Manuscripts
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
This collection includes typescripts of James M. Robb's manuscript "Carry On" written while he was a patient at the Bilibid prison-hospital in the Philippines during World War II; correspondence from his parents' efforts to locate the manuscript, 1946-48; reports and documents pertaining to Japanese treatment of Philippine prisoners of war, especially the "Hell Ships" that transported POWs to Japan; resources collected by his sister Marion Robb about the history of POWs in the Philippines with related correspondence, 1980-98; and additional family materials from his daughters Jannis Robb Garred and Allison Robb Marks, including a letter (photocopied) from James M. Robb to his wife, 1938.
James M. Robb earned his A.B. in political science at Stanford in 1931 and his law degree in 1934. He worked for three years with the Oakland Title Company before returning to Manila in 1937, where he joined the law firm of DeWitt, Perkins and Ponce Enrile. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was a first lieutenant in the Quartermaster Department during the siege of Bataan. He survived the Bataan death march and several POW camps in the Philippines, but died at sea in January 1945 while being transported with other POWs to Japan. Robb worked on a book detailing wartime conditions in the Philippines and the POW camps while he was a patient at the Bilibid prison-hospital; the manuscript was buried for safekeeping and retrieved when American troops liberated the Philippines.
Description
Type of resource | mixed material |
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Date created | 1938 - 1945 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Robb, James M. |
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Subjects
Subject | World War 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons (Japanese) |
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Subject | World War 1939-1945 > Personal narratives (American) |
Subject | World War 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Philippines |
Subject | World War 1939-1945 > Philippines |
Subject | James M. Robb |
Subject | Bilibid Prison (Philippines) |
Bibliographic information
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/bq384zd5304 |
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Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
- Robb, James M. (1938-1945). Manuscripts. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/bq384zd5304
Collection
James M. Robb Collection
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