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Thomas J. and Caroline Crawford Wolff. Santo Tomás Internment Camp miscellany

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2809

Scope and content

Items concerning life in the Santo Tomás Internment Camp in the Philippines include two photographs; Japanese occupation money; camp meal tickets; general rules; mimeographed program "Our Time," presented by internees to mark one year's existence at the camp; poems; and a "graduation" certificate for 100 days interneeship in the camp.

Dates

  • 1942-1946.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Wolff was an importer in the Philippine Islands, who also ran a commercial laundry, and had mining interests there. He and his wife Caroline were first interned in the Santo Tomás camp, were transferred to the Bilibid Prison in 1945, and were liberated on March 3, 1945.

Extent

.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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