Students, researchers and journalists come to the Bantayog Library to find rare materials and resources from the Marcos period, including record of events that led to dictatorship, various people’s responses to repression, and continuing efforts to rise from years of tyranny. They are rare materials and resources. Parts of the collection is now in digital form. Address queries and requests for appointments to the Bantayog Facebook. Collaboration with other libraries and institutions is welcome.
Bantayog Library Catalog
This is the current Bantayog Library Catalog as of July 2023.
Congress on Nationalism
This invitation was written and published by Alfredo Malicay, Editor-In-Chief of The Aggie Green and Gold from 1968 to 1969.
Death of Evelio Javier
This article was written by Jose Burgos and published in Malaya on February 14, 1986 a few days after the paper ran news of the Evelio Javier assassination.
Rekindled: Children’s Narratives
Rekindled is a collection of inspiring tales that recount memories of pain, injustice, oppression, and highlight the transformative power of collective action.
Libraries and their role in transitional justice in the PH
Libraries and their role in transitional justice in the PH is an article by Buenrostro and Cabbab about the UP Library, TFDP Library, and the Bantayog Library.
Eman Lacaba: Kung Ako’y Mamamatay
Kung Ako’y Mamatay is one of the popular poems by Bantayog martyr Eman Lacaba. A collection of his poems, Salvaged Poems, was published posthumously in 1986.
U.G. The Life and Struggle of Edgar Jopson
With its polished prose and exhaustive legwork, “U.G.” emerges as one of the finest pieces of nonfiction ever written in the Philippines.
Poem: Walingwaling by Judy Taguiwalo
Activist, former political detainee, and former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo wrote the following poem in 1984 in honor of Walingwaling.
Charlie Avila’s Chronology of the Marcos Plunder
Read the chronology of the Marcos Plunder. How the Marcos family accumulated wealth and fled the country stealing billions, increasing our country’s debt.
When the rains come, will not the grass grow again?
“When the rains come, will not the grass grow again?” is a book by retired military officer Dante Simbulan about the 1950s red scare.
Triumph Over Marcos
Triumph Over Marcos is a book about the lives of Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo, Filipino union organizers in the US assassinated by the Marcos regime.
The Task of Building A Better Nation
The Task of Building A Better Nation is a book by Senator Jovito R. Salonga, available for reading at the Bantayog Library.
Recollections by Thelma Arceo
Recollections is a compilation of short anecdotal pieces written by Thelma Arceo as she writes about her son, Bantayog martyr Ferdie Arceo.
Political Detainees in the Philippines
This iconic 128-page book about political detainees, published in 1976 destroyed the benevolent image dictator Ferdinand Marcos sought to paint about his rule.
It Is The Lord: A book about Bishop Julio Labayen
It Is The Lord is a book by Sr. Maria Dulce Emmanuel F. Inlayo, OCD about Bishop Julio Labayen.
Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa ‘Yo
The first volume of Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa ‘Yo hold the 113 short biographies of the heroes and martyrs whose names were inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance from 1992 to 2000.
The Story of Puri
This book is about Purificacion Pedro, a church social worker, became an activist against the Marcos regime and consequently died for it.
Bantayog Digital Library
The Bantayog Digital Library is launched in the interest of public information and to combat disinformation. This is for our youth. This is for our history.
