Philippine Perspective

*Photographic history of the Spanish-American War*, Map IV.

The Philippines too was beginning to grow restive with Spanish rule. José Rizal, a member of a wealthy mestizo family, resented that his upper mobility was limited by Spanish insistence on promoting only "pure-blooded" Spaniards. He began his political career at the University of Madrid in 1882 where he became the leader of Filipino students there. For the next ten years he traveled in Europe and wrote several novels considered seditious by Filipino and Church authorities. He returned to Manila in 1892 and founded the Liga Filipina, a political group dedicated to peaceful change. He was rapidly exiled to Mindanao. During his absence, Andrés Bonifacio founded Katipunan, dedicated to the violent overthrow of Spanish rule. On August 26, 1896, after learning that the Katipunan had been betrayed, Bonifacio issued the Grito de Balintawak, a call for Filipinos to revolt. Bonifacio was succeeded as head of the Philippine revolution by Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, who had his predecessor arrested and executed on May 10, 1897. Aguinaldo negotiated a deal with the Spaniards who exiled him to Hong Kong with 400,000 pesos that he subsequently used to buy weapons to resume the fight.

Photo Gallery of Philippine Insurgents

In the insurgent trenches. The expedition to the Philippines, p. 63. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif).

Philippine insurgents fighting in the undergrowth. The expedition to the Philippines, p. 91. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif).

Philippine insurgent troops in the suburbs of Manila. The expedition to the Philippines, p. 161. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif).

Philippine insurgents were mostly from the Tagalo race which inhabited northern Luzon. Our boys in the Philippines, p. 22. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif).

Bridge at Malabon showing the damage done by Philippine insurgents. Campaigning in the Philippines, p. 167. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif).

Insurgent army surrendering to General Frederick D. Grant. Scenes taken in the Philippines, p. 12. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif).

Selected Resources on The Philippines during the Spanish-American War

Selected Bibliography of Philippine Nationalists

The following selection of books provide the perspective of Philippine nationalists during the war. Each title links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Aguinaldo and the revolution of 1896; a documentary history by Achútegui, Pedro S. de.
Call Number: DS676 .A26
Published/Created: 1972
Introduction; The Outbreak of Revolt; An Improvised Army; The Problems of Government; The Lachambre Offensive; Early Attempts at Mediation; Struggle for Leadership; Farewell to Cavite; The Retreat to Biaknabato; The Pact of Biaknabato; Departure from Biaknabato
Recalling the Revolution by Santiago V. Alvarez; Paula Carolina S. Malay (Translator); Ruby R. Paredes (Introduction by)
Call Number: DS676.8.A45 A3 1992
ISBN: 1881261050
Published/Created: 1992-06-01
These memoirs clearly recount all aspects of the Philippine Revolution from its factionalism and corruption to its dignity and glory. Distributed for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Translator's Note Paula Carolina S. Malay; Introduction Ruby R. Paredes; Foreword General Santiago V. Alvarez; The Katipunan and the Revolution General Santiago V. Alvarez; Index; Maps; Central Luzon; South Central Luzon; Manila in 1898
Mis memorias sobre la revolución filipina; segunda etapa (1898 á 1901) by Calderón, Felipe G., 1868-1909.
Call Number: DS679 .C2
Published/Created: 1907
Electronic copy from HathiTrust http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001256957 External opens in a new window
A friar's account of the Philippine Revolution : an unpublished manuscript of Fr. Marcos Gomez, O.F.M., about the Philippine Revolution of 1898 in Ambos Camarines by Gómez, Marcos, 1872-
Call Number: DS688.C35 G65 1980
Published/Created: 1980
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Dedication; Preface; Introduction; First Part--The Revolution of Daet; Second Part--The Revolution of Nueva Caceres; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes on the Researcher; Notes
History of one of the initiators of the Filipino Revolution by Guevara y Mendoza, Antonino.
Call Number: DS676.8.G84 A3 1988
Published/Created: 1988
ranslated from Spanish, with notes by O. D. Corpuz. Ermita, Manila, P. I.: National Historical Institute.
La revolución filipina (con otros documentos de la época) by Mabini, Apolinario, 1864-1903.
Call Number: DS679 .M28
Published/Created: 1931
Primera Parte
La Propaganda Revolucionaria de Mabini antes de formar parte del Gobierno de la Revolución
Segunda Parte
Escritos de Mabini Durante el Tiempo en que Formaba parte del Gobierno de la Revolución
The letters of Apolinario Mabini by Mabini, Apolinario, 1864-1903.
Call Number: DS676.8.M3 A4 1965
Published/Created: 1965
With a preface by Carlos Quirino. Compiled and translated by the National Heroes Commission.
The Letters (total of 203)
Correspondence on Release of Friars
Correspondence on Deportation of Prisoners of War
Memorias del cautiverio (páginas de la revolución filipina) by Martínez, Graciano.
Call Number: DS679 .M38
Al que leyere; Preludios de la desgracia; Vergüenzas y despedidas; Las lindezas de á bordo; Por huir de Escila; Un acta de martirio; Vía dolorosa; Adiós á Alcalá; Insolación; ¡Otra vez al río!; Orgullo de nación; Agradable sorpresa; La prensa revolucionaria; ¡Un año de cautiverio! Decaimiento de ánimo en los filipinos; A guisa de epílogo; Apéndice I.--Acta de rendición del pueblo de Aparri; Apéndice II.--Distribución de los padres prisioneros según orden de Villa, Comandante Militar de la Isabela
El desastre filipino: memorias de un prisionero by Ría-Baja, Carlos.
Call Number: DS679 .R48
Published/Created: 1899

Listing of selected manuscript collections concerning the Philippine Islands Theater

This is one of four separate listings of Manuscript Division collections related to the Spanish-American War of 1898: "Spanish-American War of 1898-General", "Spanish-American War of 1898-Cuban Theater", "Spanish-American War of 1898-Philippine Islands Theater", "Spanish-American War of 1898-Puerto Rican Theater". The contents of collections that pertain to more than one campaign are listed under "Spanish-American War of 1898-General" even though the activity of the individual, e.g., Theodore Roosevelt, has been identified usually with one campaign, e.g., Cuba. Those collections relating to Pacific islands, e.g., Marianas or Guam, appear in the "Spanish-American War of 1898-Philippine Islands Theater" listing. Each item in this selected listing contains a brief indication of content; a more complete description for each entry is available by searching the Library of Congress Online Catalog. To gain further information about each collection, contact the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress regarding the availability of a register for that collection.

Emilio Aguinaldo papers, 1899-1901
Address (Malolos; 1899 January 16) to Aguinaldo's troops and a letter of referral. Includes a typewritten English translation of the address.
3 items.
Henry T. Allen papers, 1806-1933
Correspondence, diaries, writings, reports, speeches, military documents, printed material, maps, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Allen's military career. 15,000 items. 62 containers plus 11 oversize. 3 microfilm reels.
John Barrett papers, 1861-1943
Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, reports, notebooks, subject files, biographical material, financial records, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers relating principally to Barrett's career as a journalist in California, Washington, and Oregon; his appointments as U.S. minister to Argentina, Colombia, Panama, and Thailand; his duties as director general of the Pan American Union; and his work as a counselor and arbiter in the area of Pan American commercial relations. 50,000 items. 171 containers plus 2 oversize.
George F. Becker papers, 1814-1928
Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, diaries, notes, notebooks, reports, articles, charts, tables, blueprints, maps, landscape sketches, memorabilia, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Becker's service as geologist-in-charge, U.S. Geological Survey. 9,900 items. 36 containers plus 1 oversize.
Haitian collection, 1775-1915. by Bencomo, Celestine.
Collection of manuscripts and broadsides pertaining to Toussaint Louverture and other rulers of Haiti. Includes letters, proclamations, decrees, photographs, portraits, and prints. 300 items. 3 containers.
Ferdinand Blumentritt correspondence, 1894-1909
Letters from Blumentritt to Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer, director of the Königl. Zoologisches und Anthropologisch-Ethnographisches Museum zu Dresden (Germany), dealing largely with political observations and anthropological studies of the Philippines. 225 items. 1 container.
Ferdinand Blumentritt correspondence, 1894-1909
Letters from Blumentritt to Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer, director of the Königl. Zoologisches und Anthropologisch-Ethnographisches Museum zu Dresden (Germany), dealing largely with political observations and anthropological studies of the Philippines.
225 items.
Charles Henry Brent papers, 1860-1991
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, sermon notes, speeches and articles, reports, obituaries, Bibles, scrapbooks, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Brent's service as chief of the chaplain service in the American Expeditionary Forces, his years as missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, his duties as bishop of the Diocese of Western New York, his participation in several international conferences on opium and narcotics, and his work in the World Conference on Faith and Order and other ecumenical bodies. 14,740 items.
Robert Lee Bullard papers, 1881-1955
Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, notebooks, autobiographical material, legal records, scrapbooks, printed matter, memorabilia, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Bullard's military career, activities as president of the National Security League, and work as an author. 3,200 items.
Candaba, Philippines, inhabitants petition, 1899
Gift, Mrs. James DeWolf Perry, 1942. Handwritten transcript. 1 item.
Lyman Judy Carlock papers, 1899-1905
Correspondence, diary (190l), legal papers, scrapbook, clippings, printed material, and memorabilia, largely relating to Carlock's service as judge in the Philippines (l90l-1903). Later papers concern his death and estate. Correspondents include Joseph V. Graff and William Howard Taft. 500 items.
Dudley Newcomb Carpenter journal, 1897-1901
Journal kept by Carpenter on board the USS Raleigh (Cruiser) and the USS Olympia (Cruiser). Journal includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed matter. Subjects include the Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines, during the Spanish-American War, 1898, along with descriptions of Ceylon, Singapore, and cities on the Mediterranean Sea. 1 item.
George Dewey papers, 1890-1943
Letter (1890 December 1) of Dewey to the commanding officer, U.S.S. Pinta, Sitka, Alaska; letter (undated) of Dewey to William Corcoran Hill; letter (1898 May 10) of Charles A. Boutelle to Sally Phenix Hill with enclosed letter of Garret A. Hobart; historical account entitled Admiral Dewey and the Manila Campaign, compiled by Nathan Sargent, with a covering note (1943) by George G. Dewey; and photographs. 14 items.
Benjamin Delahauf Foulois papers, 1898-1966
Correspondence, diaries, reports, flight records, personnel records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Foulois's military career and the development of air power in the U.S. military. 17,850 items.
51 containers plus 1 oversize.
Gibson-Getty-McClure families papers, 1777-1926
Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, military papers, and other material relating to various members of these allied families from Cumberland County, Pa. Gibson family papers pertain chiefly to the Revolutionary War service of George Gibson (1747-1791). Papers of George W. Getty document his Civil War service with the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, various Indian campaigns, and the Fitz-John Porter court-martial. Papers of Charles McClure (1838-1902) relate chiefly to his military service with the U.S. Army at posts in the U.S. including Santa Fe, N.M., and in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War. 2,500 items.
Richard H. Griffiths papers, 1902-1910
Relates to the Philippine constabulary. 200 items.
William Guth correspondence and photographs, 1899
Letter (1899 Apr. 23, 18 p.) from Guth to his sister describing his experiences as an American soldier during the Philippine Insurrection. Includes two photographs of Guth. 3 items.
Burton Norvell Harrison family papers, 1812-1926
Family members represented include Burton Norvell Harrison, lawyer and private secretary to Jefferson Davis; Samuel Jordan Harrison, merchant; J. B. Harrison, lawyer and newspaper editor; Mrs. Burton Harrison, author; Fairfax Harrison, lawyer and president of the Southern Railway; and Francis B. Harrison, lawyer, U.S. representative from New York, and governor general of the Philippines. 18,600 items.
Robert Patterson Hughes papers, 1876-1994
Correspondence, diaries, writings, printed memorial, biographical material, and photographs documenting Hughes's military career, including his account of the Battle of Little Bighorn written the following day as aide-de-camp to General Alfred Howe Terry and material relating to his service during the Philippine insurrections (1898-1901). 45 items.
Mercer Green Johnston papers, 1860-1954
Correspondence, diaries, sermons, notebooks, poems, prayers, financial records, autobiographical papers, pamphlets, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Johnston's career as an author, educator, and clergyman. 40,000 items.
Records of the sultanate of the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, 1889-1916
Chiefly correspondence of the sultanate of the Sulu Archipelago with colonial officials relating to Spanish and American administration and pacification of the sultanate. Includes photographs. 265 items.
Charles Julian diary, 1897-1899
Diary (80 pages) kept by Julian on board the U.S.S. Vermont and U.S.S. Baltimore, recording daily shipboard events and describing in detail the Battle of Manila Bay.
1 item.
Louis Anthony Kaiser diary, 1899-1901
Diary kept by Kaiser while serving aboard the USS Concord (Gunboat) in the Philippines. Includes his observations on the Philippine American War, 1899-1902. 1 item.
F. Lamson-Scribner papers, 1885-1938
Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, reports, notes, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Lamson-Scribner's exhibits work for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Includes material on exhibits he helped prepare for the Exposição do Centenario do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1922-1923; Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia, Pa., 1926; and Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, Ill., 1933-1934. Also documents his service as chief of the Philippines Bureau of Agriculture in the Philippines, 1901-1904. 4,500 items.
Henry Ware Lawton papers, 1849-1930
Correspondence, military papers, printed matter, map, photographs, journal (1899) of Esther Voorhees Hasson, diary (1886) of Leonard Wood, and other papers. Correspondence relates primarily to Lawton's army career and contains many letters from Lawton to his wife, Mary Craig Lawton, describing the campaign against the Chiricahua Indians resulting in the capture of Geronimo and Naiche in 1886.
1,900 items.
Manila Bay Society records, 1901-1933
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, programs, and photos. Correspondents include William P. Biddle, Dudley N. Carpenter, George P. Colvocoresses, George Dewey, Mildred McLean Dewey, George B. Ransom, and John C. Wise. 300 items.
John Nigel Merrill papers, 1903-1911
Correspondence and miscellaneous military papers relating to Merrill's service with the American occupation army in the Philippine Islands following the Insurrection. The letters are primarily to members of his family. 200 items.
George Van Horn Moseley papers, 1855-1960
Correspondence, diary, speeches, notes, military reports, statements, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and memorabilia covering Moseley's military career in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, during the Bonus March on Washington, and extending into the period of his retirement. 4,250 items.
Petition re the surrender of Nueva Caceres, Philippines, 1898
1 item.
Collection re the Philippine insurrection, 1899-1901
2 items.
Petition from the Moros, undated
Collection material in Arabic, with English translation.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
1 item.
Charles Mason Remey family papers, 1778-1949
Correspondence, diaries, journals, genealogical papers, photographs, and other papers of Remey and Mason family members. Primarily the papers of Charles Mason Remey relating to his activities on behalf of the Bahai Faith. Also includes papers of George Collier Remey pertaining to his service with the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine American War, and the Boxer Rebellion; papers of Iowa jurist and temperance and women's rights advocate, Charles Mason; and papers of Mary Josephine Mason Remey. 1,225 items.
Daniel Angell Smith papers, 1863-1905
Family correspondence, orders to duty, and miscellaneous material. Includes letters to Smith's sister concerning the blockade of Charleston, S.C. (1863-1864) and an account of the Battle of Manila Bay (1898).
38 items.
Charles S. Sperry papers, 1862-1912 (bulk 1900-1911).
General and family correspondence, memoranda, journals, reports, orders to duty, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Sperry's naval career particularly his activities during the Philippine American War, 1899-1902. Includes accounts of the capture of his landing party by Emilio Aguinaldo's forces. Documents Sperry's role as a U.S. delegate to the Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention of 1864, Geneva, Switzerland, 1906, and the Second International Peace Conference, Hague, Netherlands, 1907. Includes letters from Theodore Roosevelt concerning the world cruise, 1907-1909, of the U.S. Navy's Great White Fleet commanded by Sperry. Subjects include the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; the role of naval diplomacy; railways in China, Manchuria, and Korea; a controversy between Sperry and Commander Nicoll Ludlow; and Sperry family affairs. Family correspondents include Sperry's wife, Edith Marcy Sperry, and son, Charles Stillman Sperry, Jr. 2,300 items.
Charles S. Sperry papers, 1899
Holograph manuscript (24 pages) concerning Sperry's command of the USS Yorktown (gunboat) during the Spanish-American War. Includes a typewritten transcript of the manuscript. 2 items.
William H. Taft papers, 1784-1973
Correspondence including letterpress books, diaries, speeches and addresses, presidential and judicial files, legal files and notebooks, family papers and correspondence, business and estate papers, engagement calendars, guest lists, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers documenting Taft's career as U.S. solicitor general (1890-1892), U.S. circuit court judge (1892-1900), president of the U.S. Philippine Commission (1900-1901), governor of the Philippines (1901-1904), secretary of war in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet (1904-1908), president of the United States (1909-1913), professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School (1913-1921), and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Also documents Taft's service as president of the American Bar Association (1913), president of the League to Enforce Peace (1915), and member and cochairman of the National War Labor Board (1918-1919). 676,000 items.
Edward David Taussig papers, 1867-1900
Family correspondence, log of the U.S.S. Wateree, and letter of commendation. Subjects include the earthquake in Arica, Chile (1868), and descriptions of battles with insurgents in the Philippine Islands (1900). 33 items.
Montgomery Meigs Taylor papers, 1890-1935
Correspondence, journal, notebook, orders to duty, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primaraily to Taylor's naval career. Documents Taylor's service as commander in chief of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet, the Japanese expansion into China and the invasion of Shanghai in 1932, and life in East Asia. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Ewing E. Booth, Joseph C. Grew, Herbert Hoover, Nelson T. Johnson, Frank Ross McCoy, William Veazie Pratt, Theodore Roosevelt, William Harrison Standley, and Taylor's brother John R.M. Taylor. 1,200 items.
Philippine Insurrection collection, 1898-1899
Correspondence, official documents, orders, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, broadsides, printed matter, and other papers chiefly of Emilio Aguinaldo as head of the revolutionary Philippine government, 1899-1901. Includes Reseña verídica de la revolución filipina (1899), an autobiography of Aguinaldo, handwritten in Tagalog by Aguinaldo with annotations and corrections. Also includes documents written by Felipe Agoncillo, Antonio Luna, and Apolinario Mabini include letters to General Thomas McArthur Anderson, Admiral George Dewey, and General Elwell S. Otis. Obtained by Colonel John R. Thomas, Jr., a U.S. army officer in the Philippines. 300 items.
Code list of the U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1903
Supplements to codes used between the Bureau of Insular Affairs (War Dept.) and the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, Manila. 1 v.
Annual report of the Philippine Commission
volumes (microfilm) ; 24 cm
Edward J. Wagnitz papers, 1898
Two letters from Wagnitz describing conditions en route to and in Manila during the Spanish-American War, photograph of Wagnitz, and a letterhead. 4 items.
Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Wildman papers, 1896-1923
Correspondence, writings, reports, notes, subject files, legal records, printed matter, photographs, and other papers. Papers of Rounsevelle Wildman relate principally to his service as U.S. consul general at Hong Kong and to events surrounding the Philippine American War, 1899-1902, including material relating to Emilio Aguinaldo. Papers of Edwin Wildman deal chiefly with the Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901, in China and with Leonard Wood's campaign for the presidency in 1920. Includes translations of narrative reports by Filipinos about the Philippine American War and material concerning the Philippine Revolution, 1896-1898, especially the Pact of Biak-na-Bato of 1897. Correspondents of Rounsevelle Wildman include Thomas W. Cridler, W.A. Day, George Dewey, John Goodnow, Mark Alonzo Hanna, John Hay, David Jayne Hill, Elwell S. Otis, John Addison Porter, and Leonard Wood. 800 items.

Maps of the Philippines

The Geography and Map Division houses a rich collection of maps for the areas involved in the Spanish-American War, including the Philippines. Bibliographic and cartographic information on the Library's collections from the Geography and Map Reading Room can be accessed in the following list. A number of maps of the Philippines have been scanned and are available online through the Library of Congress Digital Collections. You may also search more broadly for all digitized maps and other cartographic resources from or about the Philippines.

List of maps available for viewing in the Geography and Map Division:

General Maps

Author: H. Walkenhorst-Eng
Title: Map of the Spanish and American Trenches on the South of Manila
Date: August 1898
Scale: Scale not provided Dimension: 47.5 X 37.5 cm
Call No.: United States War * Spanish-American War * Philippines * South Manila* 1898 * Walkenhorst
Description:Map paper on top of canvas. Legend shows American, Spanish, and Insurgents trench lines

Author: J.H. Watkins
Title: Map of Manila and Vicinity showing positions of troops prior to the battle of February 5th and location of the military Telegraph Lines then in Operation.
Date: Feb. 1899
Scale: 1:25,000
Dimension: 51.5 x 73.5 cm
Call No.: US-War * Spanish-American War * Manila and Vicinity (Troop positions) * 1899 * 1:25,000 * Watkins * Army Signal Corps
Description:map is blue on white with tape. A table is titled, "Index to troops engaged and their final positions."

Author: Sellner
Title: Plan of Cavite, Manila, Morong, Bulacan, and Pampanja Provinced Covering entire scope of American Operatins in the Island of Luzon to May 1, 1899
Date: 1899
Scale: 1:100,000
Dimension: 47 x 77 cm
Call No.: US- War *Spanish-American War * Manila Bay Region * (Naval Battle * c. 1899 * 1:100,000 * Sellner
Description:Map cossets of deployment of Spanish and American fleet; block houses; railway; villages. The map brown water stains.

Author: Ourland, del
Title: Showing Operations of Second Division, 8th Army Corps from March 1st to May 31st, 1899
Date: 1899
Scale: 1:15,000
Dimension: 75 x 68 cm
Call No.: US-War * Spanish-American War* Manila (vicinity * 1899 * 1:15,15,000 * US Engineers "Co.A
Description:Julius Biern & Co. Printer. Map consists of squadron, artillery, American trenches, Insurgents trenches, railroads, blockhouses, roads, and trails

Author: W.G. Haan
Title: City of Manila and Vicinity
Date: 1899
Scale: 1:25,000
Dimension: 92 x 72.5 cm
Call No.: US- War * Spanish American War * Manila, City of * 1899 * 1:25,000 * Haan, W.G. * US Engineers
Description:Map is blue. No legend nor key. Placement of Brigades under Gen. McAuthur, Gen. Hale, Gen. Anderson, Gen. Otis, and General Ovenshine. 2 copies

Author: Enrique D'Almote
Title: Samar Island. Philippines
Date: June 1901
Scale: 1:200,000
Dimension: 73 x 52 cm
Call No.: Philiippine Islands. Samar Island. 1901. 1:200,000. U.S. Army Engineers. Inset maps. Blue print. G and M has 8' x 10' film ref.
Description:Blue print of Spanish words showing Provinces and capitals. Three insets 1st) Isla Daram and Buao; 2nd) Costa Oriental de Samar; 3rd) Immediaciones de Lanang.

Author: C.H. Ourand. Tr
Title: Mindanao: Distribution of Races
Date: July 1900
Scale: 1: 1,6000,000
Dimension: 41 x 39 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Mindanao Island. Ethnology. Distribution of Races. 1900. 1: 1,600,000. Hdqts. Department of Mindanao and Jolo
Description:Map on tracing paper showing racial distribution for Visan Filipino; Moro; and Pagan tribes. The map also shows the towns occupied by American troops as well as Spanish Province boundaries.

Author: C.H. Ourand and D.H. Blakelock
Title: Theatre of Military Operations in Luzon, 1899
Date: 1899
Scale: 1'= 3 miles
Dimension: 2 sheets 60 x 94 cm each
Call No.: Philippines. Luzon Island. (Theater of Military Operations. 1899. 1':3 miles. War dept.
Description:General Map showing towns and railroads with no legend. The map is in two parts.

Author: Peter E. Lamar
Title:Of the Battlefields in the Luzon Island showing Operations of 8th Army Corps during the Spanish-American and Filipino-American Wars 1891-99.
Date: 1899
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 151 x 102 cm
Call No.: Philippines Luzon Island. 1899. Lamar
Description:Map shows where battles where fought during the tow years including where America and Insurgent trrenches were located at. Interesting to note that they mention in the title the 'Filipino-American War'

Author: Enrique D' Almonte y Muriel
Title: Provincia
Date: 189-?
Scale: Scale Not Provided
Dimension: 64 x 25 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Manila (city). -vicinity. (189?). Map found in Admiral Dewey's house
Description:The map is annotated including markings of what could be a route path as well as a grid of Manila City. The actual peice provided is 1/4 or 1/3 of a total map.

Author: Chofre y Comp
Title: Carta General del Archipelago Filipino
Date: 1897
Scale: 1: 1,400,000
Dimension: 111 x 81 cm
Call No.: Philippines. 1897-1899. i inch + 2 miles. ca. 1: 1,400,000. US Army. 3 copies
Description:Inset of the division between Pacific Ocean and China Sea. The map is in Spanish. The map shows all of the Philippines and cable car lines in red.

Author: C.H. Ourand nad D.H. Blackelock
Title: The Theatre of MIlitaray Operations in Luzon 1899
Date: 1899
Scale: 1: 200,000
Dimension: 150 x 94 cm
Call No.: Philipppines. Luzon Island. Military.1899. 1: 200,000. US War Dept. 2nd Edition
Description:On the edge of the map there are tares that could have been done from thumb tax or nails. The words on the map are in Spanish.

Author: Enrique D'Almonte y Muriel
Title: Distrito de Leyte: Bosquejo Topográfico
Date: 1898
Scale: 1: 200,000
Dimension: 2 sheets 57 x 62 each
Call No.: Philippines. Leyte Island. 1895. 1:200,000. Muriel. 2 copies
Description:Spanish Map divided in tow setions on fragile paper. The map also shows the Islands of Biliram and Panaon.

Author: Lt. W.G. Haan
Title: Map of the City of Manila and Vicinity
Date: 1898
Scale: 1: 7,200
Dimension: 128 x 98 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. Manila (city). 1898. 1:7,200. Lt. W.G. Haan- under derection of Gen. McArthur. blue line print
Description:The blue line map is ripped in half. Street blocks of Manila and other neighboring towns are shown.

Author: U.S. War Dept.
Title: Southern Suburbs of the City of Manila and Vicinity: Including the towns of Sta. Ana, San Pedro Manati, and Pasai
Date: [19-?]
Scale: 1 inch =1725 ft
Dimension: 24 x 31 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Manila (city). (-vicinity). [10-?]. 1 inch =1725 ft. U.S. War Dept.
Description:The map claims to show where Insurgent trenches were but by looking at this map with no legend you can not tell.

Author: C. Muller; R. Rosario; J. Tulentino
Title: Luzon Island. Philippines: Parts of Provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Manila, and Morong.
Date: 1901
Scale: 1'= 2 miles
Dimension: 59 x 58 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Manila (city). -vicinity. 1091. 1'= 2 miles. U.S. Engineers.
Description:It's a map of natural resources and agricultural goods

Author: Author Not Provided
Title: Photostat of a map showing the boundary line established by treaty of Dec. 10, 1898 between the US and Spain
Date: Dec. 10, 1898
Scale: 1 inch to about 65 miles
Dimension: 26 x 18 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. Boundaries. (US and Spain). 1898 (December 10). 1 inch to about 65 miles. Photostat
Description:Shows the vertical and horizontal line established in Dec. 10, 1898.

Author: Geo. H. Walker
Title: Map of the Philippine Islands and Sulu Archipelago
Date: 1898
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 41x 33 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. 1898. Walker
Description:Information given on the amount of steel by the tons of cruisers and dangerous areas near Philippine Island is provided.

Author: N.Y. Times
Title: The Philippine Island
Date: May 22, 1898
Scale: 1: 70 miles
Dimension: 30 x 21 cm
Call No.: Philippine Island. 1898. 1: 70 miles. NY Times. Supplement
Description:There is a brief description on the bottom of the map of the size, resources, population, and revenue.

Author: Geo. C. Sellner
Title: Plan of Manila and Suburbs
Date: 1899
Scale: 1: 32,808.
Dimension: 49 x 73 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. Manila (city). 1899. 1: 32,808. Geo. C. Sellner. Building Index
Description:Locations of Military, Official, Educational Centers as well as statues, monuments, theaters, and markets are shown on a street marked plan of the city. A very large projected 'Wharves (not completed)' on the mouth of Pasig River (principle river in Manila) is shown.

Author: Geo. de Moore
Title: City and Harbor of Ceby
Date: June 1900
Scale: 1:10,560.
Dimension: 52 x 87 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. Cebu (city). 1900. 1:10,560. Official Chief Engineer. blue line print.
Description:Fathom lines as well as Coral Reef near Cebu are shown. Grid line of city blocks are shown.

Author: E.W. Goff and H.S. Goof
Title: Goff's Historical Map of the Philippine Islands. Spanish-American War 1898 and Philippine-American War
Date: 1898
Scale: Scale Not Provided
Dimension: 34 x 52 cm
Call No.: Philippine Island. War. 1898. Goff
Description:3 insets: 1st) the Philippine Islands as a whole; 2nd) a picture of Admiral Dewey; 3rd) a picture of 'Olympia.' The Principle man is of the region around Manila, battle ship locations on the coast along the route route Dewey took on 5/1/98 entering Manila. On land there are arrows showing the direction troops took especially Lawton's troops.

Author: Montero and Gay
Title: Progress Map of Signal Corps Telegraph lines and cables
Date: 1900
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 107 x 51 cm
Call No.: Philippine. Telecommunications. 1900. M.S. Signal Office. Based on map of Montero and Gay
Description:There is another version of this map reproduced in 1901. Military telegraph lines, cables, projected cables, projected military telegraph are shown. British cables are also shown.

Author: A.L. Westgard
Title: Island of Luzon
Date: 1899
Scale: 1: 820,000
Dimension: 89 x 69 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Luzon Island. 1899. 1: 820,000. Robinson. -insets in margin
Description:Province boundaries in Luzon Island displayed in different colors. 3 insets surround the Island. 1st of Manila streets; and of the Philippine Islands as a whole; 3rd of the Pacific Ocean from California to the Philippine Island including Guam

Author: C.H. Ourand; D.H. Blackelock; and E.H. Stuck
Title: Military Map of the Isle of Luzon
Date: 1901
Scale: 1' = 8 1/2 mile
Dimension: 133 x 99 cm
Call No.: Philippine. Luzon Island. 1901. 1'= 8 1/2 miles. War Dept. 2 copies
Description:Spanish names on a political map showing telegraph lines and roads. 1 inset of 'Manila Streets'

Author: J.R.S.
Title: Disputed Area Between the Provinces of Albay and Sorsogon; Island of Luzon
Date: 19?
Scale: 1: 10,000
Dimension: 87 x 296 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Luzon Island. (Albay and Sorsogon areas). 19-?. 1: 10,000. Municipality of Albay
Description:Annotated map using a blue pen and pencil on tracing paper. The map shows where existing Provincial Municipalities and governmental activities are taking place and where would a division make more sense.

Author: C.H. Ourand and D.H. Blacklock
Title: Theatre of Military Operations in Luzon 1899
Date: 1899
Scale: 1'= 4 miles
Dimension: 120 x 97 (each copy)
Call No.: Philippines. Luzon Island. Military Operations. 1899. 1'= 4 miles. US War Dept.
Description:Military Map with no legend showing Luzon in two parts

Author: US Army of Engineers
Title: Isla Paragua- Military District #4- Dept. of Mindanao and Jolo
Date: March 1900
Scale: 1: 800,000
Dimension: 84 x 63cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. Palawan Island. 1900. 1: 800,000. US Army Engineers. blue print
Description:Blue print of Paragua and neighboring Islands

Author: War Dept. Adj. General's Office Military Information Division
Title: Map of Philippine Islands and Adjacent Seas
Date: 1898
Scale: 1: 1,800,000
Dimension: 101 x 56 cm
Call No.: Philippine Island. 1898. 1: 1,800,000. War Dept. Adjutant General's Office Military Information Division
Description:A key of resources such as clay and coral is given. An insert, 17 x 32 cm of the Pacific Ocean is shown US South America, Japan, Philippine Island, Australia, and numerous other islands in the Pacific

Author: C.H. Stone, lettered by C.H. Ourand
Title: Map of the Mandanao Philippine Islands
Date: 1902
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 78 x 94 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Mindanao Island. 1902. U.S War Dept. 2 copies
Description:The copy backed in linen was used. No legend

Author: C.H. Ourand, D.H. Blackelock, and E.H. Stuck
Title: Military Map of the Isle of Luzon
Date: 1900
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 129 x 96 cm; inset: 61 x 41 cm
Call No.: Philippines. Luzon Island. 1900. Military Map. US War Dept.
Description:The map has conventional signs, a legend and a key of abbreviations. The manila inset has 'edificios militares,' 'edificios civiles' and 'edificios religiosos' as its legends. The inset scale is 1: 11,000.

Title: Plans de la Isla de Negros Occidental y Oriental
Date: 1898
Scale: 1:500,000
Dimension: 49 x 35 cm
Call No.: Philippines Islands. Negros Island. - Occidental and Oriental. 1898. 1:500,000. blue print
Description:A blue print map that has a legend showing pueblo civil, barrieos, seccion de la G.C., and micion

Author: Crowell Kirkpatrick
Title: Philippine Islands
Date: 1899
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 48 x 32 cm inset: 9 x 8 1/2 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. Boundary. 1899. Crowell Kirkpatrick.
Description: Map shows names that have been converted from Spanish subdivisions into provinces. US boundary (by peace treaty) is drawn around Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Inset of Manila Bay shows Dewey's like of advance and battle movements, along with American vessels. The reverse shows North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean and the distance from one Asian city or island to the US Western Coast.

Author: D. Claudio Montero y Gay
Title: Carta General (in 2 pages) del Archipelago Filipino
Date: 1875 (Madrid); 1899 (War Dept.)
Scale: 1: 1,650,000
Dimension: 127 x 96 cm
Call No.: Philippine Islands. 1899. 1: 1,650,000. US War Dept. (Spanish Hydrographic Office Map of 1875). 3 copies
Description:There are 3 original copies. The one we used a fourth copy was the one the War Department used. It is backed in canvas. It is a geographic map.

Author: Geographische Verlagshandlung Dietrich Reimer {Ernst Vohsen} Berlin. Wilhelmstrasse 29.
Title: Spanish-Amerikanisher Kriegsshauplatz. Die Philippinen, Das Ostl. Nordamerika und Welkarte
Date: 1898
Call No.: Philippine Islands. United States (part) and World. 1898. Reimer (Vohsen)
Description:A German map which shows different European empire's colonies in the world. Shows 'ChineischReich,' Korea, and 'JapanischesReich.' Different legend shows scale, 'Vereinigte Staten von Amerika' and 'Britische Besitzungen.' Both a geographic and a political map.

Author: Author Not Provided
Title: Sketch (not to scale) of scene of conflict between detachment 28' Infantry. U.S.V. under Col. William E. Birkhimer and rebels at Yalang Barrio, Pueblo San Luis, Province of Matanzas, Luzon. To accompany report, July 19, 1900.
Date: July 17, 1900
Scale: No Scale Provided
Dimension: 33 x 22 cm
Call No.: Philippine IS. War - Engagement. 1900. Inf.= Rebels. Yalang Barrio. Pueblo San Luis. Batanzas Prov., Luzon.
Description:Sketch shows US troops, rebels, streams, old road, deep Canons, a) trenches made by enemy, b) shelter of paddy trenches. Old roads almost impassable.

Author: Office, Chief Engineer Division of the Philippines, Manila, P.I.
Title: Department of Northern Luzon Showing Military District and Stations of Troops
Date: July 1901
Scale: not given
Dimensions: blueline print, 90 x 55 cm
Call No.: Philippines Luzon Island 1901 U.S. Engineers
Comments: Luzon is divided into four parts.

Author: Engineer Office Department of the Pacific
Title: Centro de Luzon: Plano Conjunto de las 7 provincias: Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Bataan, y Zambales
Date: February 1900
Scale: 1:400,000
Dimensions: blueline print, 67 x 57 cm
Call No.: Philippines Luzon Island 1901 U.S. Engineers
Comments: Streams, towns, administrative districts are shown.

Author: War Department, Adjutant General's Office
Title: Military Map of the Isle of Luzon
Date: 1898
Scale: 1 inch = 8 miles
Dimensions: 133 x 99 cm. inset: Manila 61 x 42
Call No.: Philippines Luzon Island 1898 1 in = 8 miles U.S. War Dept.
Comments: Luzon map has a legend titled "Conventional Signs" and a key called "abbreviations." Manila inset legends are: "edificios militares," "edificios civiles," and "edificios religiosos."

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