Collection Contents

Original folders have been retained; folder titles may not match the contents

Department of State files, 1956-1980s

State Department intelligence publications,

Typescript reports,

UNESCO printed reports,

Printed materials on education, especially adult education, employability, and vocational training, 1956-1980s

Materials relating to 1973 National Adult Education Think Tank Project

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

UNESCO Printed materials, 1960s-1970s

Materials related to conventions on adult literacy, UNESCO and USAID

World Congress of Ministers of Education statistical report

Congressional publications, such as hearings before Congressional subcommittees

Asian Development Bank

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in cooperation with Dept of State

Institute of Pacific Relations

Japan Society, NY

Printed guides to encourage import trade to U.S. and use of labor

UNESCO Printed materials, 1960s-1970s

Tanzania textbook, 1970

Typescript proposal for fundamental curriculum for illiterates

UNESCO Printed materials, 1960s-1970s

Printed materials related to Congressional appropriations, 1960s-1970.

Asian Development Bank, Asia Agricultural Survey, Japan: University of Tokyo Press and University of Washington Press, 1969

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1980s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Department of State printed policy briefings, news releases, and other materials, some marked not for public circulation

UN economic reports and other printed material, including related to USAID and to teaching Chinese

Report from U.S. to UN

Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) documents, 1935-1936

GGIE Pacific house planning committee files, , and related clippings, 1939

Printed materials

Mainly printed materials, 1930s-1960s

Guidebooks, related to Korea and Japan, and to relations between U.S. and Asian counties

Universities Field Staff report, 1956

IPR Chinatown survey files, undated, 1930s.

San Francisco Chinatown subject files, 1960s-1970s.

San Francisco Chinatown subject files, 1960s-1970s.

Subject files, 1960s-1990s.

Bulletins of the Institute of Current World Affairs

Subject files, 1979-1983

Chinatown subject files, 1979-1983

Subject files, 1970s-1990s (bulk 1990s)

Chinatown subject files, 1970s-1990s (bulk 1990s)

Subject files, 1990s

Chinatown subject files, 1990s

Subject files, 1990s

Clippings, 1990s

Printed materials related to UNESCO, 1950s-1960s

Printed material largely related to foreign policy, communism, and the USSR, 1950s-1970s

UNESCO Printed material, 1960s-1970s

"Asian Draft Model," UNESCO report for limited distribution, 1965 September 10

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s

Documents and notes related to Lowe's work on UNESCO, 1960s-1970s

Tatung University teaching files, 1980s-1990s

Subject files, 1990s

Clippings, 1990s

Clippings, 1990s

State Department bulletins

Printed materials

Tatung Company prospectus

UNESCO work files, 1960s-1970s

Clippings in various large envelopes from Taipei, 1980s,

Future Development of the San Francisco Bay Area, 1960-2020, U.S. Dept of Commerce (prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) report with accompanying oversize full-color maps

UNESCO work files, typescript and holographic, including speech or formal memo draft and position paper draft with edits, 1960s-1970s

Documents related to budgeting and computerized report making, some holographic, probably 1980s

Printed materials on "Free China"

Business and educational serials

Financial investment service printed materials and annual reports

Cultural Affairs Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Taipei, Taiwan materials, 1960s

List of diplomatic personnel

Phone directories

U.S. Information Service directories for Taipei with English and Chinese name, phone, and address

Printed materials

Foo Hsing Opera Troup performances in support of Free China album of clippings, telegrams, and photos, 1962-1963

Cultural Affairs Attaché files, 1960s

Clippings and printed material, 1960s-1980s

Subject files, clippings, and notes, 1980s

State Department bulletins

Department of State Education Officer files, 1969-1974

Reports and position papers

Reports related to advisory committees and recruitment of U.S. nationals arranged in subject files, including subject files relating to literacy

Anita Lowe letters, cards, bulk mail, and documents mainly relating to religion, including bulletins of the 5th Chinese Congress on World Evangelization, 1996, and holographic notes, 1996

PhD dissertation files, 1950s.

Subject file, "1945-November," 1935-1976

Printed materials, clippings, and financial company mailings, mid 1990s

Unsorted clippings, 1990s

Printed materials, 1930s

PhD studies files, 1950s

Chinese PhD examination notes, holographic and typescript

Clippings, 1986, and holographic notes

Printed material related to the UN,1950, and to Chiang Kai-shek

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s, including folders divided by month (1945 April-October)

PhD student papers in preparation of dissertation

Joseph McCarthy investigations research file, especially related to Owen Lattimore, including holographic and typescript material and clippings

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s

PhD student papers relevant to dissertation, subject files, copy of draft for volume I, 1950s

"Outline of Leading Chinese Newspapers" by region, typescript drafts

News stories from the U.S. Information Service (such as "Hoover War Library Described" 1946 January 28)

Translations of Chinese newspaper stories

Notes and printed programs from the Asilomar Conference on China, December 1949

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s

Correspondence with advisory professors

USAFR files, Lowe, Maj. Pardee, U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1950s-1964

"How to Clip the New York Times for Intelligence Items on the Soviet Union" training for work with Russian news articles, typescript lesson plan, 1954 or later

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s, folders divided by month, 1950 February-March

Clippings

Printed material characterizing the Soviet Union and Taiwan, especially with regard to education and culture, 1930s-1980s

Items relating to the emerging field of Asian American studies

Clippings, 1980s-1990s

Greeting cards to Anita Lowe, with holographic messages in English and Chinese and miscellaneous mailings

Department of State Education Officer files

Printed material on education by UNESCO, 1960s

"Study Group on Education and Nation-Building Annual Report 1967-1968," Ann Arbor: U of Michigan

Department of State Education Officer files printed materials, mainly on education, and education's role in military readiness, 1960s-1970s

Clippings, 1980s-1990s

Church programs

Clippings and holographic notes

Printed materials

State Department bulletins, 1970s-1980s

Subject files, 1979-1983

China

Chinese studies

Chinese Americans

Africa

Soviet Union

Taiwan

U.S. politics and ethnic relations and investments

Miscellaneous desk documents, 1980s, including financial documents and notes of Anita Lowe

Subject file material, early 1990s. Some labeled envelopes of clippings

"The Story of Dr. Burke Liang Sun (November 30, 1908 - May 16, 1990)," Pearl Shih Hua Sun Nye and William George Nye

Correspondence with Pearl Shih Hua Sun Nye and William George Nye

Subject files, 1960s-1980s.

"Manual for LS Oral Interview Workshops," by Pardee Lowe, Jr., Language School, 1980 June, sponsored by the CIA and Defense Language Institute

USSR Subject file

"University Revolt" subject files, 1968-1971

Biographical material, including from Lowe attending Stanford University

Completed class registration cards, 1926-1929

Correspondence, 1940s, includes Schering, Nanking, correspondence

Stanford Alumni file

Nanking files, 1948

"University Revolt" subject file, 1960s-1970s

Correspondence, 1940s.

Biographical material, Stanford transcript and documents relating to loans from Stanford

Subject files, 1960s-1970s

Appointment books, 1934, 1935, and undated

Subject files 1960s-1970

Datebook pages with holographic annotations, 1933 and undated

Draft writings related to San Francisco Chinatown with annotations, undated

Notes, typescript and holographic, 1940s-1960s

San Francisco printed materials, 1930-1934

Collected material in support of writing

Clippings and printed material, 1920s-1930s and 1960s-1970s

San Francisco Chinatown ephemera, includes printed materials on Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, 1920s

Printed material related to China.

Phi Lamda fraternity files, 1950s-1970s

Printed materials on publishing, writing and literature, some received at Institute of Pacific Relations, 1930s

Correspondence, 1930s

Newsletters and other notices related to San Francisco's Chinese YMCA and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (C.A.C.A.)

Hand-sewn holographic Chinese record books, 1920s

Hand-sewn Chinese texts printed from hand-carved wooden printing blocks

Notes, typescript drafts, and printed materials (by others) on Japanese military actions in China, some 1930s

"Dictations of E P Lum, 9-13-34 to 10-3-34," notes

Annual report of Tong Hai Tang (Pinyin transliteration), in Chinese with annotations in English, 1934

Bulletins, reports, and correspondence related to relief work in San Francisco, 1930s

Case files on conditions of individuals and their families, with updates, holographic, 1930s, possibly related to Lowe's IPR survey work

Datebook, 1935

Address books, undated

Telephone directory of San Francisco Chinatown, in Chinese, 1933

"Interracial Relations - Chinese Efforts at Improving Relations" writing drafts and source clippings with annotations, 1920s-1930s

Memorandum, reports, and other print material related to relief work in San Francisco, 1936-1938

Clipping related to Chinatown, 1960s

China House Association of Berkeley files, 1955

Cultural Attaché files, 1963-1964 and undated.

Guestbook, 1960-1964.

Research notes, typescript and holographic

Subject files related to San Francisco Chinatown and being Chinese American, 1930-1970s,

Chinese telephone directory, San Francisco and Oakland, 1934 March

Chinese Directory of San Francisco and East Bay 1949,

Printed Chinese textbooks, including book of English articles on President Lincoln translated into Chinese, 1945

Personal files related to apartment rentals, home furnishing, and recipes, and correspondence by Anita Lowe

Subject files, 1930s-1970s

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s

Writing drafts

"1950 November" and "1950 October," Research files consisting largely of clippings but also typescript drafts and notes.

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s

Research files

Dissertation draft of section, covering events in Manchuria, 1947 January through June, 1953

1947 January

1949 January-June

1949 November

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s

1946 June-December

1947 February-March

1949 July-October

Related research material, 1950s

Dissertation research and writing files, 1950s

1946 February-May

1947 April-1948 December

Czech language class notes, holographic and typescript, 1951

Subject files related to UNESCO, and particularly the 1968 Nairobi Conference

Subject files on education relating to UNESCO, 1959-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Harvard Club of the Republic of China administrative files, 1960s

Harvard Business School Fund outgoing correspondence, 1959

Subject files, clippings and bulletins, 1970s (bulk 1979)

Clippings and bulletins, 1978-1989 (bulk 1989)

Subject files, 1978-1980s

Clippings, 1980s

Subject files, 1980s

Family history, accounting, and San Francisco Chinatown documents, 1920s-1940s, undated,

Description of family history, in Chinese, holographic, hand-sewn binding, undated

Account book, 1920s-1930s,

Fu Hua Company (pinyin) annual report, with holographic annotations, 1922

Chinese Hospital San Francisco fundraising materials, probably 1920s

Yeung Wo Chinese School (Yang He) printed album, circa 1922

Military service photo with holographic annotations, undated

Dissertation research files, 1950s.

Chinese American history and sociology research files, 1930s, undated.

San Francisco Chinatown clippings, 1936

Americanization.

Charity, religion

Economic activities

Religion, customs, charity, and recreation

Religion, customs, charity, and recreation

Imported skills and technology.

Non-Chinese consumption.

Medicine - Health

Health, 1930s, 1959, undated.

Economic Org. C. of C. [Chinese of California]

Immigration Laws

Population.

Population

Chinatowns

Immigration

Travel and transport

Early reception

Antagonism (racial discrimination)

Persecution

Prejudice - Exclusion

Chinafication

American-born Chinese

Improved interracial relations

Chinese consumption

Both races

American-born economic activities and opportunity

Economic activities

Respects, Attitudes and duties.

District loyalties.

New code and ideals

Old holidays

New holidays

Smuggling of immigrants

Indifference.

Favorable relationships

Unfavorable relationships

Organizations

Six Companies.

Family organizations.

District organizations

Tongs

Special economic organizations.

Youth organizations

Native-born organizations.

Older generation organizations

Religious organizations

Political organizations

American organizations

Crime and police

Special pathological conditions

Conclusions and hypotheses

Methodology and bibliography

Sociological profiles and case studies files, 1930s.

Case study index card notes, holographic

Second generation

D. B. C., Dung Bo Choy

L. D. C.

L. W. C.

C. L., Miss, Mrs. W. C. L.

Children

L. L.

Dr. Ng Poon Chew

Ancestors

Yip Hay

Third Generation

Income

Housing and living conditions

Food and clothing

Food and clothing

Recreation and play

Kinship terms and names

Ancestor worship, rituals, religion

Chinese patriotism

China and Japanese war

Family

Birth, babyhood, and adoption

Sex, prostitution

Women's status

Marriage

Marriage

Intermarriage

Divorce

Death

Education

Grammar school

High school

Colleges and Universities

Language schools

Chinese newspapers. Holographic and typescript notes concerning newspapers published in San Francisco and New York, currently and historically

Customs and ideals

Family and clan authority.

Family property, social rights

American Commission for Relief in China organizing files, 1937-1938 and undated.

Chinese American history and sociology research files, 1930s, undated

Chinatown study organizing notes, 1937-1938 and undated.

Williams, Faith M. and Carle C. Zimmerman, Studies of Family Living in the United States and Other Countries: An Analysis of Material and Method, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publications No. 223, 1935 December

Sociological profiles and case studies typescript drafts, 1930s.

Dung Bo Choy (D. C. B.)

L. W. C.

L. L.

C. L., Miss (Mrs. W. C. L.)

Children

Dr. Ng Poon Chew

Yip Hay

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Americanization

Intermarriage

Income

Housing and living conditions

Food and clothing

Recreation and play

Charity and religion

Medicine and health

Economic Activity

Imported technique and skills

Non-Chinese consumption

Chinese consumption

Both races

American-born, economics

Economic org., C. of C.

Immigration and laws

Population

Chinatown.

Emigration

Travel and transport

Early reception

Antagonism

Persecution

Prejudice and exclusion

Indifference

Customs and ideals

Family and clan authority

Family property, social rights

Respects -- attitudes

Duties

District loyalties

Chinafication

Phrases

Kinship terms and names

Ancestor worship, rituals, religion

Chinese patriotism

China-Japanese war

Family

Birth and babyhood

Sex and prostitution

Marriage

Divorce

Death

Education

Public grammar schools

High schools

Colleges and universities

Language schools

Chinese newspapers.

Organizations

Six Companies

Family organizations

District organizations

Tongs

Special economic organizations

Children's organizations

Youth organizations

Native-born organizations

Older generation's organizations

Religious organizations

Political organizations

Social and pathological conditions

Calendar pages, 1959-1961,

USIS memos from Lowe, 1964

Business cards, 1964

Research notes, probably 1920s.

Business cards, 1960s

Stanford University course study notes, holographic, on index cards, 1920s

Case file cards, 1930s.

Research notes, probably 1920s.

Business cards and contact lists, 1960s and perhaps earlier

Chinese language studies printed flashcards, probably 1920s

Tatung Co. teaching files, 1987-1990

Chew, Caroline, "Development of Chinese Family Life in America: As Observed in San Francisco 'Chinatown,'" typescript master's thesis, Mills College, Professor Mary Roberts Coolidge, 1926

Clippings, 1989

Subject files, 1976-1979

Investments and financial records

Subject file material, 1990s

Investments and financial records

Harvard Business School course notes, ephemera and clippings, 1930-1932

Subject file materials, 1989-1994

Harvard Business School course notes, 1930-1931

Who's Who in the Republic of China, 1963-1964

Printed manuals for teaching Mandarin Chinese, National Taiwan Normal University, 1982

Subject file material, 1990s

Printed material about Taiwan, 1960s-1990s,

Taitung Co. teaching files, 1990s

Dissertation draft appendix A typescript, 1955

PhD dissertation draft, typescript, 1955

Includes PhD dissertation draft, typescript, 1955

Subject files

Material related work on UNESCO, 1960s-1970s

Professor Kerner Festschrift correspondence, 1957

"Soviet-Chinese Relations, 1918-1941," typescript draft chapter, undated

Dissertation research files, 1950s.

Typescript and holographic notes, probably 1950s

"1945 December"

"Yalta Papers"

College papers by Lowe and others

Speech by Lowe

Subject files, 1950s-1970s

"1945 March" dissertation research file

Clippings, 1930s

Dissertation research files

"1945 January,"

"1945 August"

"1946 January"

Subject files, 1976

Asian Studies conference materials, Asilomar, 1976

Phi Lamda fraternity printed material, 1950s-1970s

Clippings and reports for subject files, 1970s

UNESCO correspondence and reports, 1956-1970s

Subject files material, 1977

"Special MBA Library" clippings

UNESCO reports, 1960s-early 1970s

Chinese Digest, 1930s

The Asian Student Orientation Handbook, 1962

"A Directory of the Foreign Communities of Alameda County, a Community Chest Agency for Foreign Communities," International Institute of Alameda County, 1936

Harvard School of Business notes, 1931

Clippings, 1920s-1930s

UNESCO reports, 1960s-early 1970s

"Source Material on International Education and Cultural Activities for the 1960s," U.S. Department of State report, 1961

Subject files, 1981-1982

"Source Material on International Education and Cultural Activities for the 1960s," U.S. Department of State report, 1961

Subject files, 1981-1982

Clippings, 1981

Subject files, 1981-1982

Subject file clippings, 1981

Chinese Digest (San Francisco), 1937

The Chinese Student, 1936

Chinese Moslems in Progress, 1957 (1376), The China Islamic Association, People's Republic of China (in English, Chinese, and Farsi or Persian)

Subject file materials, 1980-1981

Subject file materials, 1970s-1980s

Subject file materials, 1950s-1980s

Subject file materials, 1970s-1980s

"China-U.S. Trade 1936-1940" includes typescript and holographic notes, 1939-1941

Subject files, 1950s-1970s

Financial investment files, 1960s-1980s

Financial investment files, 1960s-1980s

Research and writing files, undated, likely 1980s.

Bank of Canton and banking draft writings and clippings, undated and 1980s

Tatung Tech Business School teaching files, including newsletter profile of Lowe, 1976-1978 and 1982

Notes related to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1988

Printed materials and clippings, 1980s

Income tax files, 1980s

Subject files, 1940-1970s (bulk 1950s-1970s)

Printed materials related to Slavic Studies organizations and conferences, 1970s

Department of State Education Officer files, 1930s-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s).

USIA administrative files, 1950s.

Department of State files, 1960s-1980s (bulk 1960s-1970s).

Ledger of daily expenses in Shanghai, 1948 June-1949 April

UNESCO printed materials

Subject files, 1950s-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

USIA administrative files, 1957-1963 (box 182)

UNESCO printed materials, 1960s-1970s

Clippings, 1971

Investment newsletters, 1970-1971

Clippings and other subject file materials, 1970-1972

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s

Subject files, 1950s-1960s

Clippings, 1972

Subject files, 1950s-1960s

Writing files, 1920s-1930s

"Delving into The Good Earth: Confessions of a Chinatownian in Hollywood," 1935 November - December, typescript with some holographic edits on verso

A first-person account of the challenges faced by a young, Bay Area, college-educated Chinese American man and his white wife, typescript with holographic edits, undated

Subject files, 1920s-1970s (bulk 1920s-1930s),

Administrative files, correspondence, script extracts, and other material related to casting for The Good Earth in San Francisco

Writings related to economics coursework at Stanford and subsequent positions, 1920s-1930s

Writings by others, 1930s, undated.

Hou, Dr. T. P. [about the white female author of "My Chinese Marriage"] undated, typescript

"Living Conditions in Chinatown, Prepared by a Study Group in the School of Social Studies, 177 Post Street, San Francisco, 1939," dedicated to Miss Alice Griffith, with photos

Unidentified, draft of article on the agrarian crisis of Kwangtung Province, China, undated, typescript with holographic corrections

IPR administrative files, undated, probably 1930s.

Ephemera related to Bay Area Chinese Americans

Cathay Chimes yearbook, probably 1930

Research files relating to San Francisco and San Francisco Chinatown, 1910s-1970s (bulk 1920s-1930s)

San Francisco Juvenile Courts correspondence, draft writings, ephemera, and reports of data, 1930s

"Personal History of a Chinese Doctor [Low D- C-]," draft writing, undated, probably 1930s.

Research files, 1920s-1960s (bulk 1940s-1950s)

Immigration

U.S. laws regarding people of Chinese descent

Subject files

Language and language learning

Invention of automatic Chinese typesetting machines in 1963 by RCA and others

USIS files related to work regarding information about development of Chinese typesetting machines.

State Department files, 1950s-1970s

Cultural attaché in Taipei, 1950s-1960s.

Subject files related to development of Taiwan

PhD coursework, correspondence and draft writing on UNESCO work, 1950s-1970s

UNESCO administrative documents, 1960s-1970s

Personnel files, 1960s-1970s

Biographical profile typescript, 1971

Research files,

"Report of the American Economic Mission to the Far East," typescript, probably 1935

U.S.-China trade article material, 1930s-1940, undated

Clippings related to Taiwan, 1980s

Chinatown research and writing files, 1920s-1930s

Letter to Dick [Richard LaPiere] in which Lowe characterizes the district organizations, family associations, and Consolidated Benevolent Society (formerly Six Companies), and all newspapers published in Chinatown, 1938 May 8.

Data cards on Chinese American students at University of California, Berkeley, udated, probably 1930s

Correspondence and ephemera related to Chinese and Chinese-American students, 1920s-1930s,

Taiwan subject files, mainly related to government and Kuomintang leaders, U.S. diplomatic lists, and lists of high-ranking Chinese government officials, 1960s

Ephemera includes Chinatown business trade cards and New Year's cards, undated, some before 1906

China House, Berkeley, California files, 1950s

Chinatown research and writing files, 1930s-1970s.

"Dr. Way Chin Lowe's Personal History," undated,

Draft chapter, undated

Chinatown subject files, 1950s and 1980s (bulk 1980s)

SERA relief work regarding San Francisco Chinese and Chinese American population, 1930s

Report typescript by Lowe, 1934

Chinatown and Chinese American research files, 1920s-1970s (bulk 1930s-1960s)

Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Community Chest of San Francisco relief efforts, 1930s

Lowe's freelance writing, personal and professional correspondence, holographic notes, and clippings from English and Chinese-language U.S. newspapers, all arranged to support further writing by Lowe on Chinatowns and Chinese Americans

American Committee in San Francisco for China Relief, correspondence, clippings, and expense reports, 1930s

Rice Bowl fundraiser newspaper clipping publicity photo of Lowe's father, Lowe Fat Yuen, San Francisco Chronicle, 1938 June 17

Chinese Digest issues, 1930s

Correspondence with the American Red Cross on planning relief for war-torn China, 1930s

Documents related to the forming of the American Committee for the Relief of China (ACRC), including typescript history, 1930s

Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939

The World's Fair, 1930s-1960s (bulk 1930s)

Taiwan research files

Taiwan research files, 1960s-1970s and undated.

Subject files, 1930s-1970s.

Subject files, 1950s-1960s.

Harvard Business School notes and typescript report, 1930s

State Department bulletins, 1970s

Clippings, 1971-1972

State Department bulletins on countries, 1970s

Correspondence and reports related to UNESCO, 1960s-1970s

Department of State Education Officer files, a typescript draft of memo from Lowe regarding his workload related to UNESCO, and recent trends in UNESCO budget and staff numbers, 1970 October 13

Printed material related to Lowe's work on UNESCO, 1960s-1970s

Printed material on Chinese universities, in English and in Chinese

Printed material on Chinese culture, in Chinese

State Department files, 1950s-1970s.

Materials related to application to Foreign Service, with detailed information on Lowe's activities to date, 1955

Travel to Asia for USIA and UNESCO correspondence, itineraries, other administrative documents, and ephemera, 1960s

Travel to Africa for work on UNESCO, 1970,

USIA Television Service assignment, Japanese television crew filming in the U.S., itineraries, correspondence, expense reports, and clippings, 1965

Subject file materials, mainly clippings, 1977-1978 (bulk 1978)

Subject file materials, 1970s-1980s

Subject file materials, 1984-1985 (bulk 1985)

UNESCO reports, position papers, and memos, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO printed material, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO printed materials and clippings, in English and in Chinese, 1970s-1980s

"Taiwan Problem in International Relations," PhD student paper, 1950

Clippings, in English and in Chinese, 1976

Ephemera, in Chinese

Printed materials, State Department bulletins and UNESCO report and clippings, 1975-1976

UNESCO, 1959-1970s

Association of Asian Studies conference report, 1959

4th Annual Sino-American Conference on Mainland China, presenters' papers, with notes, 1974 December 12-15

History of the Institute of Pacific Relations from its founding in 1925 and the IPR's role in shaping U.S. public opinion on the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, with discussion of Owen Lattimore, draft, undated, probably 1974, typescript and holographic

Association for Asian Studies correspondence, 1959-1972

Association for Asian Studies newsletters, 1959-1972

Clippings, in English and in Chinese, 1975-1976

"Prospects for Chinese and East Asian Studies in American Institutions of Higher Learning," report, 1974

Subject files related to securities investing, 1950s-1970s (bulk 1970s)

Subject files, 1980s-1990s

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO correspondence, reports, and printed material, 1960s-1970s

Taiwan subject files

Clippings

Creative writing files, 1936-1970s and undated,

Subject files related to investing, 1960s-1970s

Clippings and ephemera related to Bay Area Chinese Americans, 1974,

UNESCO and Africa materials, 1960s-1970s

Soviet Union materials, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO files, mainly regarding Africa, 1960s-1970s,

UNESCO files, 1960s-1970s

Slavic languages PhD examination notes, 1952,

USSR subject files, 1930s-1970s

"Strategy of International Communism," notes from Lowe's attendance at Foreign Services Institute, 1959 July 13-24

Draft writings on the history of Moscow and the USSR, undated

PhD history coursework materials, 1949-1952

Subject files on Hong Kong, 1950s-1970s

Subject files, arranged by country or region, 1930s-1970s.

Department of State Education Officer files related to UNESCO, mainly concerning Asia, Afghanistan and Australia, 1950s-1970s.

"Hong Kong, the East-West Center and Stanford," 1969 July 28.

Asian Ministers of Education Conference files, Bangkok, 1965 November

UNESCO and Asia files and typescript writing drafts, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO and Asia files, 1960s-1970s. Materials on Asia, Asian Studies Associations, Cairo, and Middle Eastern countries

UNESCO and Africa files, 1960s-1970s

Israel files

Nairobi Conference materials, 1968

Subject files on Chinese Communism, 1950s-1960s

Undergraduate coursework at Stanford, 1920s

Subject files related to Communism, mainly in China ("Chicom") and the U.S.S.R., with some subject files on Taiwan, 1920s-1980s (bulk 1950-1970s)

Department of State Education Officer files related to UNESCO, and USIA work

Clippings

Typescript papers from graduate studies, likely arranged to support a writing project

USIA report detailing specific recommendations on counterintelligence strategies typescript, undated

"Recent Chicom Policy on Latinization of the Chinese Written Language," USIA report, 1958 May 9,

Harvard MBA degree materials

"Russia as an International Problem," Harvard Business School report, undated, probably 1930s

UNESCO files, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, India, Iran, Pakistan, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO files, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, India, Iran, Pakistan, 1960s-1970s

PhD studies, 1950s

"Overseas Chinese," including files on Chinatowns, 1970s-1980

Objectives and progress evaluation reports by Lowe, 1960s-1971

UNESCO files, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, India, Iran, Pakistan, 1960s-1970s

Undergraduate degree at Stanford files

UNESCO and State Department and USIA assignments files on "Overseas Chinese" and often including draft writings and arranged in subject files, 1920s-1970s.

Chinatowns and Chinese Americans writings and writing drafts, holographic and typescript

Correspondence, 1930s,

Fundraising for China relief material, 1930s-1940s

Relief work in the U.S., 1930s

Philanthropic and social work activities

Reports and clippings on development of the Sinotype machine for the composition of Chinese from a keyboard, 1959

U.S. Educational Foundation in Nanking, China assignment reports and files, 1948-1949

Typescript memos from Taipei, Taiwan, 1961

Japanese Americans subject files, 1920s-1960s

War Relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry reports and other government documents, 1940s

Subject files on Japan, 1930s-1970s

Department of State Education Officer files and correspondence, 1960s-1971

Clippings and other printed material related to USIA and current events, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO printed material, 1960s-1970s

World Affairs Council materials, 1949-1950s,

University attendance files, including Stanford University, Harvard, and the University of California, Berkeley, 1920s-1970s

Clippings on education in the U.S.

UNESCO memos, 1960s-1970s

Clippings, 1960s-1970s

Subject file on coexistence of the U.S. and USSR

Chinese Communism subject files, 1950s-1970s (bulk 1950s-1960s).

Red Guard materials

Stanford and Harvard coursework, 1920s-1930s

UNESCO printed materials and reports, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO printed materials and reports, 1960s-1970s

Class notes and papers, 1920s-1950s

PhD coursework at University of California, Berkeley, notes and papers, 1940s-1950s

High school chemistry lab notes, Oakland, California, 1922

UNESCO publication, 1972

USIA and Department of State Education Officer files, 1950s-1970s

UNESCO subject files on international relations and on Latin America, 1960s-1970s

"Han Language Phoeneticization Plan: Revised Draft," American Consulate General Hong Kong report, 1958 January 2 (in Italy subject folder)

Professor Kerner speech to the Commonwealth Club of California on 1955 March 4 transcript and related printed materials

Current Soviet strategy typescript letter, 1955 March 12

USSR subject files, 1930s-1970s

Research files and notes on Red Army and Soviet military, 1930s-1950s

UNESCO printed materials, 1960s

UNESCO files and printed materials, 1950s-1970s.

Subject files on the South Pacific, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean

Subject files on the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group (SEADAG), and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat (SEAMES)

Clippings, 1972-1973

Family snapshot photos developed in Taipei, Taiwan, undated

Sound tape reel from American Committee for Liberation, 1657 Broadway, New York, NY, postmarked 1959 December 14, containing open reel with Radio Liberty NYPD label with holographic notation that reel contains "Hamlet - 3 soliloquies," time 18:13

UNESCO files, 1930s-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s).

San Francisco black and white snapshots mainly showing sites and views commonly photographed, with negatives, May 1950

USIS CAO Staff Farewell Party photos, Taipei, 1965 February 25

Dr. Kuo Chi and family and others at Shehman Dam (Shihman Dam), black and white photos, 1965 February

Clippings, 1969-1981 (bulk 1978-1981)

State Department bulletins concerning education, and regions or countries, 1969-1981 (bulk 1978-1981)

Proposed op-ed on U.S. recognition of the People's Republic of China and "de-recognizing" the Republic of China on Taiwan for the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, 1978 December 17,

Subject files, 1977-1980.

Subject files related to investing, and international relations, including course notes and reports from Lowe's Harvard Business School studies, 1930s-1970s

Subject files, mainly clippings, on Asia, Cambodia, and the Arab world, 1978-1981

Subject files related to investing, 1930s-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Subject files related to investing, 1960s-1970s;

UNESCO and USAID reports, 1970s

Fu Jen University journal, Taipei, Taiwan, 1973

UNESCO reports, usually as photocopies, 1960s-1970s

State Department bulletins, 1960s-1970s

Department of State Office of Intelligence Research report "Chronology of Significant Events in the USSR for 1956," 1957

"Quarterly Review of Communist Propaganda Activities (April - June 1956)," undated

"Communist Use of Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals for Propaganda Purposes," 1957

Chinese Christian Church of Greater Washington, D.C. files, 1969-1972, including material related to the Lowes' participation as members of the congregation, and church finances and missionary work, particularly regarding Asia

Chinese Christian Fellowship, Mountain View, California materials, 1973

Research file on Japan and Taiwan, including notes, 1960s-1970s and undated

Printed materials related to Taiwan and the Free China cause, 1960s-1970s

Clippings and periodicals, 1970s

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

Clippings, 1976,

Reports and periodicals on UNESCO, 1960s-1971

Draft reports, with edits, on UNESCO Youth Activities, 1968 and 1971

"UNESCO Youth Activities Program, 1951-1971," draft report,

Social Science Research Conference of the Pacific Coast files, 1930s,

Notes on the presentations, undated, probably 1933 June, with notes on panels that included anthropologists Paul Radin, Kroeber, and others

Copy of the provisional program for the 1935 meeting

Publications related to Tatung University, Taipei, 1960s

Subject files related to UNESCO work, 1960s-1970s.

Communist China

USSR

CIA

Foreign relations

Missile defense

Africa

Current events

Programs for youth

U.S. college campuses issues, including the environmental crisis, and student protests of the late 1960s

Clippings relating to investing

Ephemera relating mainly to San Francisco Chinatown, 1930s-1970s

"San Francisco Chinese Directory - Including Oakland-East Bay Section," San Francisco: Jimmy Lum Advertising Service, 1950

Bank of Canton materials, 1930s,

Printed material.

Holographic notes.

Department of State memos from and to Lowe, 1969

UNESCO work files, 1960s-1970s

State Department recruitment for a World Bank program, under agreement with UNESCO

Educational development in less-developed countries materials, including lists of potential candidates for recruitment, 1964 and undated

Subject files, educational development and recruitments, mainly consisting of clippings

Subject files related to U.S. Policy on China and Taiwan, 1970s and undated

"Old China Hand Name List," undated, annotated 1971 September 9, a list of home addresses or other contact info, likely by the State Department U.S. Information Service

Subject files, comprised mainly of clippings, undated, 1930s.

Subject files, natural resources and other investment topics, 1920s-1970s

Free China Weeklyissues, 1960s-1970s

Subject files on Taiwan, including Department of State and U.S. Information Service (USIS) documents, and notes

U.S. policy on Taiwan

President Nixon's 1972 visit

Universities in Taiwan, 1960s-1970s

Taipei International Women's Club materials, 1963-1964.

Department of State Educational and Cultural Exchange Program files, 1940s-1970s.

USEF work in Shanghai typescripts, expense reports, and correspondence, 1949

"Recollection of the First United States Fulbright Educational Exchange Program in Mainland China," typescript memo recounting the history of the program from 1947 through 1965, 1971 April 22

Reports on USEF China program, 1958-1964

Printed materials related to the USEF China program, including issues of SEEN, Sino-American Educational Exchange News, published monthly by the United States Educational Foundation in the Republic of China, 1962

Chinese and Chinese American history and sociology project files, 1930s.

Chinese and Chinese American history and sociology project correspondence, 1930s,

Son of Han (New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1937), typescript manuscripts of Lapiere's novel

"Golden Mountain," manuscript, undated, probably 1930s

Son of Han publicity materials, including typescript, holographic, calligraphic, and printed materials

Son of Han store window display material

Printed materials

Oversize calligraphic banner

Printed broadside for a candidate for Miss Chinatown, 1939,

Missionary's fundraising letter regarding conditions in wartime China, and particularly Chungking, 1939 November 1

Institute of Pacific Relations, 1939

Clippings and other ephemera

San Francisco Chinatown wedding invitations and event flyers, 1974

UNESCO work printed materials and reports, 1960s-1970s

Free China Weeklyissues, 1971

Correspondence with Cass Canfield, president of Harper and Brothers, and members of Canfield's staff, in Lowe's role of technical advisor and assistant to Professor LaPiere, 1936-1937

State Department files, 1940s-1970s

U.S. Educational Fund (USEF), in China file, 1947-1948,

UNESCO work files, 1960s-1970s.

Military training application letters, 1940

Subject files, including ephemera related to Washington, DC, area, 1940s

Patricia Lowe schoolwork, Grade 6, 1971

Sino-American Trade writings with some clippings, 1940, 1939-1941

UNESCO work files, including memos from Lowe, 1960s-1970s

"What Does the U.S. Get Out of UNESCO?" report preparation materials, 1968

Clippings, 1972-1973 (bulk 1973)

UNESCO work reports and printed materials, 1970s

Clippings, 1972

Patricia Lowe, grade school work, 1972 November 20

Subject files related to Chinatown and Chinese Americans, including related to professional options open to Chinese Americans, and the cultural heritage and restaurant industries, 1920s-1980s

Clippings, ephemera, and some correspondence and notes, 1920s-1980s

Chinese food industry in U.S. and restaurant business in San Francisco Chinatown files

Letter from Lowe to George [likely George Chow], 1956 May 26, which relays a market analysis

Results of a tasting dinner with friends Dick Young, former aid of General Stilwell, and Ernest Eng, former aid of General Marshall, to assess preferences among types of Chinese food by people not of Chinese descent

Chinese restaurants in Washington, DC, and Taipei, Taiwan materials

San Francisco Chinatown restaurants, 1930s-1960s,

San Francisco Chinatown files.

Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island marketing of San Francisco Chinatown, 1939

San Francisco Chinatown Illustrated tourist map by William Hoy's California Chinese Pioneer Historical Society, 1939

Clippings on urban redevelopment projects, 1960s

Subject files on San Francisco Chinatown and Chinese American life, 1930s-1970s

Lowe's public lecture files, 1936-1937, undated

Collected materials related to the depression-era relief work of the Community Chest of San Francisco, 1930s

Correspondence

"Survey of Social Work Needs of the Chinese Population of San Francisco, Presented by the Committee to Study Social Welfare Needs of the Chinese Community, Mr. Barton T. Bean, Chairman, Miss Hilda Steinhart, Vice-Chairman," report by Community Chest of San Francisco Social Work Department, 1930 March 19

"Chinatown Social Welfare Agencies 1934," Lowe's hand-drafted organizational chart, depicting relations of governmental and non-governmental organizations, from F.E.R.A. [Federal Emergency Relief Agency] at top through San Francisco and San Francisco Chinatown agencies and organizations to named individuals

Printed material, 1920s-1930s

Survey Graphic, "East By West - Our Windows on the Pacific," 1926 May 1, Volume IX Number 2

Chinese Digest, 1935-1937

Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, undated, probably 1973

The Chinese Christian Student, 1933

Correspondence, Albert Lee and others, 1945-1953.

San Francisco Chinese Counsel General files, 1933-1939.

Burma-China Road promotion

U.S. visit of Paul Yu-Pin, 1939

Vicar Apostolic of Nanking and special envoy of the Chinese National Government Relief Commission

Rice Bowl fundraising for relief of victims of war in China

Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) publicity related to the international relations goals, 1939

Speeches written for the Chinese Consul for events broadly related to 1939 GGIE

Radio broadcast on 10-10 Celebration, 1939 October 10

Chinese Consul files include file on wartime propaganda, featuring Dr. Margaret Chung, 1939

China Society of the Pacific Coast files, 1930s, undated.

"World Friendship and Manchuria," speech, 1933 March 26

Draft writings, 1920s-1970s, undated, probably 1930s.

"Death A Commonplace in Chinatown," undated, probably later 1930s.

State Department files, 1962-1965.

Subject files

Interracial relations, 1930s

Social pathologies and juvenile delinquency, 1935

World War II China Theater service files, 1940s

Memos, receipts, and other materials from Chungking, Shanghai, Shoochow, and Shanghai, and India

Wartime newspapers in Chinese, 1944-1945, undated

New Dehli, India, map, holographic copy, marked 1944 September 17

Institute of Pacific Relations files, 1937-1940, undated.

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship project proposal files, 1930s,

Clippings, 1930s-1970s

Whites-only cemeteries still extant in the United States, as affecting nonwhite soldiers killed in action, 1951

Father and Glorious Descendent clippings and correspondence, 1943 and 1968

Research and writing files, 1930s-1980s.

"The Japan that Can Say No," English translation of Morita, Akio and Shintaro Ishihara's 1989 essay, undated

GGIE Pacific House planning files, 1935-1939, undated.

Chinatown Study Model for Saturday Evening Post story writing file, 1945, undated, probably 1930s.

Draft writings, 1936, undated, probably 1930s.

Institute of Pacific Relations, 1939 study meeting files, 1935, 1939-1940.

Latin America clippings file, 1989-1990.

South Korea clippings file, 1989-1990.

New York Chinatown, 1970s.

Subject files, 1980s-1990 (bulk 1988-1990).

Fulbright program

Hong Kong

Intelligence

Japan

Communist China

Education

Europe

West Germany

Red China surveys, 1981-1988.

Writing files, 1930s-1980s.

Writings related to "The Sian Incident" of 1936 December, Xi'an, China

"The 'Sian Incident' Formed Today's Oriental Policies" This World 1938 January 30

"Chiang's Kidnappers - Were They Traitors or Patriots?" This World, 1938 February 6

"The Sian Affair: China's Indirect Declaration of War against Japan," typescript, undated, probably 1937

Proposal by Lowe for an American Commission for Relief in China modeled after the American Relief Administration European Children's Fund, undated

Father and Glorious Descendant files, 1942-1943, 1965, 1968

Reports of expenses and remittances, 1942-1943

Reviews

Letter of congratulations from Fulbright grantee Thomas Lawton, 1965 February 12

Harper's correspondence regarding potential sequel, 1968

Richard LaPiere novels business documents, 1940s

Receipt for shipment, on behalf of Wah Chang Trading Corp., of portable typewriter to I. M. Pei, 1941 June 19

"Chinatown Goes Forth to War," 1938-1941.

Clippings and research materials, 1930s-1980s.

Course notes and clippings related to unemployment in U.S., 1930s

Clippings, 1941-1942

Writings by others, 1956, 1981 and undated

Clippings on San Francisco Chinatown, Chinese immigration, and Communist China, 1989

Subject files, Universities, revolts, 1950-1971 (bulk 1960s).

Harvard Alumni Club files, 1947-1970s

Harvard Alumni Club of Shanghai printed material, 1948

Alumni Directory, Harvard Club of the Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan, 1961

UC Berkeley Institute of Slavic Studies PhD files, 1950s-1960s.

Department of State Education Officer files, 1969-1971.

China subject file, undated, probably 1960s

Documents related to giving banquets in San Francisco, 1934 and 1937

Psychological warfare subject file, undated, probably 1950s

"Communist Penetration of the IPR," typescript with holographic edits.

K. C. Li newsletters, 1941-1942.

Father and Glorious Descendant files, 1941-1946.

Correspondence, Frau Rat. M. Rode, Wittenberg, Germany, 1931-1937.

American Bureau for Medical Aid to China documents, bulletins and clippings, 1940-1941

Institute of Pacific Relations Yosemite Conference planning documents, 1936

Stanford University class notes, 1927-1930

Sociology subject file, 1920s-1964.

Correspondence, 1942-1945 (bulk 1944-1945).

Stanford Alumni in China documents, 1947-1948.

LaPiere work files, 1940-1941, undated.

"China's Marco Polo," draft, typescript with edits, probably 1940

Father and Glorious Descendant correspondence, 1941-1944.

USIS work clippings, 1960s-1970s

University of California, Berkeley, "Slavic Syllabus," 1952 March

Subject files, UNESCO work, 1973-1974

Clippings, with some printed material

Population subject file.

Chinese American and Chinatown organizations subject file, 1974-1975.

Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, agenda, notes, and writings by others, 1974 April 2

Subject files, UNESCO work, 1973-1974.

Department of State Education Officer files, 1966-1973

Correspondence, reports, and holographic notes related to UNESCO work, especially vocational education in the U.S., 1966-1973

Bureau of International Organizations Affairs, 1971 January

UNESCO work printed materials

Subject file materials, mainly clippings, 1970s

Subject files on health topics, 1950s-1970s.

"The Agency in Brief," USIA administrative document, 1962 January.

Subject files, 1988-1991.

USSR

U.S.A.

USAID

Taiwan

United Nations

UNESCO

Nisei

Religion

Singapore

South Africa

Vocational and technical education files, 1960s-1970s.

USSR subject files, 1989-1991.

Rotary Club of Taipei files, 1959-1960s

Public Health subject file, 1960s-1985.

United Nations memos, 1960s

Clippings, 1985

Taiwan Subject files, 1959-1970.

Motion pictures, consists of large format flyers relating to Taiwanese movies being shown at theaters in San Francisco, New York, and Boston

Music.

Military

Language

Leaders

Refugees

Religion

Churches

Resources

Return to Mainland

"Military Assistance Advisory Group Republic of China, APO 63, San Francisco, California," printed directory of MAAG staff in form of organizational chart, 1963 April 1

State Department and Free China files, 1950s-1970s (bulk 1950s-1960s)

Free Asia Committee subject file, 1951-1953 and undated,

Chinese opera subject file.

U.S. Officers' Open Mess, Taipei, Taiwan, 1963-1964

U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, 1964

Taiwan subject files, 1950s-1972.

Population

Propaganda

Philosophy

Police

Pollution

Labor

Overseas Chinese (Taiwan)

Offshore Islands, including the multinationally-contested islands Matsu, Quemoy, and Senkakus (also known as Tiao Yu Tai or Diao Yu Tai)

Action Committee for Tiao Yu Tai, Washington, DC, mailings

"Non-USIA Informational Facilities Available in Taiwan," typescript, 1958 July 7

National Geographic Society correspondence, 1956 December 11, in response to a request for Lowe to review the manuscript on Taiwan for a forthcoming issue of National Geographic magazine

Subject files, 1940-1973 (bulk 1950s-1960s)

Publications, Taiwan

China publicity and propaganda file, 1940-1973.

Korea file, 1950s-1972,

U.S. Army (Rear) Office of Psychological Warfare Officer, reports, 1957

Japan subject files, 1940-1975

NHK TV, Japan's educational television station, printed material

Korea subject file, 1953-1970 (bulk 1953-1954)

Clippings

Course notes and other materials related to Lowe's Stanford University undergraduate studies, with some additional clippings, 1927-1932

Rotary Club in the U.S. and Taipei correspondence and other printed material related to membership, 1949-1960

Taiwan subject files, 1959-1980s.

USIS work materials

Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Taiwan (MAAG-Taiwan) and the Asia Foundation memos and clippings

Stanford undergraduate coursework files, 1929-1930

Taiwan subject files, 1958-1970.

U.S. Embassy and USIS directories and phone lists, 1964-1965

UNESCO and USAID work files related to mainland China

Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan, participation, 1961-1965

Vietnam subject file, 1969-1971

Social Science Research Conference of the Pacific Coast files, 1933, undated.

Vietnam subject files

Veteran status and educational assistance under the State of California Department of Veterans Affairs Division of Educational Assistance, 1949-1954

Subject files

Population, including population and education, 1960s-1970s

Religion, 1920s-1970s

Religion, 1940-1970s (bulk 1950s-1970s)

Vietnam, 1973-1974

State Department bulletins and clippings, 1970s

Clippings on investing, 1960s-1970s

PhD research files and correspondence, 1953-1957, undated

UNESCO work documents related to the Philippines and Singapore, 1960s-1970s

Philippines subject files, 1930s-1970s

Clippings files on the U.S., 1978-1980

Clippings files Sikkim, 1962

USSR subject files, 1930s-1980s, undated.

Correspondence including related to Lowe's review for the Research Program on the USSR of Professor Butov's manuscript on the Chinese Eastern Railroad

Draft writings and typescript notes

PhD student papers by Lowe

USIS and UNESCO work documents

Clippings

Subject files related to tracking investments, 1950s-1980s

USSR subject files, 1950s-1972

Clippings related to President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1971-1972

Subject files on creative and biographical writing, containing mostly clippings

Subject files on authors Pearl S. Buck and Lin Yu-tang, 1940s-1970s

Clippings related to U.S. military conscription, 1940

Biographical and other related documents in support of an application for military dependent benefits

San Francisco newspapers issues, 1937 and 1940,

Creative, biographical, and sociological writing subject files, 1928-1950s.

Notes and outlines for a writing project based on Lowe's family genealogy and history, undated, likely 1950s

Family genealogy documents, in Chinese, undated

Clippings related to "interracial" marriages, including marriage between Jews and gentiles, 1930s

Institute of Pacific Relations study files

"Chinatown Changes: A Descriptive Study of the Changing Living Conditions of San Francisco's Chinese Community," 1937 April 30, partial typescript draft of monograph sponsored by the Institute of Pacific Relations

Correspondence and reports, 1936

Project methodology

"Categorical Outline of a Sociological Study of San Francisco's Chinatown," typescript, 1936

Proposed critique of study scope and methodology by B. L., IPR, 1936 April 30

"A Report of the Chinese Department of the State Emergency Relief Administration of San Francisco," typescript, 1934 September

1943 book files

Congratulatory letters, 1943

Reprinting correspondence with Little, Brown, and Company, and Stanford University Press, 1951-1952

Subject files consisting mainly of clippings and some correspondence

Sino-Japanese War

U.S. boycott of Japan, American Committee for Non-participation in Japanese Aggression

American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, 1939-1941,

Churches and other religious organizations include typescript, holographic, and ephemeral printed documents

Writings related to religious organizations

Writings on the YMCA, especially the YMCA of Oakland, California, and its Young Men's Division (YMD), 1920s-1930s and undated

International House (of Berkeley, CA, New York, NY, and Chicago, IL) file, 1930s

International House Alumni group activities in Shanghai, China, 1947-1948

Social Science Research Conference of the Pacific Coast correspondence, notes, and reports, 1930-1934

Dr. Hu Shih's speaking at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, 1937 September 29

"Hu Shih - China's Philosopher-Statesman," biography by Lowe, undated

Harvard MBA files, 1931, undated.

Subject files on African Americans, 1920s-1970s,

Sociological studies and data

Desegregation and integration

Development of Black studies and African American studies

Race riots in the U.S.

World Court and the League of Nations subject files, 1920s-1970s

League of Nations Pavilion at the New York World's Fair printed material, 1939

Guggenheim Foundation application files, 1941-1942

University of California Alumni Club of Shanghai participation, 1947

Draft writings, notes, correspondence, class notes, and clippings related to religion and science, 1911-1930s

International House of the University of California, Berkeley planning correspondence, 1930s

Ford Foundation Board on Overseas Training and Research application files for PhD research, 1954

Clippings and printed material related to foundations, 1940s-1970s.

USEFC memos regarding U.S. government policy and administration of the U.S. Educational Foundation in China and Fullbright program, 1948 and undated

World Bank subject files, especially relating to Africa, 1960s-1973

Subject files, 1973-1975

Subject file consisting of clippings related to Ravenswood High, East Palo Alto, California, 1973-1975,

Patricia Lowe schoolwork, 1974-1975

Draft writings and notes related to the history of the IPR, Owen Lattimore, and Frederick V. Field, including bibliographic notes, undated, typescript and holographic

Subject file material, 1973 and 1977 (bulk 1977)

Ephemera related to San Francisco Chinatown

U.S. Education Foundation in China files, with additional materials related to the U.S. Department of State Educational Exchange Activities, 1948-1960s

Subject file material related to Taiwan and to Japan, 1960s-1970s

Department of State documents related to India, 1960s

Clippings, 1977

Clippings, 1970s-1981

Institute of Pacific Relations files, 1933, undated

"General Instructions for the Cooperators of K. A. Wittfogel in the Field of Chinese Economic and Social History," Karl A. Wittfogel typescript, undated

Subject files on sex, 1930s-1960s.

Chinatown subject files, 1930s-1970s

Writing by Lowe, 1979 September 2, typescript, contrasting the ceremony and reception for an interracial marriage that day with his own in 1931

"Chinatown and the California Cable Car Company," Edgar Kahn typescript, undated, and working files and correspondence, 1937

Subject files.

Chinatown of World War I

World War II

Korean War

Sino-Japanese war clippings, 1930s

San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1938 March

San Francisco Chinese Directory including Oakland-East Bay Section, Jimmy Lum Advertising Service, San Francisco, Ming Sing Printing Company, 1949

Golden Star Company catalog of new records, San Francisco, Ming Sing Printing Company, undated, in Chinese

Subject files on religion, 1919-1970s.

Religion in Chinatown, San Francisco, Oakland, and other Chinatowns

Religion among Chinese Americans

Religion in China

Christian and evangelical missionary work, 1930s-1970s

Missionary periodicals

The Christian Chinese Student issues, 1920s-1932

Subject file on sex, 1919-1971.

Subject files related to Chinese Americans and Chinatown, 1930s-1970s.

San Francisco Chinatown,

New York Chinatown

Washington DC, Chinese American communities

Chinese playground, San Francisco, notes and draft writings

Political clippings, in English and in Chinese

Professions

San Francisco Chinatown nightclubs and burlesque shows

The Asian Student, issues, 1950s

Chinese News issues (San Francisco: publishers Jake W. Lee and Charles Leong), 1950s

Prejudice and discrimination in the U.S. Clippings, 1944-1960s

Higher education clippings, 1972-1973

Segregation of people of Chinese descent ephemera, including by the YMCA and YWCA

Department of State Education Officer files and USIS files, 1960s-1970s

1972 study trip files, 1972, undated.

East-West Center subject file, 1960s-1970s.

Department of State Education Officer files and USIS files, 1960s-1970s

The Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West, University of Hawaii, Honolulu documents

Correspondence, including letter in which Lowe outlines the origins of the East West Center from the 1930s onward, 1973 February 9

Lowe's curriculum vitae, 1973 February 9

FBI and CIA clippings file, 1950s-1970s.

Harvard Business School notes and documents related to foreign trade, 1929-1932

Clippings, 1972-1973

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

National Security Industrial Association, Project Aristotle (Annual Review and Information Symposium on the Technology of Training, Learning and Education) materials, 1968, undated

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

Nairobi Conference documents, 1968, undated

"U.S. Delegation Guidance Book, Conference on Education and Scientific and Technical Training in Relation to Development in Africa, Nairobi, July 16-27, 1968," U.S. Department of State, undated

East West Center survey files, correspondence and itineraries, 1969-1971

Peace Corps clippings and printed documents, 1960s-1970s

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

Personnel evaluations, 1960s-1970s

CU/MPP manual of standard operating procedures, 1969

UNDP and UNICEF documents, 1960s-1970s

Peace Corps clippings and printed documents, 1960s-1970s.

Vietnam subject files, 1966-1975.

United Nations clippings, 1960s-1973

United Nations subject files, 1960s-1970s

International politics subject files, 1928-1960s

Disarmament subject files, 1928-1960s

Stanford University coursework notes, 1928-1930

Clippings, 1960s-1970s

Clippings, 1930s-1990s

Clippings related to Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong, 1988

Writing files, 1929s-1970s.

Semi-autobiographical, historical, and, sociological novel proposal letter including detailed biographical information, 1935 May 8

"Chinatown in Transition," typescript, 1937-1938

Letters to the editor, 1940

"Political writings" for the San Francisco Chronicle, 1930s

"Permanent Projects" list, holographic, undated, probably 1970s

Writings by others, including related to the Burma-China Highway, 1939

Chinatowns and Chinese Americans research files, 1920s-1970s.

Chinese Americans

Chinatowns, especially of New York, San Francisco, and Oakland

Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939

Organizations for youth, including under segregation

YMCA

Chinese playground (San Francisco)

Family associations

District associations

Tongs

Peace Society (San Francisco)

Native Sons of the Golden State, later known as Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA)

China-Burma-India Veterans Association of San Francisco

Clippings flies related to writing

Reverend Ng Poon Chew's address to Masons Lakeside Lodge No. 551, outlining the history of Chinese and Chinese Americans' association with Masons and encouraging the opening of Masonic membership to Chinese Americans

State Department subject files, 1960s-1970s,

Peace Corps clippings, 1961-1963

UNESCO work documents, 1960s-1970s.

Clippings, 1972-1973

Department of State Education Officer files, 1960s-1970s.

"Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Social Science Research Conference of the Pacific Coast," San Francisco, 1934 June 13-15

International House Peace Meeting notes, 1936 April 21

Clippings, 1972-1973

Department of State Education Officer files related to UNESCO, 1960s-1970s

Association for Asian Studies conference notes, 1973 March

Secondary education clippings, 1920s-1970s.

Clippings, 1930s and 1970s

Chinatown and Chinese Americans research files, 1920s-1970s.

Writing drafts and correspondence related to Lowe's San Francisco Chinatown study for LaPiere and for the IPR, 1930s

"A Project for the Completion of 'A Sociological Study of San Francisco's Chinatown' (As Part of the Research Program of the American Council, I.P.R.)," 1936 April 23

IPR project sponsors correspondence, 1936

"'Cost of Living' Survey of Chinese Wage Earners in San Francisco - Study made by Juvenile Court with Cooperation of Heller Committee for Research in Social Economics From January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1933," data forms

Chinatowns and Chinese Americans research files, 1920s-1970s.

Stanford University coursework notes

Clippings relate to discrimination against Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and African Americans, 1920s-1970s

"Chinatown Sees Red," writing draft, undated, probably 1930s

"Chinatown First National Bank" typescript notes related to planning for a bank in San Francisco, 1955 August

Notes and clippings related to economics and business

"Statement of Present JACL Objectives," Japanese American Citizens League, Washington, DC, undated, with notes

Printed materials

Chinese Directory of San Francisco and East Baythe Chinese Commercial Bureau in Cooperation with the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Francisco, 1949

Membership Index: Chinese Chamber of Commerce San Francisco, printed by Zhong Xi Ri Bao (Chung Sai Yat Po, Chinese-West Daily), 1930

Chinese Telephone Directory, San Francisco Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1933 March

Clippings and subject file material, 1970s

"Outline of Possible Subjects for Rotogravure Treatment in San Francisco's Chinatown," typescript, likely prepared for consideration of the San Francisco Chronicle, 1938 July 17

IPR project sponsors correspondence, 1936

Clippings, 1987

Free China cause printed materials, 1960s-1980s

Clippings and public bulletins of the State Department and the Institute of Current World Affairs, 1987

1943 book galleys

Unopened mail

"Tanzania Fact Wallet," Tanzania Information Services, Dar Es Salaam, undated

Printed material, 1960s-1970

Golden Gate International Exhibition (GGIE) Pacific House planning files, 1938

Typescript notes of directions from Philip N. Youtz and concepts behind and details of interpretative work to be executed by painter Miguel Covarrubias

Soviet Union reports on relations between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., 1950s

USIS work printed material, 1950s-1980s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Free China cause printed material, 1950s-1980s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

International Cooperation Administration publications

Mutual Security Mission to China, Taipei, Taiwan

United States Educational Foundation in China documents, 1947-1964

U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group to the Republic of China (MAAG), Taipei, Taiwan, telephone directory, classifieds, and guide, 1965 September

State Department memos of wide circulation, 1960s-1970s

UNESCO and the UN clippings, 1970s-1980s

Reports related to USAID, 1960s-1970s

Chinatown study files, 1930s

Typescript index cards notes from library research, likely in support of GGIE, undated

Index cards with detailed information about residents of San Francisco Chinatown, arranged by street, 1932 and 1934 (bulk 1934).

CIA, illustrated atlas of China, 1971

Oversize rolled documents

Printed materials related to Lowe's UNESCO work, 1957-1990s (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Emergency Management of the National Economy, Correspondence Study Branch of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1950

Africa Report, 1963-1972

"Theater in Mexico" special issue, Theatre Arts Monthly, Miguel Covarrubias, special editor, 1938 August

Index of Research Projects Volume 1, Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1938

The Word in the World '67: Divine Word Missionaries Report on Their Part in Bringing the Word of God to the Whole World, Divine Word Missionaries special issue on China, Techny, Illinois, 1967

U.S. Air Force training materials, 1950s-1960

Extension Course Institute, U.S. Air Force, Course 7200, Information Services Officer, Volumes 1-2 Part A, 1958

Volume 3 Community Relations part B Examination booklet, 1957 March.

U.S. Air Force, Intelligence Fundamentals Course of the Continental Air Command Specialized Training Program, "CONAC Specialized Training Manual, No. 45-2000," Volume III, 1956; Volume V, 1957

Department of the Air Force, "Security: Safeguarding Military Information," Air Force Regulation No. 205-1, 1956 January 3

Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC, training materials, 1953-1955

Counterintelligence Corps Advanced Training School notes, 28th Enlisted Class, 1943 October - November

"Chinese or Chinese-Speaking Agents 28th Enlisted Men's School of the Advanced CIC, Chicago, Illinois," typescript list by Pardee Lowe, undated, probably 1943

Biographical file, 1929-1944.

U.S. Army training materials and course notes, 1943

Field Economic Mobilization Course training materials and notes, 1951-1953.

Clippings related to national defense, economy, natural resources, and Korea, 1953

"A Soviet Air Mission - 1944 as Described by a Soviet Air Force Defector 1948," U.S. Air Force Reserves, undated

"Soviet Slang," U.S. Air Force Reserves, undated

Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Field Economic Mobilization Course materials, 1952-1953

Clippings, 1953

Industrial College of the Armed Forces

"Field Economic Mobilization Course, lecture outlines, San Francisco, California, 9-20 February 1953." Includes notes

"Economic Mobilization," 1952 September 1

"Emergency Management of the National Economy, Correspondence Study Course," 1951-1952

Examinations on volumes I through IV correspondence, 1952

USAF training materials, 1950s-1960

Extension Course Institute, U.S. Air Force, Course 7200, Information Services Officer, volume 2 part B - volume 3, 1958

CIC training and administrative files, 1941-1946.

Correspondence related to Lowe's 1943 books

Typescript correspondence log relative to joining army and seeking army career with active service in field intelligence and operations in Asia, particularly with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 1941-1944, undated

Resumes, 1945

Other administrative documents, including related to service in China-Burma-India Theater, 1945-1946

Honorable discharge documents, 1945-1946

Typescript report regarding assignment to interview Newark, New Jersey, public librarian John Boynton Kaiser regarding the Negro Community of that area, 1943 June 15

Lowe's World War II service diaries, 1942-1945

Photographs, "received NYC 5/8/46," including Stanford campus and Lowe, undated

Clippings, mainly related to the CIC, CIA, and FBI, 1942-1974

China, Communism, and the Free China cause reports and pamphlets, 1926-1964.

Free China pamphlets and ephemeral propaganda publications

Communist China propaganda publications

IPR published research reports, some labeled as part of the 1936 Yosemite Conference readings

Lottery files, 1930s-1950s,

"Notes on Chinese Lottery," typescript, 1938 July 30,

Lottery tickets, mainly organized by date, 1949-1950 and 1995

Casino brochures on Keno, including a history of development of Chinese lottery into Keno in Nevada

USSR related reports

Draft writings, 1940s

Writing by others, 1948-1949

Yao, Shelia, "China Nurse," typescript, 1948

Lowe, Pardee, "Chinese Marco Polo," typescript, undated, likely 1940s.

Writing files, 1930s-1970s (bulk 1930s-1940s)

Manuscripts, 1939-1940, undated

"The Return of the 'Natives,'" typescript, undated,

Writings by others

Clippings from The Saturday Evening Post, 1939-1940, undated

Speeches typescripts, 1939, undated

Chinese Counsel General, San Francisco, including for GGIE Jade Pagoda Preview, 1939 August 8.

Draft of constitution and bylaws for a new organization, possibly to be named the China Society of the Pacific Coast, undated

Gloria Ting speech, Tokyo International Church, 1978 January 31

"Personalities" writing materials file, 1930s-1970.

Sino-Japanese War and China Emergency Relief Committee subject files, 1920s-1960s

Typescript notes, 1937, undated

Holographic notes, likely 1950s

Printed materials related to building support for and raising funds for China relief

The Chinatown Monthly Volume 1 Number 2, San Francisco: Chinatown Amateur Students' Association

Typescript copies of letters by unidentified writer, possibly K. C. Li, 1932 January - March

Accounts of Communist China as seen by foreign visitors, typescript, 1949, undated

Clippings

USIS job applications and tuberculosis records related to Lowe's post in Taiwan, 1960

Documents related to Pong Sing, San Diego Toggery, 1920s-1930s.

Chinese Exclusion Act immigration documents related to Oakland, California merchant Pon Sing, member of L. So and Co., Oakland, 1911

Writing files, 1935-1940, undated (bulk 1938-1939)

IPR survey of San Francisco Chinatown draft writings

San Francisco Chronicle's This World Magazine articles related to the Sino-Japanese war and international politics, 1938

"The Rape of Nanking," by George A. Fitch, as told to Pardee Lowe, published in This World, 1938 June 12, and correspondence with Fitch, YMCA secretary returned from China