As a Filipino who didn’t have the pleasure of growing in the Philippines in my younger years but now living here, I would have liked to have more access to easy to understand yet comprehensive resources talking about José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.
Same thing with Philippine History.
Now, over time, with my self study on Rizal and Philippine History, I understand why resources are as scarce as they are. So, why not... let’s just start making a big comprehensive list now.
💬 {Links that are not working are added to provide context to the kind of sources that used to be out there or perhaps we can find them somewhere else}
Tertiary Sources and Collections
➡️ https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/search-collection/?keywords=jose+rizal&item_type=BK
https://opac.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=304
The very first website you must take a look at is the Filipinas Heritage Library at filipinaslibrary.org.ph. This was recommended to me by Ambeth Ocampo when I had trouble finding specific, lesser known materials like Rizal’s letters (correspondence) to everyone and everyone to him. Come to find out, this is an amazing treasure trove of Filipino literature, media, and more! Check out all the collections on the site – not just the Rizaliana. You will be awed by what they have in store.
➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal
➡️ https://web.archive.org/web/20090604182432/http://www.filipiniana.net/microsite/cjr/index.jsp
Another great resource because it has detailed tables of Rizal’s works and writings.
➡️ https://rizal.raphaelmarco.com/
“Welcome to Jose Rizal Online! This website provides an interactive view in the life, history, and works of Jose Protacio Alonso Realonda Mercado Rizal. In this website you will the biography, geneology, education, travels, paintings, literatures, sculptures, sketches, and discoveries of Jose Rizal.”
➡️ http://philhist.pbworks.com/w/page/16367051/Rizaliana
An “extensive annotated list of Rizaliana materials on the Internet”
“last edited by PBworks 14 years ago”
“Website copyright (C) 2007 Vincent S. Isles”
➡️ https://en.wikipilipinas.org/view/Portal:_Rizaliana
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2183
Jose Rizal on Project Gutenberg
“Project Gutenberg is an online library of free eBooks. Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related content today.”
Novels
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30903
“El Filibusterismo (Continuación del Noli me tángere)”
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10676
“El Filibusterismo” in English. Translated by Charles E. Derbyshire.
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47584
“Noli me tángere” Novela Tagala, Edición completa con notas de R. Sempau.
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6737
“The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere.” Translated by Charles E. Derbyshire.
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20228
“NOLI ME TANGERE” Translated by Pascual Hicaro Poblete.
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18141
“¡Caiñgat Cayo! Sa mañga masasamang libro,t, casulatan” by Fr. José Rodriguez
“This site contains the original scans of Fr. Jose Rodriguez' Caiingat Cayo (Beware), a pamphlet written against Rizal and his Noli. You can also find on the site the full text of the original Tagalog, and an English translation. Alternative locations for the Tagalog text are the following:”1
http://joserizal.info/Reflections/Caingat_nga_cayo.htm
Poems
➡️ http://joserizal.ph/pm01.html
“Index to English and Tagalog translations of Rizal's poems: Ultimo Adios (en, tl), To the Philippines (en), Our Mother Tongue (en), Memories of My town (en), Hymn to Labor (en, tl), Kundiman (en), A Poem That Has No Title (en), Song of Maria Clara (en, tl), To the Filipino Youth (en, tl), To Josephine (en), Education Gives Luster to the Motherland (en), To the Virgin Mary (en) and Sa Aking mga Kabata (tl).”1
Note: This website still has the poem “Sa Aking mga Kabata” attributed to Jose Rizal even though it was debunked.
➡️ https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/biblio/49189/
Rizal's poems
Publishers Manila : National Centennial Commission,1962.
Sculpture, Maps, Paintings, Illustrations
➡️ https://rizal.raphaelmarco.com/works/view/bust-of-father-jose-guerrico
➡️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal
Letters
➡️ https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/biblio/45639/
➡️ Issuu.com Letters Between Rizal and Family Members
Letters between Rizal and family members
Volume II Book One
➡️ https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/biblio/45670/
Miscellaneous correspondence
➡️ https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/nby_eeayer/id/7391/
Letters from Jose Rizal to Dr. A.B. Meyer, December 6, 1888
➡️ http://www.jose-rizal.eu/letters.html
“Index to Rizal's correspondence. Sections on family, Blumentritt, Pastells, Ullmer, and others.”1
➡️ https://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/rizal/rbcorr.htm/
“Index to Rizal's correspondence with Blumentritt. Sender, date, and place of origin are indicated in a general table of contents. These letters are mirrored at the previous site.”1
➡️ http://www.admu.edu.ph/central/archives/pepe.h9.jpg
➡️ http://www.admu.edu.ph/central/archives/pepe.h9.jpg
“Rizal's letter to his sister Maria, dated March 12, 1896. Facsimile of the original. Typewritten copy can be found at http://www.admu.edu.ph/central/archives/lettermaria.htm with some explanations.”1
Other Literature
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20855
“Estatuto de la L. F.” (Liga Filipina)
The Constitution of La Liga Filipina
➡️ http://web.archive.org/web/20060217235514/http://varde1.tripod.com/Isabel/como.htm
“Come se gobiernan las Filipinas" by José Rizal
Translated as "How One Governs in Filipinas" by Elizabeth Medina
Personal Writings
➡️ https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/nby_eeayer/id/7392/rec/2
“Agenda de bufete o libro de memoria : diario para 1884 con noticias y guia de Madrid ”
“Printed diary for 1884, with handwritten entries for 1 Jan.-1 Nov. made by José Rizal as a twenty-three year-old student of art and medicine in Madrid. The entries contain Rizal's descriptions of his meetings in the cafés of Madrid with friends such as the Paterno brothers, Esteban Villanueva, Graciano López Jaena, Eduardo de Lete, and Valentín Ventura; his medical classes at the University and drawing classes at the Academia de San Fernando, as well as student strikes and protests; outings to the theatre; and references to political topics. There are frequent references to the "Círculo", a society of Filipino residents of Madrid, founded in 1882, whose publication, "Revista del Círculo Hispano-Filipino" was strongly anti-Spanish. In addition, Rizal mentions books by Horace, Dumas, Voltaire, and Eugenio Sue--El judío errante--and records his daily expenditures for items such as food, paper, stamps, laundry, and trolley fare. Personal remarks and amorous references are written in code, several of which refer to Rizal's fiancée at that time, Leonor Rivera. In his entries of June 5-30, Rizal notes his university exams in Greek, Latin, history, and medicine. His last two entries, for Nov. 1 and 2, describe a farewell party for his friend, the painter Juan Luna, and Luna's departure for Paris”
Books on Rizal
➡️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6867
“Lineage Life and Labors of José Rizal
Philippine Patriot
A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory” by Austin Craig
➡️ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=ixcoCv2o2NoC
“Dr. Jose Rizal and the Writing of His Story” by Dr. Maria Stella S. Valdez
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1: text from http://philhist.pbworks.com/w/page/16367051/Rizaliana