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Philippine Insurgent Records

Written by Jonathan Santos on . Posted in Events, Events 2025.

As we wrap up this year’s celebration of the National Heritage Month, let us remember that the story of the Filipino people remains unfinished.

The Philippine Insurgent Records (PIR), also known as the Philippine Revolutionary Records, holds countless lessons and untold glimpses into our nation’s infancy. These documents have long been under the safekeeping of the National Library of the Philippines (NLP). Within the hundreds of documents in this collection are stories waiting to be rediscovered and shared with the Filipino people.

Because history does not belong solely to the great men and women immortalized in our textbooks – it also belongs to the common people. Their voices, struggles, and triumphs are preserved in the PIR, waiting to be heard. The PIR documents reflect how far we’ve come, demonstrating that even in the imperfections of a young nation, we have risen to the challenge of self-determination and self-governance.

You can access the digitized copies of some documents included in the PIR like the Trial Records of Andres Bonifacio, documents of the revolution, and the Acta de la Proclamacion de Independencia del Pueblo Filipino through our TeknoAklatan Database: https://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph/PI01/home.htm

HELP US LOCATE THE LOST PIR DOCUMENTS

Parts of the collection remain missing. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of any of these documents, we encourage you to contact the National Library of the Philippines. We respect your privacy and will keep your identity anonymous if you wish not to be named.

The stamps and markings seen in the video serve as proof and identification that the document is part of the PIR. Should you come across any of these stamps or markings in other documents, they may also be part of this historic collection. Together let us find and preserve these materials for the future generations.

If you have any information regarding this, you may reach the National Library of the Philippines through:

Phone: (632) 5314-2100
Email: do@nlp.gov.ph

Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/dOnNfYh1cZA

National Library of the Philippines