" privileges.

Now to the point. The PRIMARY documents pertaining to the pensionado program can be found under the aegis of "Bureau of Insular Affairs," or the Dept of the Interior (Washington, DC)--it just depends on what you are specifically looking for. There were two programs and many amendments that altered the original program, still you should be able to extract annual and possibly quarterly summaries of the pensionados progress.

Yes, the FANHS library in Seattle Washington has a sizeable collection also. Better, they have various physical copies of the "Directory of Filipino students in the United States" and many related publications and memorabilia. More, they have published some personal histories from some descendants of the pensionados.

The "Directory of Filipino students in the United States" is in essence, a telephone directory of the students listing both their US addresses, and their province of origin or recruitment.
You can borrow these short pamphlets via the "lending library" program from nearly every participating public library. (I borrowed mine from Wisconsin.) At the Library of Congress <http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/>;, it's:

Directory of Filipino students in the United States ...

LC Control Number: 20026267
Type of Material: Text (Book, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Brief Description: United States. Bureau of insular affairs. [from old catalog]
Directory of Filipino students in the United States ...
Washington, Govt. print. off., 1917-
v. 17 cm.
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CALL NUMBER: LC3301 .U25
-- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading Rms

-- Status: Not Charged

This is getting longer than I planned. Here's a "quickie."
If you are looking for personal biographical information, consider looking under the DS654 series in a nearby college that uses the Library of Congress (LC) cataloging system. If you're looking for COMPILED family histories, go to a CS1399 series shelf.

Sample:

Cornejo's Commonwealth directory of the Philippines.
Relevance:
Title: Cornejo's Commonwealth directory of the Philippines.
Variant Title: Commonwealth directory of the Philippines
Cornejo's pre-war encyclopedic directory of the Philippines 1939-
Continues: Cornejo's Philippine directory
Publisher: Manila : M.R. Cornejo, 1939-
Description: Encyclopedic ed.
v. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
1939-
Subject(s): Philippines Directories.
Notes: Issues for 1939- include section: Biographical directory of leading residents of the Philippines.
"Compiled, edited and published by Miguel R. Cornejo", 1939-
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Location: UH Manoa: Hamilton Asia-Library Use Only
Call Number: DS654 .C67 1939
Copy Number: Copy 1
Number of Items: 1

Library Holdings: 1939


In any case, we'll talk again soon. Hope this helps.

Love & Aloha,
Bryan




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