Box 6
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Diary: Typed Transcript, 1942
File — Box: 6, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
McDougall's entire internment diary covers the period from 5 March 1942 to 2 November 1945. The diary from the first year (5 March to 31 December) reviews the events from his arrival on Java and his narrow escape from invading Japanese troops aboard the Dutch liner "Poelau Bras." McDougall describes the scene and his feelings when the ship was sunk by Japanese bombers some 250 miles off the coast of Java. He also...
Dates:
1942
Diary: Typed Transcript, 1944
File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Muntok Prison on Bangka Island is the scene for this third year of internment. The diary runs from 11 January to 28 December.
Throughout this year McDougall continued his work in the hospital, even after a near fatal attack of cerebral malaria. Charitas Hsopital in Palembang was closed by the Japanese when the men were moved to Muntok and the nursing sisters were interned in the Women's Camp....
Dates:
1944
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; and...
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
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
United Press Associations, 1941-1945, 1946
File — Box: 6, Folder: 21-22
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
McDougall's detailed expense account, covering his internment period turned in to United Press for payment. Bills and correspondence about payment of McDougall's medical expenses by United Press.
Dates:
1941-1945; 1946
Air Transport Command, 1945
File — Box: 6, Folder: 23-24
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Transportation authorization, ticket and various forms including health certificates, allowing McDougall to travel from Singapore to Salt Lake City on United States Air Force flights. Also included is McDougall's thankyou letter, replies from Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, and a mimeographed copy of McCloy's trip log.
Dates:
1945
Radio Interview, 1946
File — Box: 6, Folder: 25
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and answers to interview questions for McDougall's participation on the "World Front" program from Cincinnati, Ohio, to discuss his internment.
Dates:
1946
Newspaper Clippings, 1942-1946
File — Box: 6, Folder: 26
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Articles about McDougall's capture and release from internment
Dates:
1942-1946