The Paterno Family Collection
This collection is being made available by the Paterno Family to promote the study and appreciation of history among the Filipino youth. The Paterno Family Collection will be preserved at the Rizal Library and the University Archives, and will soon be available online and onsite for faculty, students, and researchers from the Ateneo community and elsewhere. The Paterno Family Collection includes personal papers, photographs, and other materials from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Some of the more valuable items are documents related to the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, first editions of Ninay (1885) and Sampaguitas (1880), sketchpads with drawings by Juan Luna, and a letter from Jose Rizal to Pedro Paterno.
These watermarked files are available for general public browsing. To request access to the high-resolution files or view the originals, you may contact:
PARDO DE TAVERA LIBRARY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Rizal Library Special Collections Building
Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City 1108
Philippines
email pardo.rl.ls@ateneo.edu
telephone +63(2)8426-6001 local 5552
Pact of Biak-na-Bato
Document stating Pedro Paterno’s role as representative and his role as arbiter of the Spanish Colonial Government with the rebels. (Undated)
Handwritten draft notes written by Emilio Aguinaldo ratifying the treaty of Biak-na-Bato. Dated 24 de Diciembre de 1897.
Ratification of the treaty by the Assembly of Representatives of the Filipino Nation. Signed by Emilio Aguinaldo and 24 other signatories.
Programa: Program signed by Fernando Primo de Rivera of the events leading to the signing of the treaty with Pedro Paterno as arbiter. Signed December 14, 1897.
Programa: Program signed by Emilio Aguinaldo, beginning from November 28 to January 7, on November 24, 1897. With Mariano Llanera and Baldomero Aguinaldo.
Programa: Program with different handwriting, signed by Fernando Primo de Rivera on December 14, 1897.
Liquidación de un cheque de 200.000 pesos. 13 de Abril 1898.
Notes to Gen. Artemio Ricarte, 7 March 1898 & undated
List of officers that refuse to to lay down their weapons (unsigned/undated)
Letter to Pedro Paterno from Emiliano Riego de Dios, 14 January 1898
Letter of Pedro Paterno to King Alfonso XIX of Spain (undated)
Copy of agreement of Biak-na-Bato part of the indemnization; and notarized certificates of Pedro Paterno, signed on November 9 & 11, 1908
Sketch Pads with Sketches by Juan Luna
Sketch pad (large) with various sketches by Juan Luna y Novicio (undated)
Sketch pad (small) with various sketches by Juan Luna y Novicio (undated)
Other Documents
Letter of Jose Rizal from Dapitan to Pedro Paterno, 16 December 1895
Letter of Pedro Paterno to Jose Rizal in Dapitan, 7 February 1896
Letter of Pedro Paterno to Miguel Malvar, Manila, 7 December 1901
Letter of Pedro Paterno to Emiliano Ruego de Dios, Manila, December 1901
Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas Certificate
Letter from Salamanca written by Pedro Paterno, 1871
Letter of support for the Honorable Señor Don Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy
Sampaguitas (1880, 1st edition) by Pedro Paterno, first Filipino collection of poems
Ninay (1885, 1st edition) by Pedro Paterno, first Filipino novel
