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About Basilio J. Valdes
About Beatrice Livingstone
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About Carrie Chapman Catt
About Cecil J. Peart
About Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
About Charles Mock
About Chriss A. Bell
About C.B. Struthers
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About the Clinical Record of President Quezon
About Clinton S. Maupin
About Consuelo Ortiga y Pérez
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About Daniel R. Williams
About David L. Obert
About DeLoris Stevenson
About Dwight D. Eisenhower
About Edgardo J. Angara
About Edward Avery Bumpus
About Edward E. Brown
About Edward P. King
About Emilio Aguinaldo
About Eriberto B. Misa Jr.
About Estéban Rodriguez
About Felipe Buencamino III
About Ferdinand E. Marcos
About Fidel Segundo
About Francis Burton Harrison
About Francis M. Lunnie
About George A. Loud
About George C. Brundrett
About George W. Pearcy
About Gladys Savary
About Gregorio del Pilar
About Guillermo Galvey
About Harriet Low Hillard
About Harold J. Shrode
About Herbert C. Brokenshire
About Hiroshi Horikoshi
About Hoichiro Miyazawa
About Ike Thomas
About J. Thomas Chestnutt
About Jack Comstock
About Jacob Cuznar
About Jacob Wendell Beck
About Jaime Gil de Biedma
About James J. Loughrey
About Jessica Hagedorn
About Jesus G. Dureza
About John E.T. Milsaps
About John Henry Asendorf
About John J. Pershing
About John Marvin Dean
About John P. Burns
About John P. Horan IV
About John T. McCutcheon
About Jorge B. Vargas
About José Rizal
About Joseph J. Collins
About Joseph Stilwell
About Juan Labrador, OP
About Julien-Marie Crozet
About Karl D. White
About Lady Bird Johnson
About Leocadio de Asis
About Leon Ma. Guerrero
About Leonard Wood
About Lester Knox Little
About Levi E. Case
About Louise Fillmore Blancaflor
About Lucy Hardee Olsen
About Luis Née
About Lydia C. Gutierrez
About Lyndon B. Johnson
About Manuel Gutierrez Nevarez
About Manuel L. Quezon
About Manuel Rojo
About Marcial Lichauco
About Member 9th Shipping Engineer Regiment, Japanese Army
About Miguel Saderra Maso
About Natalie Crouter
About Olivia Salamanca
About Pacita Pestaño-Jacinto
About Paul Esmérian
About Paulino Santos
About Pedro Walpole
About Philinda Anglemyer
About Philip H. Meier
About Philip T. Fry
About Probationary Officer Baba
About Rachel Winter
About Rafael Palma
About Ramon A. Alcaraz
About Raymond Leyerly
About Reese F. Lukei Jr.
About Refugee from Ermita
About Robert Craft
About Robert Bruce Payne
About Robert G. Davis
About Robert W. Kentner
About Roland R. Birnn
About Rufus M. Jones
About Santiago Barcelona
About Salvador H. Laurel
About Simeon Villa
About Stephen Michael Mellnik
About Sykie Celiz
About Teodoro M. Kalaw
About Teodoro M. Locsin
About Thomas Dooley
About Thomas C. Hart
About Tomas Confesor
About Tressa R. Cates
About U.S.S. Canopus
About Unidentified Japanese Naval Person
About Venancio Concepcion
About Vernon L. Burge
About Victor Buencamino
About Vincent Richard Perrone
About Warren A. Starr
About Warren A. Wilson
About Warren D. Smith
About William A. Fairfield
About William C. Allen
About William Dampier
About William Draper
About William Jones
About William H. Montgomery
About William P. Oliver
About William Ritchie
About William Herman Wilhelm
About Young American Woman Living in the Philippines
Diaries
Clinical Record of President Quezon
Diary of Albert E. Holland
Diary of Alfred Burton Welch
Diary of Angelica Carballo Pago
Diary of Anonymous American Lady
Diary of Antonio de las Alas
Diary of Antonio M. Molina
Diary of Apolinario Mabini
Diary of Arthur L. Shreve
Diary of Augusto Caesar Espiritu
Diary of Aurea Labrador
Diary of Aurora A. Quezon
Diary of Basilio J. Valdes
Diary of Calvin Jackson
Diary of C.B. Struthers
Diary of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Diary of Charles Mock
Diary of Chriss A. Bell
Diary of Clinton S. Maupin
Diary of David Nash
Diary of David L. Obert
Diary of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Diary of Edgardo J. Angara
Diary of Edward Avery Bumpus
Diary of Edward E. Brown
Diary of Felipe Buencamino III
Diary of Ferdinand E. Marcos
Diary of Fidel Segundo
Diary of Francis Burton Harrison
Diary of Francis M. Lunnie
Diary of George A. Loud
Diary of Gladys Savary
Diary of Gregorio del Pilar
Diary of Guillermo Galvey
Diary of Harriet Low
Diary of Herbert C. Brokenshire
Diary of Hiroshi Horikoshi
Diary of Ike Thomas
Diary of Jack Arthur Comstock
Diary of Jacob Cuznar
Diary of Jacob Wendell Beck
Diary of Jaime Gil de Biedma
Diary of James J. Loughrey
Diary of Jessie Anglum
Diary of Jesus G. Dureza
Diary of Jessica Hagedorn
Diary of John E.T. Milsaps
Diary of John Henry Asendorf
Diary of John J. Pershing
Diary of John P. Burns
Diary of John P. Horan IV
Diary of John T. McCutcheon
Diary of Jorge B. Vargas
Diary of Joseph J. Collins
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
Diary of Juan Labrador, O.P.
Diary of Karl D. White
Diary of Lady Bird Johnson
Diary of Leocadio de Asis
Diary of Leon Ma. Guerrero
Diary of Leonard Wood
Diary of Lester Knox Little
Diary of Lieutenant X (Aime Ernest Motsch)
Diary of Louise Fillmore Blancaflor
Diary of Lucy Hardee Olsen
Diary of Luis Née
Diary of Lydia C. Gutierrez
Diary of Manuel Gutierrez Nevarez
Daily Diary of Lyndon B. Johnson
Diary Notes of Emilio Aguinaldo
Diary Notes of Manuel L. Quezon
Journal of Manuel Rojo
Diary of Marcial Lichauco
Diary of Miguel Saderra Maso
Diary of Natalie Crouter
Diary of Olivia Salamanca
Diary of Pedro Walpole
Diary of Philinda Anglemyer
Diary of Philip H. Meier
Diary of Rafael Palma
Diary of Ramon A. Alcaraz
Diary of Reese F. Lukei
Diary of Refugee from Ermita
Diary of Robert Craft
Diary of Robert Bruce Payne
Diary of Roland R. Birnn
Diary of Santiago Barcelona
Diary of Salvador H. Laurel
Diary of Simeon Villa
Diary of Sykie Celiz
Diary of Telesforo Carrasco
Diary of Teodoro M. Kalaw
Diary of Teodoro M. Locsin
Diary of Thomas Dooley
Diary of Tomas Confesor
Diary of Venancio Concepcion
Diary of Vernon L. Burge
Diary of Victor Buencamino
Diary of Warren A. Starr
Diary of Warren A. Wilson
Diary of William C. Allen
Diary of William P. Oliver
Diary of William Ritchie
Diary of William Herman Wilhelm
Diary of Vincent Perrone
Diary of Young American Woman Living in the Philippines
Journal of Antonio Pigafetta
Journal of Charles C. Statler
Journal of William Dampier
Journal of William Draper
Notes of Raymond Leyerly
Resources
Dairies by Occupation of Diarists
Timeline of Diaries
A Timeline of World War II
A Timeline of Martial Law
In Focus
Citations of the Philippine Diary Project
The Magellan Expedition and Elcano’s Circumnavigation: 500 Years
Diaries describe the start of the Filipino-American War, February 4-28, 1899
Railways in Mindanao: Then and Now
Civilian-Military, and American-Filipino Military, relations in the late prewar Commonwealth, 1939
December 1941: WW2PH 80 Years After
The sinking of the S.S. Corregidor, December 16-17, 1941
The Great Escape of the S.S. Mactan: December 31, 1941
The cavalry and their last charge, December 1941-January 1942
January 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
February 1942: WW2PH 80 Years Later
March 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
April 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
May 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
The debate on taking the Philippines out of the war: January 28 to February 12, 1942
Evacuation of the Gold Reserves of the Commonwealth, February 3, 1942
Bataan, 1942: views of a father and his son
Life, death, decisions, during the Japanese Occupation
Philippine wartime views on the future of Indonesia, China and Japan
Diary entries on the Leyte Landing: October, 1944
Endgame for Japan: From the Potsdam Declaration, the Atomic Bombs, and Surrender, the Defeat of Japan in Diaries from 75 Years Ago
Hugh Gibson’s Food Mission Diary: Herbert Hoover in Manila, 1946
The First Quarter Storm through the eyes of Ferdinand E. Marcos
The Delegate and the President: Contrasting Diaries on Martial Law
EDSA through the eyes of Doy Laurel
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About the Philippine Diary Project
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Diarists
About Aime Ernest Motsch (“Lieutenant X”)
About Albert H. Chestnut
About Albert E. Holland
About Alfred Burton Welch
About Andres Soriano
About Angelica Carballo Pago
About Anonymous American Lady
About Anonymous German Reservist in Manila
About Antonio de las Alas
About Antonio M. Molina
About Antonio Pigafetta
About Apolinario Mabini
About Arthur L. Shreve
About Augusto Caesar Espiritu
About Aurea Labrador
About Aurelio Alvero
About Aurora A. Quezon
About Basil Jones Gilbert
About Basilio J. Valdes
About Beatrice Livingstone
About Benjamin Lincoln Ball
About Calvin Jackson
About Carrie Chapman Catt
About Cecil J. Peart
About Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
About Charles Mock
About Chriss A. Bell
About C.B. Struthers
About Charles C. Statler
About the Clinical Record of President Quezon
About Clinton S. Maupin
About Consuelo Ortiga y Pérez
About Cummings
About David Nash
About Daniel R. Williams
About David L. Obert
About DeLoris Stevenson
About Dwight D. Eisenhower
About Edgardo J. Angara
About Edward Avery Bumpus
About Edward E. Brown
About Edward P. King
About Emilio Aguinaldo
About Eriberto B. Misa Jr.
About Estéban Rodriguez
About Felipe Buencamino III
About Ferdinand E. Marcos
About Fidel Segundo
About Francis Burton Harrison
About Francis M. Lunnie
About George A. Loud
About George C. Brundrett
About George W. Pearcy
About Gladys Savary
About Gregorio del Pilar
About Guillermo Galvey
About Harriet Low Hillard
About Harold J. Shrode
About Herbert C. Brokenshire
About Hiroshi Horikoshi
About Hoichiro Miyazawa
About Ike Thomas
About J. Thomas Chestnutt
About Jack Comstock
About Jacob Cuznar
About Jacob Wendell Beck
About Jaime Gil de Biedma
About James J. Loughrey
About Jessica Hagedorn
About Jesus G. Dureza
About John E.T. Milsaps
About John Henry Asendorf
About John J. Pershing
About John Marvin Dean
About John P. Burns
About John P. Horan IV
About John T. McCutcheon
About Jorge B. Vargas
About José Rizal
About Joseph J. Collins
About Joseph Stilwell
About Juan Labrador, OP
About Julien-Marie Crozet
About Karl D. White
About Lady Bird Johnson
About Leocadio de Asis
About Leon Ma. Guerrero
About Leonard Wood
About Lester Knox Little
About Levi E. Case
About Louise Fillmore Blancaflor
About Lucy Hardee Olsen
About Luis Née
About Lydia C. Gutierrez
About Lyndon B. Johnson
About Manuel Gutierrez Nevarez
About Manuel L. Quezon
About Manuel Rojo
About Marcial Lichauco
About Member 9th Shipping Engineer Regiment, Japanese Army
About Miguel Saderra Maso
About Natalie Crouter
About Olivia Salamanca
About Pacita Pestaño-Jacinto
About Paul Esmérian
About Paulino Santos
About Pedro Walpole
About Philinda Anglemyer
About Philip H. Meier
About Philip T. Fry
About Probationary Officer Baba
About Rachel Winter
About Rafael Palma
About Ramon A. Alcaraz
About Raymond Leyerly
About Reese F. Lukei Jr.
About Refugee from Ermita
About Robert Craft
About Robert Bruce Payne
About Robert G. Davis
About Robert W. Kentner
About Roland R. Birnn
About Rufus M. Jones
About Santiago Barcelona
About Salvador H. Laurel
About Simeon Villa
About Stephen Michael Mellnik
About Sykie Celiz
About Teodoro M. Kalaw
About Teodoro M. Locsin
About Thomas Dooley
About Thomas C. Hart
About Tomas Confesor
About Tressa R. Cates
About U.S.S. Canopus
About Unidentified Japanese Naval Person
About Venancio Concepcion
About Vernon L. Burge
About Victor Buencamino
About Vincent Richard Perrone
About Warren A. Starr
About Warren A. Wilson
About Warren D. Smith
About William A. Fairfield
About William C. Allen
About William Dampier
About William Draper
About William Jones
About William H. Montgomery
About William P. Oliver
About William Ritchie
About William Herman Wilhelm
About Young American Woman Living in the Philippines
Diaries
Clinical Record of President Quezon
Diary of Albert E. Holland
Diary of Alfred Burton Welch
Diary of Angelica Carballo Pago
Diary of Anonymous American Lady
Diary of Antonio de las Alas
Diary of Antonio M. Molina
Diary of Apolinario Mabini
Diary of Arthur L. Shreve
Diary of Augusto Caesar Espiritu
Diary of Aurea Labrador
Diary of Aurora A. Quezon
Diary of Basilio J. Valdes
Diary of Calvin Jackson
Diary of C.B. Struthers
Diary of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Diary of Charles Mock
Diary of Chriss A. Bell
Diary of Clinton S. Maupin
Diary of David Nash
Diary of David L. Obert
Diary of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Diary of Edgardo J. Angara
Diary of Edward Avery Bumpus
Diary of Edward E. Brown
Diary of Felipe Buencamino III
Diary of Ferdinand E. Marcos
Diary of Fidel Segundo
Diary of Francis Burton Harrison
Diary of Francis M. Lunnie
Diary of George A. Loud
Diary of Gladys Savary
Diary of Gregorio del Pilar
Diary of Guillermo Galvey
Diary of Harriet Low
Diary of Herbert C. Brokenshire
Diary of Hiroshi Horikoshi
Diary of Ike Thomas
Diary of Jack Arthur Comstock
Diary of Jacob Cuznar
Diary of Jacob Wendell Beck
Diary of Jaime Gil de Biedma
Diary of James J. Loughrey
Diary of Jessie Anglum
Diary of Jesus G. Dureza
Diary of Jessica Hagedorn
Diary of John E.T. Milsaps
Diary of John Henry Asendorf
Diary of John J. Pershing
Diary of John P. Burns
Diary of John P. Horan IV
Diary of John T. McCutcheon
Diary of Jorge B. Vargas
Diary of Joseph J. Collins
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
Diary of Juan Labrador, O.P.
Diary of Karl D. White
Diary of Lady Bird Johnson
Diary of Leocadio de Asis
Diary of Leon Ma. Guerrero
Diary of Leonard Wood
Diary of Lester Knox Little
Diary of Lieutenant X (Aime Ernest Motsch)
Diary of Louise Fillmore Blancaflor
Diary of Lucy Hardee Olsen
Diary of Luis Née
Diary of Lydia C. Gutierrez
Diary of Manuel Gutierrez Nevarez
Daily Diary of Lyndon B. Johnson
Diary Notes of Emilio Aguinaldo
Diary Notes of Manuel L. Quezon
Journal of Manuel Rojo
Diary of Marcial Lichauco
Diary of Miguel Saderra Maso
Diary of Natalie Crouter
Diary of Olivia Salamanca
Diary of Pedro Walpole
Diary of Philinda Anglemyer
Diary of Philip H. Meier
Diary of Rafael Palma
Diary of Ramon A. Alcaraz
Diary of Reese F. Lukei
Diary of Refugee from Ermita
Diary of Robert Craft
Diary of Robert Bruce Payne
Diary of Roland R. Birnn
Diary of Santiago Barcelona
Diary of Salvador H. Laurel
Diary of Simeon Villa
Diary of Sykie Celiz
Diary of Telesforo Carrasco
Diary of Teodoro M. Kalaw
Diary of Teodoro M. Locsin
Diary of Thomas Dooley
Diary of Tomas Confesor
Diary of Venancio Concepcion
Diary of Vernon L. Burge
Diary of Victor Buencamino
Diary of Warren A. Starr
Diary of Warren A. Wilson
Diary of William C. Allen
Diary of William P. Oliver
Diary of William Ritchie
Diary of William Herman Wilhelm
Diary of Vincent Perrone
Diary of Young American Woman Living in the Philippines
Journal of Antonio Pigafetta
Journal of Charles C. Statler
Journal of William Dampier
Journal of William Draper
Notes of Raymond Leyerly
Resources
Dairies by Occupation of Diarists
Timeline of Diaries
A Timeline of World War II
A Timeline of Martial Law
In Focus
Citations of the Philippine Diary Project
The Magellan Expedition and Elcano’s Circumnavigation: 500 Years
Diaries describe the start of the Filipino-American War, February 4-28, 1899
Railways in Mindanao: Then and Now
Civilian-Military, and American-Filipino Military, relations in the late prewar Commonwealth, 1939
December 1941: WW2PH 80 Years After
The sinking of the S.S. Corregidor, December 16-17, 1941
The Great Escape of the S.S. Mactan: December 31, 1941
The cavalry and their last charge, December 1941-January 1942
January 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
February 1942: WW2PH 80 Years Later
March 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
April 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
May 1942: WW2PH 80 Years After
The debate on taking the Philippines out of the war: January 28 to February 12, 1942
Evacuation of the Gold Reserves of the Commonwealth, February 3, 1942
Bataan, 1942: views of a father and his son
Life, death, decisions, during the Japanese Occupation
Philippine wartime views on the future of Indonesia, China and Japan
Diary entries on the Leyte Landing: October, 1944
Endgame for Japan: From the Potsdam Declaration, the Atomic Bombs, and Surrender, the Defeat of Japan in Diaries from 75 Years Ago
Hugh Gibson’s Food Mission Diary: Herbert Hoover in Manila, 1946
The First Quarter Storm through the eyes of Ferdinand E. Marcos
The Delegate and the President: Contrasting Diaries on Martial Law
EDSA through the eyes of Doy Laurel
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February 16, 1972
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
February 16, 1972
March 5, 2022