The rich trove of books and writings about the Philippines, some dating back to the 16th century, is a fundamental and invaluable component of the Philippines’ cultural heritage.

In the early 1960s, a group of concerned individuals proposed the formation of an entity that would seek to rescue important works from oblivion. Thus, the Filipiniana Book Guild, a non-profit organization composed of both Filipinos and foreigners, was born in September 1962.

Like the original books, however, the Filipiniana Book Guild Series volumes have gone out of print. Fortunately, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL), a unit of the Ayala Foundation, have stepped in and taken the initiative to preserve the guild’s efforts.

This dynamic research tool provides an image archive of all 24 volumes of the Filipiniana Book Guild, Series I published between 1962 and 1976. The CD-Rom contains the collection’s over 10,000 pages in their original state, and a searchable database based on the original table of contents and index of the books.

This CD-ROm contains the following books:

• 20 Years in the Philippines
• A Voyage to the Philippines
• A Visit to the Philippine Islands
• The History of Sulu
• A Voyage to the Indian Seas
• The Filipino Rebel
• Romance and Adventure in Old Manila
• The Colonization and Conquest of the Philippines by Spain
• Travels in the Philippines
• An Historical View of the Philippines
• Recollections of Manila and the Philippines
• Occupied Philipines: Role of Jose B Vargas During the Japanese Occupation
• The Philippines Circa 1900: Philipine Life in Town & Country
• First Voyage Around the World
• State of the Philippines in 1810
• The World of Felix Roxas
• Luzon and Palawan
• Quezon: Paladin of Philippine Freedom
• Travel Accounts of the Islands (1513-1787)
• Christianization of the Philippines
• Status of the Philippines in 1800
• German Travellers on the Cordillera (1860-1890)
• Studies in Moro History, Law and Religion