Box 6
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Correspondence Diary: Holograph, 1942-1943
File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
In this series of letters from 23 October 1942 to 11 July 1943 written from internment camp to his sister, Jean, McDougall writes of his daily life. The letters from 1942 describe the physical characteristics of Palembang Jail and the barracks camp at Palembang, Sumatra. He tells Jean of his concern for the family, of his own health, writing, and study.
Between March 5 and July 11 McDougall writes...
Dates:
1942-1943
Correspondence Diary: Holograph, 1943-1945
File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
This series of letters written in a small, paper-bound notebook from 14 October 1943 to 25 August 1945 was also written to Jean. Inside the cover is inscribed, "To whom it may concern: In case of my death please seal this tablet--UNREAD--and send to my sister: Jean McDougall, 659 South 11th East, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A."
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Dates:
1943-1945
Prison Camp Sketches
File — Box: 6, Folder: 8
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of fifteen small sketches, fourteen of which are of views of Palembang Jail, the other is a sketch of the interior of the living quarters at the Barracks Camp.
Dates:
circa 1900-1960
Notebooks
File — Box: 6, Folder: 9-13
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Notebooks kept by William Henry McDougall, Jr. while in internment, probably from 1942 and 1943 as little study was done after the camp was moved to Muptok Prison. The notebooks include three tablets concerned with Malay language lessons from Palembang Jail, 1942; notes on the Dutch East Indies, especially concerning oil, tin and other resources as well as notes on the oil business also from Palembang; notes on journalism and religion included with a glossary of Dutch verbs; notes on China;...
Dates:
circa 1900-1960
Diary of Burt Smallwood: Holograph, 1942
File — Box: 6, Folder: 14
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
This small paperbound notebook was originally used for tabulated listings of some kind. Smallwood, a British prisoner, wrote in pencil either over or around these other entries. The diary covers the period from 4 February to 22 July 1942.
Smallwood writes the story of his capture when the Japanese finally captured and boarded the ship "Mata Hari" off Muntok on 15 February 1942. He was interned with...
Dates:
1942
Journal of Eric H. Germann: Holograph, 1942
File — Box: 6, Folder: 15
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Covering the period of February 12 to 14, 1942, Germann's journal is written in pencil over or around entries on two pages taken from a Dutch record book.
Germann, an American brewer working in Singapore, writes about leaving Singapore in company with about 250 other refugees aboard the "Vyner-Brooke." He describes the daily events and some of the people aboard ship. The "Vyner Brooke" was one of a...
Dates:
1942
Notebook: J. A. Tyacke [?]
File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
This small (3 1/4 by 4 1/4 inches) hardbound notebook was written by one of the British internees taken captive in February 1942, presumably J. A. Tyacke whose name appears on the cover. The notes are all written in purple indelible pencil and near the center binding the pages are water stained. Most of the notes are taken from books about the type of food eaten in the various nations of the world, with recipes for a few items at the end of the book. Also listed in a section on...
Dates:
circa 1900-1960
Internees at Belalau, 1945
File — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Typed, alphabetical name list with a series of number and letter notations in columns after each name. Two of the notations indicate age and nationality of the internee. The list is done on long, narrow pages headed, in Malay, "Daftar Orang Sakit Die Belalau."
Dates:
1945
South Sumatra Mission, 1945
File — Box: 6, Folder: 18
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Included is the October 10, 1945 letter written by McDougall to the head of mission, the "Missieprocuur," in Holland about the Dutch-Catholic priests and lay-brothers serving in Sumatra under Bishop Mekkelholt. McDougall describes their dedication and assistance throughout the period of internment before giving a list of deaths with dates and cause of death. The return letters thank McDougall for his information and invite him to do an article for the ...
Dates:
1945
Statement, 1945
File — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Sworn statement given in New York City, November of 1945 about the bombing and sinking of the "Poelau Bras" with special reference to the ship's officers.
Dates:
1945