Edward Bowditch papers, [ca. 1907-1957]
Collection Number: 4292
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Edward Bowditch papers, [ca. 1907-1957]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4292
Abstract:
Bound volumes include typescripts, manuscripts, printed pamphlets, letters and memos
on various aspects of Philippine history and life. Specific volumes concern irrigation;
copies of responses to a survey of tribes in the Department of Mindanao; and correspondence
between Bowditch and W. Cameron Forbes, with biographical information about Americans
who served in the Philippines. Also five photograph albums, mostly identified, of
people and places in the Philippines; loose photographs of the Philippines; and negatives.
Creator:
Bowditch, Edward, 1881-
Quanitities:
1.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
After receiving a law degree from Harvard University, Edward (Peter) Bowditch came
to the Philippines in 1907 and became Secretary to the Governor General, and Secretary
and Vice Governor of Moro Province, a position he held until 1914 when it was transferred
from military to civil control. Bowditch then served with the first civil governor
of Moro Province for a period of six months. During World War I, he served in France,
becoming personal A.D.C. to General Pershing. He was a member of the Harbord Mission
to Armenia in 1919, served as an officer in the 5th and 12th Cavalry regiments, and
returned to the Philippines as a member of the Wood-Forbes Mission in 1921.
Bound volumes include typescripts, manuscripts, printed pamphlets, letters and memos
on various aspects of Philippine history and life. Specific volumes concern irrigation;
copies of responses to a survey of tribes in the Department of Mindanao; and correspondence
between Bowditch and W. Cameron Forbes, with biographical information about Americans
who served in the Philippines. Also five photograph albums, mostly identified, of
people and places in the Philippines; loose photographs of the Philippines; and negatives.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Edward Bowditch papers, #4292. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959.
Places:
Mindanao Island (Philippines)
Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1898-1935.
Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.
Philippines -- Description and travel -- Views.
Philippines -- American influences.
Subjects:
Irrigation -- Philippines.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photograph albums
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Vol. 1 |
Bound volume of reports, notes, etc. on irrigation, compiled ca.
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1908 |
| Box 1 | Vol. 2 |
Copy of responses to a survey of tribes in the Dept. of Minanao
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Scope and Contents
Subjects include original and natural phenomena; government; laws; marriage and divorce;
prostitution, abortion, and infanticide; funeral rites; religion; superstitions; slavery,
education; warfare; the chase and fishing; manners and customs; dress; games; music
and dancing; commerce; self mutilation of the body; uses of medicine and methods produced
in childbirth; folklore and tradition; history; and language
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| Box 1 | Vol. 3 |
Mindaneo papers - Spanish and Army - typescripts of various reports, compiled
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1914 |
| Box 1 | Vol. 7 |
The Brethren - sequel to the Apostles -
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1956-1957 |
| Box 1 | Vol. 7 |
Correspondence of Bowditch and W. Cameron Forbes concerning people who were involved
in the government of the Philippines; includes biographical information on the staff
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| Box 2 | Vol. 4 |
Lists of words and expressions in Moro, and additional survey reports on Moros and
other tribes on Minanao (see Vol. 2)
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| Box 2 | Vol. 5 |
Includes "Special Banquet Number" of the Merchants' Association Review, 1911; typescript message of the Governor General to the Second Philippine Legislature,
1911; Address to the Merchants' Association, 1911; various press releases relating
to conditions in the Philippines; memos and reports about the economic and agricultural
conditions, 1908, 1913; report from the Court of Land Registration relating to simplification
of land titles; reports on "The New Mentality of the Filipino" and on "Modern Japan";
and published "Diary of a Journey Among the Lois of Hainan, Feb. and Mar. 1910," by
J. de L. Simonds. Also, loose clippings; letters about a testimonial to Forbes, 1930;
and a 1961 letter to Bowditch with an excerpt from a diary entry by Forbes
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1911, 1908, 1913, 1930, 1961 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 6 |
Report by the Nationalist Party of the Secretary of War; correspondence about a child
support case, 1909; trial transcript and report relating to Mariano Noriel, Philippine
insurgent; report on the Philippine constitution, 1910; typescript translation of
newspaper reports on the deportation of Chinese, 1909; and speech on the inauguration
of Governor Carpenter, the first civil governor of Mindanao,
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1909, 1910, 1909, 1914 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 6 |
Loose photographs of the Philippines, unidentified
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| Box 2 | Vol. 6 |
List of photos from a trip north of Luzon,
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1911 |
| Box 3 |
Photograph album, Philippines, 1907-1909, identified
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1907-1909 | |
| Box 4 |
Photograph album, Philippines, 1908-1909, identified
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1908-1909 | |
| Box 5 |
Photograph album, Philippines, some commercial views,
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1914-1915 | |
| Box 5 |
Photograph album, Philippines, n.d., unidentified
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n.d. | |
| Box 5 |
Photograph album, Philippines, ca. 1913, identified
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1913 | |
| Box 6 |
Negatives (nitrate)
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