About
THE RODERICK HALL COLLECTION
Books on Manila and the Philippines during World War II, December 1941 - March 1945
in Memory of Angelina Ynchausti Rico de McMicking, Consuelo McMicking Hall, Alfred McMicking and Helen McMicking, arrested in Manila and executed in January, 1945 by the Japanese Imperial Army
Compiled by Roderick Hall, the focus of this collection is on personal experiences both civilian and military, within the Philippines, during the Japanese occupation, and generally does not cover the battles to liberate the Philippines in 1944-1945.
Online bibliography with annotations by Prof. Ricardo T. Jose, Ph.D.
INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
by Prof. Ricardo T. Jose, Ph.D.
Professor 12, University of the Philippines Diliman - Department of History Ph.D. (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
The Roderick Hall Collection is a unique and important private library of books and papers dealing with World War II and the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.
The bulk of the titles are personal memoirs, many privately published and difficult to find, from various vantage points: American, Filipino, Japanese and also French, Australian, British and other nationalities.
Extremely well covered are the prisoner of war and Allied internee experiences, but there is also much on the Philippine defense campaign of 1941-1942, the guerrilla resistance movement and the life under the Japanese. There is also much on the battle of Manila in 1945.
Rod Hall himself was eyewitness to the Japanese occupation and its horrors: born in Manila of a Scottish father and a Spanish-Scottish mother (a McMicking), he experienced the luxury of pre-war Manila life and witnessed the disintegration of this during the war. He experienced the terrors of the Battle of Manila; his mother and several other relatives were killed by the Japanese.
Mr. Hall’s determination to maintain interest and help further research and understanding into the period has resulted in this unique collection, literally a one-stop-shop for anyone seeking to learn or study more about the Japanese occupation and the Second World War in the Philippines.
The titles and descriptions of the books and papers are easily searchable in the web, a unique feature which allows researchers and interested persons to identify books and materials prior to visiting the library.
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The books from the Roderick Hall Collection are available for research at:
FILIPINAS HERITAGE LIBRARY
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