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Mildred and Frank Miles Scrapbook of the Santo Tomás Internment Camp, 1942-1947View associated digital content.

The Mildred and Frank Miles Scrapbook of the Santo Tomás Internment Camp scrapbook includes documents and ephemera produced at Santo Tomás during the Miles' imprisonment there, as well as materials written about the camp after liberation. Many materials document daily life in the camp. The Santo Tomás Internment Camp was created by the Japanese military after occupation of Manila, the capital of the Phillipines. It was located on the campus of the University of Santo Tomás in Manila, and housed over 4,000 incarcerees for nearly the entirety of World War II.

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ID: MSS Miles
Extent: 0.2 cubic feet
Scope and Content Notes
Biographical / Historical Notes
Statement on Access: The collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful.  We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.

The terminology surrounding the legacy term "internment" has been adjusted. Some materials in this collection use derogatory language to describe ethnic groups. We acknowledge the racism represented by the use of these phrases and the harm they may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes or behavior depicted therein.

[Date of Acknowledgement: August 2023]

Preferred Citation: Mildred and Frank Miles Scrapbook of the Santo Tomás Internment Camp, Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: This scrapbook was part of a donation from the Kappa Delta sorority chapter at Oregon State University in August 2015 and was separated from those records at the time of accession.
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