William H. McDougall papers

William H. McDougall papers, circa 1900-1960

Overview of the Collection

Creator: McDougall, William H.
Title: William H. McDougall papers
Dates: circa 1900-1960 (inclusive)
19001969
Quantity: 18 linear feet
Collection Number: MS 0246
Summary: The William H. McDougall papers (circa 1900-1960) consist of the personal and professional papers of McDougall, pastor and monsignor of Salt Lake City's Cathedral of the Madeleine. Included are genealogy records, correspondence, diary transcripts, news clippings, notes, writings, and manuscript drafts, among other materials.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

William Henry McDougall Jr., the eldest of three children, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on the third of June in 1909 to William Henry and Frances May Tormey McDougall. He received his primary and secondary education at Catholic schools in the city, graduating from Cathedral School in 1927. Following completion of high school, McDougall enrolled in Columbia University, a parochial college in Portland, Oregon, which later became the University of Portland. McDougall's interest in writing led him to a position as an editor and writer for the school magazine, the Columbiad.

Attending college away from home during the economic depression of the 1930s required McDougall to obtain any available work to supplement the financing his parents could provide. While in Portland he worked Christmas holidays for the United States Post Office and worked in the school library for a year. His summers were also spent away from home, first working at the Cardiff lead mines in Little Cottonwood Canyon near Alta, Utah and later for the Western Pacific Railroad at Wendover, Utah.

Graduating from Columbia in 1931, McDougall had to contend with a depressed economy and a continually increasing unemployed work force. He tried his hand at work that was available, first in the quarry and later with the survey crew at a dam site near Moran, Wyoming. When cold weather forced a halt on construction he took a position as a fishing guide and, in his spare time, wrote articles about the Jackson Hole area. Between November 1931 and January 1932 McDougall was the editor and reporter, with Eugene N. Turney the printer, of Jackson, Wyoming's The Grand Teton, a newspaper started to oppose park extension. Because of conflicts with the owners McDougall and Turney left the short-lived newspaper to set up their own advertising company, also a brief venture. During this period McDougall was considered for the position of editor of the town's rival newspaper, the Courier. He also spent part of 1932 in the Jackson Hole area prospecting for gold near Dead Man's Bar.

McDougall's newspaper career really began in 1934 when he became a police reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram. He remained with the Telegram through 1939 working his way up to the position of state editor. His work and writing earned him a nomination for the 1937 Pulitzer journalism prize. The nomination, from the managing editor of the Telegram, Will W. Bowman, was for his coverage of the October 1937 crash of a United Airlines plane in the mountains of Wyoming.

The war between China and Japan as a part of the growing global conflict sent McDougall to Japan in January of 1940. For nine months he worked as a reporter for the English-language newspaper Japan Times in Tokyo. McDougall and most other Westerners left Japan in September of 1940 when the Tinpartite Alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan was signed.

From Japan, McDougall went to Shanghai, China where he was hired as a war correspondent by United Press. In December 1941 when the Japanese occupied the city he was interned with other correspondents and Westerners. After about two weeks of internment McDougall escaped across the Japanese lines into unoccupied China with Francis Lee and Robert P. "Pepper" Martin through the aid of Chinese guerrillas. After making his way to Calcutta, India, United Press sent McDougall on to Batavia, Java to cover the imminent battle there.

His by-line stories from Java were abruptly halted when McDougall, accompanied by DeWitt Hancock, the Associated Press correspondent, left departure too late for safety. Both men boarded the Dutch liner "Poelau Bras" in company with about 240 other passengers, most of them Dutch military or oil men and their families. On the seventh of March 1942 about 250 miles off the coast of Java the "Poelau Bras" was bombed and sunk by Japanese planes. Most of the people on board were drowned or killed by the same machine gun fire which crippled most of the lifeboats. DeWitt Hancock went down with the ship but, after hours of swimming, McDougall was pulled aboard one of the few remaining lifeboats. After a six-day voyage on short rations the group landed on the coast of Sumatra. It was their original intention to find a larger, more seaworthy boat and escape to the Mentawai Islands. Unfortunately, they were found by the Japanese occupation forces before a boat was found.

McDougall was interned in Palembang Jail, Palembang, Sumatra on Easter Sunday the fifth of April 1942. The jail was already filled with Dutch residents of the East Indies, captured British and, notably, the Dutch priests of the Catholic missions in Sumatra. Life in the internment camp was difficult and became worse. McDougall grew closer to his religion through his trials and association with the Dutch priests. He spent three and one-half years in internment, from April 1942 to September 1945, during which time his family had only one postcard from him in December 1943. The story of those years is best told by McDougall himself in his diaries and his book By Eastern Windows.

Upon release from internment in September 1945 he flew back to the Barracks Camp at Palembang to retrieve the notes and diaries he had buried under the foundation of the camp hospital. From these materials he eventually wrote the story of his experiences from his life in Shanghai to his release from internment. Published in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons, Six Bells Off Java describes his experiences in Shanghai through the day he was reinterned in Palembang Jail in Sumatra. His internment camp experiences and impressions of the post-war world were published as By Eastern Windows in 1949.

After his return and recuperation, McDougall continued to work for United Press. In July of 1946 he was awarded a Lucius W. Nieman Fellowship for newspapermen. He spent the school year of 1946-1947 at Harvard University studying Chinese history and politics in preparation for further newspaper work in that country. It was his ambition to be a correspondent for the Catholic News Service.

McDougall resigned from United Press in 1948 to enter theological school at Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. He completed his studies and returned to Salt Lake City to be ordained to the priesthood on the eleventh of March 1952 in the Cathedral of the Madeleine. For the following two years McDougall taught school at the parochial Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City.

In 1954 McDougall was assigned to the Cathedral of the Madeleine as assistant pastor. After six years he was appointed to his present position as rector of the Cathedral. Pope John XXIII named McDougall a Domestic Prelate and gave him the title "monsignor" in 1962. Monsignor McDougall was one of the men behind the cathedral restoration project for the 1976 American Bicentennial. He also helped found the Catholic Big Brothers and Sisters of Salt Lake City organization. In addition to his work in the Catholic community he has been active in a number of civic organizations, including the Utah Mental Health Association, the Travelers' Aid Society, the Utah Council on Aging and the Youth Advisory Council.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The William H. McDougall papers (circa 1900-1960) consist of the personal and professional papers of McDougall, pastor and monsignor of Salt Lake City's Cathedral of the Madeleine. Personal materials, the first of six divisions, consist of only eight folders. Included in this division are family genealogy, school records, passport information with a copy of McDougall's birth certificate, press cards, and similar information arranged chronologically. Correspondence, the second and largest division, is contained in four and one-half boxes. The family correspondence fills the first three and one-half boxes beginning with a voluminous series from his mother, father, and two sisters then, in alphabetical order, other relatives. The family letters include some from McDougall, but most are those he received between 1926 and 1951. The general section of correspondence consists of alphabetically arranged letters from friends and people from the internment camp and chronologically arranged miscellaneous correspondence. This section includes letters dating from 1927 through 1950. One box of materials, comprising the third division, is made up of items related to McDougall's internment and World War II. McDougall's typed diary transcripts, holograph correspondence diary consisting of letters to his sister Jean, and his holograph notes on a variety of subjects taken while interned are filed first. These are followed by holograph diaries, journals and notes made by other men in the same internment camp. A number of telegrams, letters, newspaper clippings, notes and similar materials regarding McDougall's release from internment are filed together. Also included in this division are copies of some tabloid-type newspapers or newsletters published as information bulletins for soldiers fighting in the Pacific Theater. Most of the material filed in the fourth division, manuscripts, is also concerned with McDougall's internment. Correspondence about publication, manuscript drafts and galley proofs from Six Bells Off Java and By Eastern Windows, the two books which relate his experiences in the orient and the internment camps are included. There are also a number of magazine articles from 1946, 1947, and 1948 based on those same incidents. Also included in the manuscript division is a short story titled "Prelude" written in 1929 by McDougall in hope of publication in the magazine Columbia. The last part of the fourth division includes material related to McDougall's career as a journalist, filed in chronological order. These papers include background notes and articles written by McDougall for the Salt Lake Telegram, as well as other items connected with this Salt Lake City newspaper job. Press dispatches and articles written by McDougall about his internment and release are filed here. Transcripts and notes on a series of interviews done by McDougall in Singapore in 1945 about the future of Malaya and Indonesia are also included in this division. In 1946 McDougall was awarded a Nieman Fellowship for newspapermen at Harvard University. The fifth division is comprised of information about the fellowship and class notes and materials, most on China, taken while at Harvard. The final, miscellaneous division is made up of a number of kinds of material. Included is information on China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Soviet Union. Also filed here are pamphlets and booklets about the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Catholic Church in general. The other miscellaneous items are a short story written by Jean McDougall, an unidentified book of short stories, and a list of manuscript materials returned to Monsignor McDougall at his request.

The addendum to the collection has not been subject to extensive processing. The materials in the collection have been loosely categorized into four groups. The documents housed in boxes 13-19 comprise all loose sheets in this addendum, including such items as correspondence, writing drafts, and memorabilia. The card files in boxes 20 and 21, apparently, relate to McDougall's preparation of sermons; they reference various aspects of the Catholic faith. Scrapbooks are housed in boxes 22 and 23, and news clippings relating to World War II and McDougalls career in the clergy are in boxes 24 and 25.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-12 were donated in 1977 (3.5 linear feet).

Boxes 13-25 were donated around 1990 (14.5 linear feet).

Processing Note

Processed by Marlene Lewis in 1981 and Mark Jensen in 1998.

Separated Materials

Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0246 and A0518).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I: PersonalReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Personal and Correspondence
Box	Folder
1	1	Genealogy: Tormey Family Five pages of information about the ancestors and family members of McDougall's mother, Frances May Tormey McDougall.
1	2	Columbia University McDougall's grade reports and college transcript. Also included is a receipt for alumni dues of 1938-1939 for the school, then known as the University of Portland	1927-1939
1	3	United States Air Coprs Letters of recommendation and information about McDougall's examination to become a flying cadet in the United States Air Corps.	1929
1	4	Turney and McDougall Advertising McDougall's business card from this Jackson, Wyoming venture and a copy of the "Official Souvenir Program" printed by the pair for the Jackson Hole Winter Sports Association's 1932 carnival.	1932
1	5	Passport Information Copy of McDougall's birth certificate and a letter from the United States Department of State about rules affecting newsmen working in Shanghai, China, especially regarding photography.	1939
1	6	Health Certificate Copy of the certificate of health from the Utah State Board of Agriculture for the McDougall's cocker spaniel	1946
1	7	Catholic University of America Class notes on scripture and a copy of the school magazine "The Quadrangle" from 1949 which includes an article written by McDougall.	1948-1949
1	8	Cards Salt Lake City, Utah police and fire department press pass issued to Bill McDougall of the Telegram for 1935, undated identification card, calling card and bookplates for W. H. McDougall, Jr.

II: CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Personal and Correspondence
Box	Folder
1	9-28	McDougall, Frances May Tormey Correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his mother, Frances May Tormey McDougall begins in 1926 when the seventeen-year-old McDougall was working as a mucker." The exchange of letters through 1932 is concerned mainly with summer jobs, family and neighborhood events. The letters written during the school terms also cover the subjects of McDougall's academic progress and the problems involved with financing a college education during the economic depression of the 1930s. After 1932 there are no more letters from McDougall included in the files.	1926-1928
		Correspondence: Family
Box	Folder
2	1-26	McDougall, Frances May Tormey These letters are a continuation of the correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his mother which began in 1926.	1929-1931
3	1-16	McDougall, Frances May Tormey A two year break in the correspondence between McDougall and his mother ends in 1935, but there are only a few letters from 1935, 1937 and 1938. These are concerned with family and personal events written while McDougall was traveling as a reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram.Another eight-year hiatus is the result of McDougall's work as a newspaper correspondent in the Orient and his time spent in a Japanese internment camp in Sumatra. When the correspondence resumes in 1946 there are again no letters from McDougall. This letter correspondence, from 1946 to 1951, is concerned with McDougall's future plans, his study to become a priest, the publication of his books, and, as always, family events.	1932-1951
3	17-24	McDougall, William Henry Correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his father begins in 1927 and ends in 1950. The letters are, for the most part, concerned with the elder McDougall's job; finances, especially support for McDougall's college education; and family events. A break in the correspondence begins in 1932 and ends fifteen years later in 1947. There are fewer letters from McDougall in these files as the joint letters to his parents have been filed with the letters to his mother. There are no letters from McDougall for 1930, 1931, and 1947-1950.	1927-1950
3	25-32	McDougall, Jean Correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his sister Jean runs from 1926 to 1950. Though separated by about ten years in age they were very close, something shown particularly in the later correspondence. The letters between 1926 and 1930 are full of home, school and family events as well as Jean's poetry and general affectionate banter between brother and sister. After 1930 there are no more letters from McDougall. There is a break of seven years, until 1937, when there are a couple of letters from Jean about family events. Between 1937 and McDougall's release from internment in 1945 the only letter is Jean's 1943 inquiry to the Portland police about the death of Eugene N. Turney, an old friend of McDougall's. Between 1945 and 1950, although there are no letters from 1946, the correspondence is concerned with home and family, Jean's job and writing, McDougall's writing and finances, and his internment notes which Jean transcribed, and visits planned by Jean.	1926-1950
4	1-5	Carrico, Gertrude McDougall Correspondence between William Henry McDougall and his sister Gertrude runs from 1926 to 1949 with some undated letters included. There are only two letters from McDougall to Gertrude, both from 1926. There are no letters from 1936 or 1937 and only one each from 1938, 1939 and 1949. The letters are concerned with family, school, jobs and other personal items.	1926-1949
4	6	Carrico, Paul Two letters from Paul Carrico, McDougall's brother-in-law, one to McDougall and one to his parents. The letter of 7 March 1939 is about plans for Carrico's wedding to Gertrude in August. The other, undated letter is to inform Mr. and Mrs. McDougall about Gertrude's health following an operation.	1939
4	7	Carr, Gertrude G. Tormey "Auntie," McDougall's mother's older sister, to McDougall.	1927-1946
4	8	Carr, Gertrude G. Tormey Gertrude to "Fannie," her sister, Frances May Tormey McDougall.	1931-1932
4	9	Surprenant, "Rolle" "Rollie" to "Grandma," Mary Lavine Carl Tormey, and to William Henry McDougall about his job.	1930-1931
4	10	Surprenant, Teresa Buella Carl Teresa to her mother, Mary Lavine Carl Tormey, about family events. These letters were enclosed in letters to Frances May Tormey McDougall.	1930-1933
4	11	Tormey, George M. George, brother to Frances McDougall, to his nephew, "Bill," about family and personal items.	1948-1949
4	12	Tormey, Hayden J. Hayden to McDougall about the legal aspects of Gertrude G. Tormey Carr's accident at the Catholic church. Also included is a letter from Gertrude to Hayden.	1948-1949
4	13	Tormey, Mary Lavine Carl "Grandma," to William Henry McDougall.	1927; 1929
4	14-16	Tormey, Mary Lavine Carl "Mother," to "Fannie," Frances McDougall.	1930-1933
4	17	Miscellaneous Relatives Letters to Gertrude G. Tormey car from "Mabel" and "Will" and two letters from "Aunt Marg" to McDougall.
		Correspondence: General, Miscellaneous
Box	Folder
5	1	Anderson, Guy Anderson writes about financial difficulties during the depression and the sale of a truck.	1932
5	2	Bakker, E. P. The brother of Father Benedictus Bakker, one of the priests interned on Sumatra, writes to thank McDougall for his kind remarks about Father Benedictus and for the gift of the book Six Bells Off Java.	1945-1946; 1948
5	3	Bowker, Benjamin C. Bowker, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, was part of the return trip from Sumatra in 1945. He writes about shared experiences.	1945-1946
5	4	Carter, Jack Letters to McDougall, in his capacity as a police reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram, from this man who was in custody in the Los Angeles County Jail.	1936
5	5	Clare, Sister Regina Letters about McDougall's books Six Bells Off Java and By Eastern Windows.	1948
5	6	des Victoires, Sister M. This Catholic sister, who was one of McDougall's teachers in Cathedral School in Salt Lake City, writes to inquire about his school work and, later, his books.	1927-1947
5	7	Dewar-Durie, R. V. This major in the British military, who escaped Shanghai near the same time McDougall did in 1941, writes about their experiences when they traveled together during the latter portion of the escape.	1947
5	8	Douglass, Gawin Letter to McDougall from this long-time friend about Dougalss's life, work in Ecuador, and his family.	1946
5	9	Elling, Father Gerard M. Father Elling, who was also interned in Sumatra with McDougall, writes about post-war conditions in the country and the Catholic mission including remarks on Bishop Mekkelholt.	1946-1949
5	10	Germann, Erich H. Germann, the only other American interned with McDougall in Sumatra, writes about his present life and work in Ecuador.	1947-1948
5	11	Goetyn, Kay Flemming Letters from 1929 or the early 1930s written to McDougall about school. The 1946 letter is to Mr. and Mrs. McDougall rejoycing in McDougall's safe return from internment.	1929; 1946
5	12	Hancock, DeWitt Correspondence between John and David Hancock and the McDougall family about the disappearance of DeWitt Hancock, an American Press correspondent who was also on the "Poelau Bras," after the McDougall family received their first postcard from McDougall. The later correspondence between McDougall and the Hancock family is about DeWitt's death.	1943-1946
5	13	Hilling, Henry Hilling writes about their mutual internment in Sumatra and about McDougall's first book.	1948-1949
5	14	Koot, Nicolaas "Nick" L. H. This Dutch engineer, who was also interned in Sumatra, writes about their experiences and about his life and work.	1946-1949
5	15	Lee, Francis Lee was one of the two men who escaped Shanghai with McDougall in 1941. His letter is about McDougall's book Six Bells Off Java and about his own life.	1948
5	16	Martin, Robert P. "Pepper" Martin was the other of the two men who escaped Shanghai in 1941 with McDougall. He writes about the situation in Japan where he has assigned by United Press.	1945; 1947
5	17	Mekkelholt, Bishop H. M. The bishop writes about the conditions in Sumatra, especially dealing with the Catholic missions. Also included are some letters of commendation for the bishop in response to letters and remarks made by McDougall.	1946-1949
5	18	Nakashima, Leslie Nakashima writes about difficulties in Japan and problems with his attempts to regain his American citizenship and the consequent hardship on his family.	1947
5	19	National Catholic Welfare Conference Letters about the possibility of having McDougall work as a correspondent from the Orient for the press department.	1946
5	20	Oosten, W. H. Oosten writes about their mutual experiences aboard the "Poelau Bras," in the lifeboat, and under internment as well as remarks about his job and McDougall's articles and books.	1946-1948
5	21	Ronkes-Agerbeek, Th. J. A. Ronkes-Agerbeek writes about his work as a photographer and the loss of all his films from the internment camp.	1945-1946
5	22	Salt Lake Telegram Letters to McDougall about the Nieman Fellowship and about the use of homing pigeons by the Telegram.	1946-1948
5	23	Seise, Heinrich "Heinz" Thank-you letters to McDougall for his material and financial assistance.	1949-1950
5	24	Selby-Walker, Kenneth Letters from the British Reuter News Service about the disappearance and presumed death of Kenneth Selby-Walker, one of their correspondents in Java known to McDougall, following the fall of Java in March 1942.	1946
5	25	Smith, George P. This long-time friend writes about life during the depression and about McDougall's book Six Bells Off Java.	1932-1948
5	26	United Press Associations Letters to McDougall about his job and salary at United Press.	1945-1946
5	27	Wayman, Dorothy G. Miss Wayman writes about McDougall's books and articles, her own books and poetry related to her conversion to Catholicism, her struggles with increasingly poorer health due to cancer, and remarks about people and places they both know, particularly the Orient.	1947-1949
5	28	West, Doctor G. F. "Paddy"	1947-1949
5	29	Wood, Bill Letters to McDougall about their work for Western Pacific Railroad in 1929, and about McDougall's work and success.	1946; 1949
5	30	Correspondence Letters from school friends.	1927-1929
5	31	Correpsondence Letters from friends, about gold prospecting in Wyoming, and about McDougall's newspaper work.	1930-1935
5	32	Correspondence Letters from friends, and about McDougall's newspaper work in Salt Lake City and the Orient.	1936-1942
5	33	Correspondence Letters about McDougall's disappearance and internment.	1943-1944
5	34	Correspondence Letters, including copies of some written by McDougall, about his internment and release written by friends and other internees.	1945
5	35	Correspondence Letters from friends from home and internment and letters about McDougall's newspaper work.	1946
5	36	Correspondence Letters from friends, and about McDougall's interest in writing for Catholic publications and his enrollment in theological school.	1947
5	37	Correspondence Letters from friends from home and internment about his books and articles.	1948-1950
5	38	Correspondence Letters and cards from friends.

III: Internment and World War IIReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
6	1-2	Diary: Typed Transcript 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 tells of his eventual capture on Sumatra after six days in a small lifeboat and nearly three weeks of trying to find a small, seaworthy boat to make an escape to the Mentawai Islands. McDougall was interned in Palembang Jail on Easter Sunday 5 April 1942, the only American among the Dutch and British prisoners until Eric Germann, a brewer from Singapore arrived in mid-April. The diary describes the physical setting and characteristics of the jail as well as making notes and remarks about other internees and their capture stories. After the first couple of weeks in internment McDougall became an assistant in the camp clinic. Because of this he has much to say about the health and diet within the camp. In the first year of internment McDougall and most of the other internees were busy with various language lessons, study groups, organized lectures, quiz contests, lotteries, and camp concerts. McDougall also began to attend Catholic Mass regularly with the many priests who were interned from the Catholic missions in Sumatra. They also organized a camp government with a camp leader and representative block leaders comprising the Camp Committee. McDougall describes the organization, its function and the factions within camp, especially the competition between the British and the Dutch. McDougall wrote articles, did editing, and helped type the English version of a small camp newspaper. The paper was circulated throughout the prison to give news about camp government and events, and news or rumors about the war. During the first year they received war news from a radio hidden by the Catholic nuns who ran Charitas Hospital where cases too severe for the camp clinic were taken. The hospital acted as a clearinghouse for information exchanged between the men's and women's camps and the outside world. Throughout the diary McDougall describes his activities, impressions, opinions, and escape hopes. He is very concerned about his family and their reactions to his "disappearance." He writes letters to them in hopes he may sometime be allowed to send them and continually hopes that the International Red Cross has been informed of his whereabouts. This diary also has a summary of his feelings about the events of the year 1942. April 1st, 1942, Wednesday, page 17 "...I pleaded long, loudly and in vain to remain in this small kampong [village] because I am afraid that as soon as we go to Kroe we will be captured. ...However I am helpless, I cannot speak the language and these people are unwilling to remain any longer in the jungle." May 3, 1942, Sunday, page 26 "A tall Englishman named Morgan who has been teaching Japanese lessons in camp this morning at 8:30 a.m. was told to pack his luggage and leave with the Japanese. I don't think we will ever see him again." May 21st, 1942 Thursday, page 32 "...I'm well tanned and healthy now, able to meet anything should my chance come. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, however, because of much impetigo, athlete's foot, appapox (that is, moneky pox) and other skin infections and diseases spreading through camp." June 7, 1942, Sunday [page 37] "...Attended 5:30 a.m. Mass and also High Mass at 6:30 at which Father Bakker, parish priest at Muntok, preached an excellent, inspiring and thought provoking sermon in English. Two months ago he could speak or understand very little English." June 9, 1942, Tuesday, page 38 "...The hard part, though, is knowing how worried are the folks at home. Informed today the International Red Cross has inquired regarding the Poeloe [Poelau] Bras victims and survivors. I hope it is correct and our names have gone to Geneva. (Later this proved to be a false report)." June 27, 1942, Sunday, page 42 "A successful camp concert was staged by the light of a full moon with a makeshift stage made out of cell doors and planks and the south wall of the water tank..." July 23, 1942, Thursday, [page 51] "Worked all day on U.S. History for lecture Friday night." August 3, 1942, Monday, [page 53] "British ring-around-rosie election today re--elected Penryce whom they voted yesterday to oust. There is no accounting for the British mind...." October 23, 1942, Friday, page 66 "Began series descriptive letters to Jean." November 14, 1942, Saturday, page 69 "Block 6 defeated Block 3 by 21 1/2 to 18 in quiz contest. Had busy week preparing for concert, putting out camp news and preparing quiz." December 25, 1942, Friday [page 78] "Dutch choir gave impressive cantata of sacred music...Christmas story from Bible read to Dutch and English...in short readings followed by songs...For first time since jail camp began utter silence reigned during the second half of the concert.... "All in all it was a happy, cheerful Christmas--despite the circumstances--with a beautiful ending."	1942
6	3	Diary: Typed Transcript McDougall's diary for the year 1943 runs from 1 January to 22 August with a gap between 11 April and 14 July. During this year McDougall continued to work as a "dresser" in the camp hospital and enjoyed the special privileges consequent to his position. When the internees were moved in January to the new barracks camp in Palembang, McDougall describes the deteriorating situation. Food and sanitation became continually poorer and as a result patients at the camp hospital increased. Internees from Pladjoe were added to the new camp and the increased crowding brought more strain in personal relationships. McDougall also describes the continued divisions in the camp government and gives his opinions on various factions. Even while more strain was evident the camp members continued to study, hold lectures, quizzes, and camp concerts and variety shows. McDougall sent his first postcard home in March, but had no word from his family. He continued to worry about their concern for him and to hope they might receive word through the Red Cross regarding his location and condition. The camp was moved to Muntok Prison on Bangka Island, known for its unhealthy conditions, in September. Having heard the news in advance and fearing loss of his diaries and notes, McDougall buried these materials under the foundation of the hospital in August. Before doing so he wrote about his changed attitude toward his way of life, journalism, and his renewed faith in his religion. January 1, 1943, Friday, [page 81] "...First New Year's Eve or Day in many years I didn't drink at least one toast with some spirit beverage....this year there was nothing, unless last night's fruit punch can be counted. Three bottles of arak went into the mixture..." Jan. 5, 1943, Tuesday, page 81 "Hospital workday begins at 5:45 a.m. emptying night soil bucket, then building fire, half the time with wet wood....Our hospital consists of two room cell block separate from other buildings and fronted by barbed wire and high hedges...." January 16, 1943, Saturday, page 84 "Piles of luggage, furniture...Cells stripped of everything....informed 126 men from Pladjoe today would be added to our new camp, plus 40 more later, which outwiped our plans allocating places...." February 9, 1943, Tuesday, page 89 "Missed first Tuesday lecture of our group because Father Elling gives his own. I elected to go to Elling's. Looks like the first break." March 4, 1943, Thursday, page 95 "Debating again whether to take up the study of Dutch....but I dislike dividing further my already full and precious time...Malay and shorthand take about all my spare time..." March 14, 1943, Sunday, page 96 "Camp members issued postcards 'Services des Prisonniers de Gueze' and told we could send them three times a year anywhere in the world. Mine addressed said: 'Dear Mother, Dad and Jean. I am in good health, eating sufficiently and treated all right. Time passes quickly doing camp duties plus studying shorthand and Malay. You'll be glad to know, Mother, I'm attending Mass here daily. The climate is pleasant, nights cool. We can live and work in shorts and sandles [sic]. Greetings to Gertrude and Paul. Tell my office I'm okaye but [DeWitt] Hancock [Associated Press] missing since shipwreck last March. God bless you all. Love, Son. W. H. McDougall Jr." April 11, 1943, Sunday, page 102 "Have now been interned a few days over a year..." "Sense of values changed considerably. Journalistic success seems not so important as once, unless pursued for an objective which is concrete and aside from the success standpoint. Few things are more perishable--or fascinating--than news. But little of it is of any permanent worth and much of the modern newspaper's contents are definately harmfull morally." July 17, 1943 Saturday, page 103 "Lobbied intensely for Camp election of representatives of new Camp Committee headed by Resident Oranje, with provision for regular elections every three months and Drysdale as representative of British...." July 22, 1943, Thursday, page 104 "Koot made tin containers for me, tube shaped..." [to bury camp newspaper, diaries and other notes] "Midnight 27-28 [July 1943] Camp News buried" [page 106] August 5, 1943, Thursday, page 107 "Tied hand and foot 2x2. Fed twice, water once." August 22, 1943, Sunday, handwritten note, page 110 "Here I buried diaries, letters under hospital foundation."	1943
6	4	Diary: Typed Transcript 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. Because of this lack of other facilities, the reduced rations and increasing weakness of the internees, the camp hospital became more and more important. During the latter part of the year the hospital and its administration became a camp "political football" and trouble developed between two hospital factions and the Camp Committee. McDougall goes into detail over the circumstances and his feelings. McDougall describes the increasingly poorer rations, the somewhat unpalatable prison supplements (like rats), and the increase in black market activities. He notes the greater numbers of deaths from malnutrition, beri-beri, malaria, dysentery, and tuberculosis. These conditions severely curtailed camp entertainments and study. Even though he receives no mail in 1944, McDougall notes the deliveries and the length of time letters were in-transit. He continues to express concern over his family. January 11, 1944, Tuesday, [page 112] "And so--for the second time in less than two years I have gone down into the Valley of the Shadow of Death [following an attack of cerebral malaria]--and come out through the mercy of God...." January 15, 1944, Saturday, page 112 "Weighed today--46 1/2 kilos, 102.3 pounds! Height, 1 meter 77 cent., 5'9.3"...." February 6, 1944, Sunday, page 113 "I seem to be falling into the apathy of other Camp members as regards study. Haven't studied a bit since illness. Mental concentration becomes more and more difficult. Doctor says it's lack of proteins in diet." March 30, 1944, Thursday, page 116 "Have gained 1 kilo since sixteenth--afraid may be water. Many men suffering oedemia account heavy starch diet unbalanced by other foods." April 9, 1944, Easter, Sunday, page 116 "...Food quantity steadily decreasing. Beri-beri incidence increasing, especially among middle aged and elderly...." June 19, 1944, Monday page 120 "...Seki speeched Camp saying our prospects were more work, less food. He sorry for old men and sick but Nips didn't start war. Ended by advising us not to get sick to which Camp members responded with derisive laughter..." July 16, Sunday 1944, page 123 "...We are continually hungry now, a perpetual inner gnawing only possible to forget if so mentally occupied the hunger pangs are temporarily forgotten." September 11, 1944, Monday, page 129 "Today wrote two postcards...Cards limited to fifty words in English, Malay or Japanese; only blue or black ink--no other colors allowed for some unknown reason, possibly prevent code..." September 19, 1944, Tuesday, page 132 "Many letters and cards received by Camp members from Holland, Britain, Australia, South Africa, Scotland and even one from Jerusalem and Vancouver, B. C....Nothing from America for Germann and I...." October 14, 1944, Saturday, page 135. "One year ago today occurred first death in Muntok Camp...Today the 100th death..." November 27, 1944, Monday, pages 139-140. "Hospital affairs rapidly worsened until today Doctors Kramer, Kampschuur, Hollweg and Boerma 'Struck' without warning...No medicines have been dispensed or patients visited...If doctors, in such time as this, desert helpless sick and dying men they should suffer at least to have their license to practice revoked by the Dutch Government after the war." December 10, 1944, Sunday, page 148. "I am now typing death record forms for Japs, including a few from Women's Camp..." December 24, 1944, Sunday, page 151. "Germann gave me three American cigarettes he saved since the Red Cross issue for this occasion. A real Christmas present under the circumstances." December 25, 1944, Monday, page 152. "Rumor persists German Army surrendered but S.S. and gestapo forces still fighting in Bavaria. Also, that Manila radio (American) now broadcasting."	1944
6	5	Diary: Typed Transcript The portion of the diary from 1945 covers the period from 5 January to 2 November when McDougall landed in San Francisco, California after three and one-half years of internment. McDougall continued to work in the hospital and he records the numerous deaths until March of 1945 when the camp was moved to Belalau, an abandoned rubber plantation in Sumatra. After the move McDougall begins life away from the hospital and its internal administrative troubles. He does, however, continue typing death records for the Japanese. In this way he learns some things about life in the Women's Camp and, through stealing Japanese newspapers, learns about the progress of the war. Most of the diary from the Belalau period of March through August consists of descriptions of McDougall's ventures and success as a black marketeer smugging food into the camp. The productivity and hence better food of the area as compared with Muntok allowed McDougall's health to improve. His mental situation was helped considerably when he received his first letters from home in January and at irregular intervals thereafter. Following the August announcement by the Japanese that the war was over and the Allied forces would be moving into the area, visits were finally allowed between the men's and women's camps and open trade for foodstuffs was carried on. The diary from September to November describes McDougall's release from internment and his trip home. He describes people and places and gives his impressions of post-war Singapore, Shanghai, Japan and various other American military bases visited on his way back to the United States. January 5, 1945, Friday, pages 152-153 "Two hundred four deaths in Camp during 1944 of total 229 to date.... "Old newspapers show Southern Philippines occupied in September and Germany almost finished in October. Nov. Jap attitude here definitely changing to one of frigidity...." January 11, 1945, Thursday, page 153. "Three letters received this afternoon..." January 31, 1945, Wednesday, page 156. "Drysdale later bought dead rat from a brother for 1 guilder and ate it. Many men eating rats now." February 23, 1945, Friday, page 158. "Japs said Camp going to Rubber Estate near Loeboek Linggau, in South Sumatra..." March 14, 1945, Wednesday, page 161. "This is my first real taste of Block life; hitherto always having lived Hospital, Keeps one busy dark till dark, if one cooks, sews, etc." July 30, 1945, Monday, page 169. "Busy all week Black Marketing but sold little. Night of Wednesday--Thursday Germann and I to Ladang, getting big load ubi kayoe [a root vegetable from which tapioca is made]. Cost Fl. 30 for fixing Hai Ho [native guard]. We sold enough to pay the fix and make about Fl. 20 extra... "Eric [Germann] and I are getting reputation in Camp as big Black Marketers and Ubi-Kings. Various totally untrue and fantastic things are attributed to us. Actually we are small fry in Black Market circles...." August 19, 1945, Sunday, page 173. "Fathers returned from meeting children, with conflicting stories. Children sufficiently fed and children starved. Most agreed that children there thinner than here...." August 24, 1945, Friday, pages 173-174. "Camp alive with rumors--all attributed to various Japs--war is over. An official announcement of some sort scheduled for 2:00 p.m.... "Last night Japs announced phenomenal ration increase...We cheered but skeptically await fulfillment [sic]." August 25, 1945, Saturday, page 174. "Captain Seki yesterday 2:00 p.m. announced war ended in Pacific....Peace signed Manila noon Tokyo time....Did not know when Allies would arrive.... "Part[l]y because we had been expecting the announcement and partly because it seemed unreal and distant from us, men took it quietly, calmly--little emotion displayed.... "Neither Germann nor I felt any particular sense of exhilaration--that probably will not come until we see Allied troops--Americans we hope...." September 6, 1945, Thursday, page 178. "Three Dutch and one Chinese paratroop Cadets arrived here after being dropped over Benkoelen this morning.... Said possibly two months before we able leave here. Whole world in chaos...." September 20, 1945, Thursday, page 180. "Yesterday night journeyed Lahat boarded Dakota (with 35 internees) for Singapore. Tuesday Dakota offtook Lahat airdrome with 70 people." September 29, 1945, Saturday, page 180. "Moving every minute since left Camp....Yesterday flew Palembang Mitchell twin motor Bomber, updug notes burried [sic] Boekit Besar Camp [Barracks Camp] August, 1943--perfectly preserved...." October 11, 1945, Thursday, page 182. "Today discharged from 142nd Base Hospital and 2nd Convalescent Camp....Mailed five large envelopes to Jean containing buried notes." November 1, 1945, Thursday, page 194. "Slept till noon in bunk but awakened just in time to sight the U. S. A. Its rugged coast line came out of the mist and reached for me...."	1945
6	6	Correspondence Diary: Holograph 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 his letters as a continuing narrative describing his experiences, feelings and impressions of his life between 11 February and 13 March 1942. He describes the journey from India to Java, his activities on Java gathering war news, and finally his escape aboard the "Poelau Bras" and its sinking. On June 3, 1943, his birthday, he temporarily abandoned his narrative to philosophize and evaluate his life on becoming thirty-four. He concludes that because his spiritual sense has been awakened the rest of his life has not been wasted. October 23, 1942, page 2-back. "Seven months is a long time in a concentration camp. Seven months of hoping your families, somehow, will learn you are alive. That's the most important thing in the lives of most of these men...." December 17, 1943, page 6. "We had our first real contact with the outside world today...two men...received a package each from their wives in South Africa, sent to their former Singapore addresses via the Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Tokyo...." March 5, 1943, page 16-back. "Although I wanted to get that plane I had a hunch the N.E.I. [Netherlands East Indies] was a poor place to be for me because its fate would be sealed with Singapore's fall. I told Atkinson 'I'll probably arrive in Batavia [Java] just in time to be captured by the Japanese.'" page 21. "New York was so pleased (and also London) with my yarns, they doubled my salary, promised to reimburse me for S. [Shanghai] losses, gave me wide open expense account." page 22-back. "I took your call and your words still linger in my memory. You all were concerned lest I be trapped in Java. As a matter of fact I wasn't unduly worried myself. Something always turns up, or rather always had..." March 7, 1943, page 26. "At 9:15 our fears were justified. A Japanese reconnaissance plane circled us, leisurely flying round and round us as the 2 1/2 inch submarine gun on the stern deck cracked sharply & ineffectively...." page 34. "As I looked at him [DeWitt Hancock] the Poeloe Bras' ["Poelau Bras"] bow pointed straight skyward, poised for a moment, then slide [sic] down with a long sigh and disappeared in a ruffle of foaming waters. A black jet shot skyward, as though a high pressure hose had suddenly been turned on and off, leaving a thin column of water without visible support, disconnected and suspended senselessly in the air. Then it dropped back. The Poeloe Bras was no more...." June 3, 1943, page 44. "Although my last 10 years, since 24, have brought me little else in the way of worldly progress, although I have nothing to show for them. They have not been barren. They yielded me a spiritual treasure beyond price."	1942-1943
6	7	Correspondence Diary: Holograph 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." McDougall describes the physical setting and characteristics of Muntok Prison, the internee quarters from December of 1943 to March of 1945. In Muntok the death rate soared as the rations decreased. McDougall tells Jean about the darker side of internment as he describes illness and death as a part of everyday life in his role as a hospital attendant. He makes continual remarks about the food situation as a contributing factor to the illness in camp. After the move to Belalau he writes only three more letters with a much more positive outlook. He describes the new camp and the improving food situation as a result of black market activities. Finally he records that the internees have been told the war is over and he looks forward to reunion with his family. October 14, 1943 "There are more than 700 men in here now...We are jammed into large cells, the largest of which now holds 250 men. So crowded are the cells men sleep and live in spaces varying from 26 to 29 inches wide & six feet six inches long....Our entertainment has been considerable curtailed, no more lectures, debates or monthly stage shows...." February 24, 1948 "...it is such an effort to write. Confinement does something to the mind, robs it of initiative; weakens the will to do abstract things let alone concrete things...." August 1, 1944 "Morning shift [hospital] ward men begin temperature taking, cleaning up generally, airing bedding and clothing, washing helpless patients. Five dressers begin their rounds, doctoring skin ulcers, wounds and itches...We average 80 to 90 treatments daily." November 17, 1944 "Definitely our survival is a race against time--the time of freedom. Another six months of this and more than half the camp will have died. "God send us deliverance soon." November 19, 1944 "No letters have yet arrived here from America, but many have come--in two batches--this year from England and her colonies, and one from Canada....So I still do not know if you have heard from me." June 26, 1945 "My luck has finally turned, bringing me good health, letters from home, extra food & news of the best.... "From your letters...I deduce you heard from me first in December '43 or January '44; that only one card, my first, was received..." August 25, 1945 "I've missed the entire war, but I'm alive, thank God, and in good health. Now for home & you all as quickly as possible...."	1943-1945
6	8	Prison Camp Sketches 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.
6	9-13	Notebooks 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 one notebook full of possible news stories or fictionalized accounts of his experiences, and the texts of telegrams he sent out after his release.
6	14	Diary of Burt Smallwood: Holograph 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 a group at Pladjoe and moved to Palembang Jail on April 15th. Smallwood, an Englishman who weighed 250 pounds when interned, rapidly lost weight after a severe case of with impetigo. He records the menus from some of his more memorable meals. He also writes about his stay in the hospital while suffering with his skin infection. He remarks on the people at the hospital and deaths there. Smallwood also makes comments on the apparent war activities in the area, such as planes overhead and blackouts in the evenings at the Jail. February 13, 1942 "....On Friday the 13th we were bombed at sea...." February 15, 1942 "Sunday Morning 15th Feb Captured by the Japs between 12 AM and 3 AM we laid off Muntock [sic] all day Sunday Boarding party came aboard and striped everything..." May 6, 1942 "Wed 6 May News trickles through Stalin B-Cast [broadcast] to Nation will wipe out Jerry [Germany] by Xmas....." May 24, 1942 "...Day of Penticost. I got 5 loaves 2 Choc: Bars 2 peppermint Bunch of Bananas....for Tiffen Bacon an egg omelet one Ban: and Rice. For Dinner one Duck egg Rice and Banana and some Tobacco." July 1, 1942 "A flight of planes over city for many hours to day there were 27 in all. Action expected" July 16, 1942 "Had some news from J. [Japanese] officer U.S.A. [has only] six boats left...."	1942
6	15	Journal of Eric H. Germann: Holograph 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 number of ships sunk by the Japanese in the Bangka Straits in February of 1942. Germann describes the bombing and events afterward until his lifeboat, towing some rafts, landed on Bangka Island. February 14, 1942 "...About 1:30 pm. 6 Nippon bombers approached from south....No hysteria but uncertainess [sic] on what to do on nearly everyone's part. All available men began lowering boats (3 on either side) as ship began to list heavily to starboard....During the next 5 1/2 hours we rowed for Banka [sic] about 15-20 miles off, picking up about 9 more women....we touched Banka [sic] about 8 pm.	1942
6	16	Notebook: J. A. Tyacke [?] 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 prison foods, are foods available, their preparation, menus, and what rations were allowed in the internment camp. The writer includes remarks on dietary requirements and the nutrients in a specific list of foods. At the end of the book are two small tissue maps, one of India, Indonesia and the surrounding islands, the other of Europe.
6	17	Internees at Belalau 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."	1945
6	18	South Sumatra Mission 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 Mission Call of the Society of the Priests of the Sacred Heart.	1945
6	19	Statement 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.	1945
6	20	Telegrams The message from 1943 was sent to Jean McDougall from United Press with the information that McDougall was not on the current list for exchange and that they had had no word from or about him. All the messages from 1945 are about McDougall's release and his trip home. Most are to Jean from various representatives of United Press. Also included are a number of press dispatches about release of prisoners which include messages to McDougall's family.	1943; 1945
6	21-22	United Press Associations 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.	1941-1945; 1946
6	23-24	Air Transport Command 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.	1945
6	25	Radio Interview Correspondence and answers to interview questions for McDougall's participation on the "World Front" program from Cincinnati, Ohio, to discuss his internment.	1946
6	26	Newspaper Clippings Articles about McDougall's capture and release from internment	1942-1946
6	27	Map of Java Pencil sketch of the island with major cities
6	28	Notebook Notebook labeled "I. van Roeij" and dated "From 15th Sept. 1941." The notebook is filled with Pitman shorthand notes.	circa 1941
6	29	Dirt Disher Volume 3, number 12 and volume 4, numbers 4 and 8 through 12 of this newsletter written by J. Maloney of Salt Lake City for newspaper reporters originally from Utah but now serving with the military or working away from the Salt Lake City area. This newsletter printed letters and articles by and about this group of people to keep them in contact with each other.	1943-1944
6	30	South Pacific Daily News Volume II, number 360 and volume III, numbers 7, 104, 128, 214-A, and 228 of this newsletter written to keep military personnel in the Pacific Theater aware of the course of the war in Europe and the Pacific as well as informed of important American domestic events.	1944-1945
6	31	Victory Herald Copy of the issue from 9 August 1945 announcing the beginning of allied occupation of formerly held Japanese territory following the surrender. Written in English, Malay and Chinese.	1945

IV: ManuscriptsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Correspondence, Six Bells Off Java
Box	Folder
7	1	Diarmuid Russell Letters to McDougall from Diarmuid Russell of Russell & Volkening, Inc., the literary agents for his book about his escape from internment in Shanghai and his internment in Sumatra. Eventually the manuscript was expanded into two books treating the subjects separately. The letters cover issues such as manuscript changes, contracts, literary rights, and possible magazine publication. There is only one letter from McDougall to Russell included.	1947-1949
7	2	Charles Scribner's Sons, Inc. Letters to McDougall from Wallace Meyer of Scribners about publication of the manuscript relating McDougall's internment experiences. The manuscript was published as two books: Six Bells Off Java about the period from December 1941 to March 1942 and By Eastern Windows about his Sumatra internment from March 1942 to October 1945.	1945-1949
7	3	Miscellaneous Letters to McDougall about magazine publication of portions of his manuscript; and from the Imperial War Museum in London, England requesting a copy of By Eastern Windows; also a letter from the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors asking for a page from one of his manuscripts.	1946-1951
7	4	Christopher Awards Copy of the book awards rules for manuscript entry into this contest operated by The Christophers group.	1947-1948
7	5	Maps Pencil sketches of possible map insets for Six Bells Off Java and photocopy of the map used in By Eastern Windows.
7	6-18	Manuscript Draft Complete, typed manuscript Draft of chapters 1 through 13 with numerous revisions.
7	19-20	Manuscript Draft Typed drafts of chapters 1-a and 13
7	21-22	Miscellaneous Pages Synopsis of Chapter one, revised outline, and pages from a typed manuscript draft. Also revised drafts of an epilogue, and typed pages of galley corrections.
7	23	Galley Proofs Galley proof of complete manuscript with blue pencil revisions and corrections.
		*By Eastern Windows* By Eastern Windows: The Story of a Battle of Souls and Minds in the Prison Camps of Sumatra. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949.
Box	Folder
8	1-7	Manuscript Draft Carbon-copy of the typed, final draft of the manuscript from chapter 14 through chapter 20. There are no revisions on this copy. Included is a statement submitted with the manuscript for consideration in The Christophers Book Award Contest.
8	8-17	Manuscript Drafts Typed drafts of chapters labeled 19, 20a,. 21a, 22a, 23a, 24a, 25, 27, 28 (three versions), 31 and 32 with numerous revisions.
8	15-16	Miscellaneous Pages Handwritten notes and chapter outlines and typed galley corrections which include an explanatory cover letter from McDougall.
8	17-18	Galley Proofs Two sets of proofs, one with penciled revisions and corrections.
8	19	Book Review Review of By Eastern Windows from the New York Times Book Review section of 12 June 1949.	1949
		Articles, Stories, Journalism
Box	Folder
9	1	"Sumatra Missionaries in the War Years" Two typed carbon-copies of an article written by McDougall about the role of the priests and nuns of the Catholic missions in Sumatra. McDougall describes the role and actions of these men and women through the years of internment.	1946
9	2	"Sumatra in Japanese Hands" Article printed in the September issue of The Mission Call about the role and contributions of the Catholic missionary priests and nuns who were interned with McDougall in Sumatra.	1946
9	3	"The Sinking of the 'Poelau Bras'" Article printed in Collier's magazine for December 6, 1947 about the attack on the Dutch ship and McDougall's own experiences before being taken aboard a lifeboat.	1947
9	4	"Life Belt" Chapter about the sinking of the "Poelau Bras" taken from Six Bells Off Java printed in the Catholic Digest for December 1948.	1948
9	5	"Prelude" Short story written by McDougall and submitted to the Knights of Columbus magazine Columbia. Indluded is a rejection letter from Columbia.	1929
9	6	Salt Lake Newspaper Guild Correspondence about the disolution of the Salt Lake Newspaper Guild and the continued membership of some individuals in the American Newspaper Guild. Also included is the resolution to disolve the corporation and information on the finances of the group.	1937-1938; 1951
9	7	Pulitzer Prize Nomination Letter dated 27 January 1938, from Will W. Bowman, managing editor of the Salt Lake Telegram, nominating McDougall for competition for the "1937 Pulitzer journalism prize as a distinguished example of a reporter's work" for his coverage of a United Airlines crash in October 1937 in the mountains of Wyoming.	1938
9	8	News Story Copy Typed originals and carbons with revisions about McDougall's coverage of plane wrecks as a reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram. Although no pictures are included there is a lengthy list of captions. Included is a cover letter from McDougall to Ted P. Wagner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch instructing him to "pick out what you want and forget the rest."	1937
9	9	News Story Copy Typed originals and carbons with revisions, and some handwritten material on the execution of John W. Deering at the Utah State Penitentary. Some of the material is a fictionalized account of the events at the prison on the eve of the execution and the execution itself, the rest is material used for news stories written by McDougall for the Salt Lake Telegram. The material was gathered for Ross Worthington to use as the basis for a script about Deering. A coverletter to that effect is included.	1938
9	10	By-line Articles Articles about China published in Stars and Stripes through United Press by W. H. McDougall, Jr.
9	11-14	Singapore Press Dispatches News stories and United Press wire dispatches of stories written by McDougall after his release from internment. Besides the story of his own capture and internment there are dispatches about Eric H. Germann and his experiences after the sinking of the "Vyner-Brooke."	1945
9	15	Press Interviews: Malaya Notebook containing information on the political situation in Malaya with background information about people and groups involved in fighting the Japanese but also intent on an independant Malaya following the war. The notebook also includes names and addresses of people in Singapore and other notes made by McDougall during his stay there following release from internment.	1945
9	16-18	Press Interviews: Malaya Typed copies of notes on interviews of leading figures in the resistance movements against the Japanese in Malaya. Some of these men were prominent leaders of groups of Chinese living in Malaya whose relief fund organizations provided monetary assistance to resistance groups. The interviews cover the topics from resistance during the war to the future of Malaya particularly the role of nationalism, the Chinese, and the communist party.	1945
9	19	Press Interviews: Thailand Report on impressions of Thailand, especially the strong anti-British - pro-American sentiment expressed by the Thai people in power in the government.	1945
9	20	Press Dispatches: China Press dispatches about the Chinese communists and the political situation in China.	1949

V: Harvard UniversityReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
10		Harvard University, Nieman Fellowship
Box	Folder
10	1-2	Nieman Fellowship Information about the Lucius W. Nieman Fellowship for Newspapermen and its purpose, McDougall's award certificate, press release and correspondence about the award, and other miscellaneous information affecting McDougall as one of the Nieman scholars for 1946-1947	1946
10	3	Nieman Fellowship Correspondence congratulating McDougall upon being awarded a Nieman Fellowship.	1946
10	4	Class Schedules Schedules for class lectures with other information about miscellaneous classes taken by McDougall while at Harvard University.
10	5	Class Notes Notes taken by McDougall for a number of classes. One notebook and some loose pages are included.
10	14-18	Class Notes: China McDougall's required reading and readings lists, and class handouts from the "China Regional Studies" course.
10	19-22	Class Notes: China Notes on China and agriculture, missionaries in China, spread of Chinese culture and other miscellaneous notes on China.
10	23	Maps of China

VI: MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		China, Other Countries, Catholic Materials, Miscellaneous
Box	Folder
11	1	The New Democracy Press Copies of this daily paper written in Chinese and published in Singapore for September 19th through 22nd, 1945.	1945
11	2	American China Policy Association Pamphlets, flyers, news releases, press clippings, and copies of correspondence from this group seeking to have the United States voice its firm support for Chaing Kai-Shek and his Nationalist Chinese and to aid him against the Chinese Communists.	1946-1947
11	3	Far Eastern Survey Copies of this newsletter of the American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations for January through May 1947, volume XVI, numbers 1-4 and 6-10. These newsletters include reports of United States foreign relations with countries in the Pacific area and the Far East.	1947
11	4	Foreign Policy Reports Copy of the January 1, 1947 issue, published by the Foreign Policy Association, titled "China in Ferment."	1947
11	5	Congressional Statements Copies of statements on China taken from the Congressional Record.	1949
11	6	Statement Remarks regarding the appeal from Madame Sun Yat-Sen seeking to have the United States cease aiding the Nationalist Chinese.	1946
11	7	Miscellaneous China Material Articles, press releases, and clippings about China.
11	8	India A Guide Book to Calcutta, Agra, Delhi, Karachi and Bombay, published by the American Red Cross of the China-Burma-India Command.
11	9	Indonesia Series of three newspaper articles from the Washington Daily News of July 14-16, 1949 about the future of Indonesia as an independant nation.	1949
11	10-11	Japan Reports on the activities of the Far Eastern Commission, the allied group occupying Japan, for 1947 and 1948; copy of the Military Government Journal for September-October 1948; the United States Department of State Documents and State Papers from April 1948 which includes two reports on Japan; and a statement on the situation in Japan given at the Council on Foreign Relations on May 10, 1949 by Charles L. Kades, the former Chief Deputy of the Government Section of the allied forces occupying Japan.
11	12	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Copy of USSR Information Bulletin for November 7, 1949.	1949
11	13	National Catholic Welfare Conference Publications list from 1946, pamphlets, and press releases.
11	14	Pamphlets and Booklets Included are a number of articles on St. Francis and the Franciscans, and some small missals.
11	15	Short Story Typed carbon-copy of a short story written by Jean McDougall titled "Galahad" about a boy and his dog.
11	16	Short Stories Unidentified book of short stories which seem to be written by one author.
11	17	Manuscript Donation Note listing materials returned to Monsignor Mc Dougall on September 26, 1977 at his request.	1977
		General Materials
Box	Folder
12	1-15	Restricted Materials Closed by request of the donor from 19 September 1977 to 19 September 2002. THESE MATERIALS ARE NO LONGER RESTRICTED.
13-19		Documents
20-21		Card Files
22-23		Scrapbooks
24-25		News Clippings

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