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Interview transcribed and published in the book Jock Netzorg: Manila Memories (Laguna Beach, Calif. : Pacific Rim Books, 1988).

Morton J. Netzorg (1912-1995) was co-owner of the Cellar Book Shop in Detroit (Mich.)--which specialized in material published in and about Southeast Asia, the Philippines, the Pacific Islands, East Asia, South Asia, and Africa--as well as a collector and scholar who published a number of important Filipiniana bibliographies and bibliographical essays, notably about children's literature and the World War II period in the Philippines. The collection consists of materials created as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) research project undertaken by Netzorg concerning "the collection and analysis of children's literature related to Philippine-American relationships" and primarily consists of annotated research material. Also included is a 1980 NEH research proposal, curriculum vitaes of Netzorg and Karl L. Hutterer (the project lead), and an unpublished monograph.

The collection consists of material related to Morton J. Netzorg's 1980-1982 National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) research study of children's literature in the Philippine Islands and includes research material, or annotated copies of children's literature works (or copies of portions of works) that Netzorg studied; Netzorg's 1980 NEH research proposal, which includes the curriculum vitaes of both Netzorg (the project's Principal Investigator) and Karl L. Hutterer (the project's Project Director); and Netzorg's unpublished monograph on the subject.