Join us for an online discussion on colonial collections in and on the Philippines, featuring speakers from Yale University.

Dr. Cheryl Beredo, Director of Collections and Chief Curator, Yale University

Surveying several collections that can support the study of U.S. colonial archives of and on the Philippines, this presentation considers the conditions of their formation and explores their continuing dynamism. This talk examines how familiar government documents, national archives, and independent research collections in the United States and the Philippines not only chronicle the activities of the colonial state, but also the enduring work of both collection- and institution-building. It concludes with observations on possibilities to continue to build archives in this area today.

Aurélie Vialette, Associate Professor, Yale University

This presentation will discuss the colonial administrative archive of San Ramon penal colony (Zamboanga, Mindanao, the Philippines, 1869). The study of this archive provides an entrance to examine the transportation and labor of the imprisoned indigenous in the Philippines under colonial rule. It will cover the experiences working with archives, both in the Philippines and in Spain, and explain how to work with both databases and documents, showing specific examples from both countries.