Paulla Belle Santos
Homeland Memories
| Interviewee | Paulla B. Santos |
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| Personal Statement / Transcription: | Paula Belle Santos Personal Statement Santos wrote, "PhD graduate student at the UW Madison Filipino Language student in SEASSI (brought me here today)"
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![Illustration owned by Paulla Santos.Created in September 3, 1898Acquired in June 2017Acquired from Odana Antiques & Fine Arts Center, Madison, WI.Made in New York City, Harper’s Weekly. Harper & Brothers Publishers.Was purchasedIt is an illustrations of Filipinos carrying a wounded insurgent.English is used in the document.Importance: “It is important because it is amazing to own something that was created during a huge turning point in Philippine and US History.”Notes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: “[I] Like to go antiquing, found some did publications of the Philippines History Student - studying transnational marriages between PI and USA. Amazing to find a PI object in the Midwest. Different sellers throughoutantique shop seller got it at garage sale. Got it last month, saving money to frame right now in a bag. Confusing caption - who are “our army” who is the “Insurgent”. Taking a summer intern program at Madison, class trip to Chicago. Went on collections tour, heardabout digitization. Connects two parents’ history family history which inspired research connection to the Philippines, found in Midwest. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.](https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1614/805/SantosP005PO1A_Top.JPG "Illustration owned by Paulla Santos.Created in September 3, 1898Acquired in June 2017Acquired from Odana Antiques & Fine Arts Center, Madison, WI.Made in New York City, Harper’s Weekly. Harper & Brothers Publishers.Was purchasedIt is an illustrations of Filipinos carrying a wounded insurgent.English is used in the document.Importance: “It is important because it is amazing to own something that was created during a huge turning point in Philippine and US History.”Notes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: “[I] Like to go antiquing, found some did publications of the Philippines History Student - studying transnational marriages between PI and USA. Amazing to find a PI object in the Midwest. Different sellers throughoutantique shop seller got it at garage sale. Got it last month, saving money to frame right now in a bag. Confusing caption - who are “our army” who is the “Insurgent”. Taking a summer intern program at Madison, class trip to Chicago. Went on collections tour, heardabout digitization. Connects two parents’ history family history which inspired research connection to the Philippines, found in Midwest. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.")
![Illustration owned by Paulla SantosCreated in September 3, 1898Acquired in June 2017Acquired from Odana Antiques & Fine Arts Center, Madison, WI.Made in New York City, Harper’s Weekly. Harper & Brothers Publishers.Was purchasedIt is an illustrations of Filipinos carrying a wounded insurgent.English is used in the document.Importance: “It is important because it is amazing to own something that was created during a huge turning point in Philippine and US History.”Notes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: “[I] Like to go antiquing, found some did publications of the Philippines History Student - studying transnational marriages between PI and USA. Amazing to find a PI object in the Midwest. Different sellers throughoutantique shop seller got it at garage sale. Got it last month, saving money to frame right now in a bag. Confusing caption - who are “our army” who is the “Insurgent”. Taking a summer intern program at Madison, class trip to Chicago. Went on collections tour, heardabout digitization. Connects two parents’ history family history which inspired research connection to the Philippines, found in Midwest.Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.](https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1614/807/SantosP005PO1B_Top.JPG "Illustration owned by Paulla SantosCreated in September 3, 1898Acquired in June 2017Acquired from Odana Antiques & Fine Arts Center, Madison, WI.Made in New York City, Harper’s Weekly. Harper & Brothers Publishers.Was purchasedIt is an illustrations of Filipinos carrying a wounded insurgent.English is used in the document.Importance: “It is important because it is amazing to own something that was created during a huge turning point in Philippine and US History.”Notes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: “[I] Like to go antiquing, found some did publications of the Philippines History Student - studying transnational marriages between PI and USA. Amazing to find a PI object in the Midwest. Different sellers throughoutantique shop seller got it at garage sale. Got it last month, saving money to frame right now in a bag. Confusing caption - who are “our army” who is the “Insurgent”. Taking a summer intern program at Madison, class trip to Chicago. Went on collections tour, heardabout digitization. Connects two parents’ history family history which inspired research connection to the Philippines, found in Midwest.Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.")
![Illustration owned by Paulla SantosAcquired in June 2017 from Odana Antiques and Fine Arts, Madison, WIBought while antiquing.Illustration of Uncle Sam, white female teacher, white male soldier, Filipinos.Language in EnglishNotes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: Found in same antique store [as previous], different seller. Pulls Keppler print from New York, around 1898. Uncle Sam holding 2 options, offering teaches (civilizing, learning westerners) or man with a gun. Filipinos onother with reacting, representing different regions: Mindanao, Manila/Tagalog, lowlands, Cordilleras, Northerners. Walking through friend saw it, pointed it out, got excited, drew me. I study US/Philippine relations. Thought it was too expensive, negotiated through text topurchase for $150. Connections at UW-Madison helped make that connection. Kept wrapped in a closet away from my cat-hoping to frame it. Hung in apartment away from light. Studying transnational marriage between Philippines and US. Parents had a transnational arrangedmarriage by maternal group. Grandmother (Ran away at 16 to get married against parents wishes. Never legally married but had 8 children. Eventually grandmother left went to Singapore, worked in hotel, met new husband.) had 4 sons, 4 daughters, 2 daughters married US men, 3rddaughter married an American too but wasn’t arranged. Only learned parents marriage was arranged until recently. Wanted to know more about imperialism, US/Philippines relationship, penpals/”mail order”, US servicemen/entertainment workers, bride schools. How the USsponsored bride schools in the USA haven’t found much written about it. Learning Tagalog - mom’s first language. Last name is Santos, but pronounced English Way, dad is American. Grandfather’s(adoptive parents are Filipino, 1930’s huge anti-Filipino sentiment, howdid they adopt a white boy? Family lore of kidnapping. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.](https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1614/809/SantosP005PO2A_Top.JPG "Illustration owned by Paulla SantosAcquired in June 2017 from Odana Antiques and Fine Arts, Madison, WIBought while antiquing.Illustration of Uncle Sam, white female teacher, white male soldier, Filipinos.Language in EnglishNotes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: Found in same antique store [as previous], different seller. Pulls Keppler print from New York, around 1898. Uncle Sam holding 2 options, offering teaches (civilizing, learning westerners) or man with a gun. Filipinos onother with reacting, representing different regions: Mindanao, Manila/Tagalog, lowlands, Cordilleras, Northerners. Walking through friend saw it, pointed it out, got excited, drew me. I study US/Philippine relations. Thought it was too expensive, negotiated through text topurchase for $150. Connections at UW-Madison helped make that connection. Kept wrapped in a closet away from my cat-hoping to frame it. Hung in apartment away from light. Studying transnational marriage between Philippines and US. Parents had a transnational arrangedmarriage by maternal group. Grandmother (Ran away at 16 to get married against parents wishes. Never legally married but had 8 children. Eventually grandmother left went to Singapore, worked in hotel, met new husband.) had 4 sons, 4 daughters, 2 daughters married US men, 3rddaughter married an American too but wasn’t arranged. Only learned parents marriage was arranged until recently. Wanted to know more about imperialism, US/Philippines relationship, penpals/”mail order”, US servicemen/entertainment workers, bride schools. How the USsponsored bride schools in the USA haven’t found much written about it. Learning Tagalog - mom’s first language. Last name is Santos, but pronounced English Way, dad is American. Grandfather’s(adoptive parents are Filipino, 1930’s huge anti-Filipino sentiment, howdid they adopt a white boy? Family lore of kidnapping. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.")
![Illustration owned by Paulla Santos.Acquired in June 2017 from Odana Antiques and Fine Arts, Madison, WIBought while antiquing.Illustration of Uncle Sam, white female teacher, white male soldier, Filipinos.Language in EnglishNotes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: Found in same antique store [as previous], different seller. Pulls Keppler print from New York, around 1898. Uncle Sam holding 2 options, offering teaches (civilizing, learning westerners) or man with a gun. Filipinos onother with reacting, representing different regions: Mindanao, Manila/Tagalog, lowlands, Cordilleras, Northerners. Walking through friend saw it, pointed it out, got excited, drew me. I study US/Philippine relations. Thought it was too expensive, negotiated through text topurchase for $150. Connections at UW-Madison helped make that connection. Kept wrapped in a closet away from my cat-hoping to frame it. Hung in apartment away from light. Studying transnational marriage between Philippines and US. Parents had a transnational arrangedmarriage by maternal group. Grandmother (Ran away at 16 to get married against parents wishes. Never legally married but had 8 children. Eventually grandmother left went to Singapore, worked in hotel, met new husband.) had 4 sons, 4 daughters, 2 daughters married US men, 3rddaughter married an American too but wasn’t arranged. Only learned parents marriage was arranged until recently. Wanted to know more about imperialism, US/Philippines relationship, penpals/”mail order”, US servicemen/entertainment workers, bride schools. How the USsponsored bride schools in the USA haven’t found much written about it. Learning Tagalog - mom’s first language. Last name is Santos, but pronounced English Way, dad is American. Grandfather’s(adoptive parents are Filipino, 1930’s huge anti-Filipino sentiment, howdid they adopt a white boy? Family lore of kidnapping. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.](https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1614/811/SantosP005PO2B_Top.JPG "Illustration owned by Paulla Santos.Acquired in June 2017 from Odana Antiques and Fine Arts, Madison, WIBought while antiquing.Illustration of Uncle Sam, white female teacher, white male soldier, Filipinos.Language in EnglishNotes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with Santos: Found in same antique store [as previous], different seller. Pulls Keppler print from New York, around 1898. Uncle Sam holding 2 options, offering teaches (civilizing, learning westerners) or man with a gun. Filipinos onother with reacting, representing different regions: Mindanao, Manila/Tagalog, lowlands, Cordilleras, Northerners. Walking through friend saw it, pointed it out, got excited, drew me. I study US/Philippine relations. Thought it was too expensive, negotiated through text topurchase for $150. Connections at UW-Madison helped make that connection. Kept wrapped in a closet away from my cat-hoping to frame it. Hung in apartment away from light. Studying transnational marriage between Philippines and US. Parents had a transnational arrangedmarriage by maternal group. Grandmother (Ran away at 16 to get married against parents wishes. Never legally married but had 8 children. Eventually grandmother left went to Singapore, worked in hotel, met new husband.) had 4 sons, 4 daughters, 2 daughters married US men, 3rddaughter married an American too but wasn’t arranged. Only learned parents marriage was arranged until recently. Wanted to know more about imperialism, US/Philippines relationship, penpals/”mail order”, US servicemen/entertainment workers, bride schools. How the USsponsored bride schools in the USA haven’t found much written about it. Learning Tagalog - mom’s first language. Last name is Santos, but pronounced English Way, dad is American. Grandfather’s(adoptive parents are Filipino, 1930’s huge anti-Filipino sentiment, howdid they adopt a white boy? Family lore of kidnapping. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.")