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LA.1966.0816
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Herbert N. Lowe Papers
Creator:
Lowe, Herbert N. (Herbert Nelson), 1879-1936
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1966.0816
Physical Description:
.25 Linear Feet.
Four folders of material including correspondence, checklists, manuscripts, and photographs.
Date (bulk): 1896-1934
Abstract: The Herbert N. Lowe Papers, 1896-1934 consist of four folders of conchological research material including correspondence,
checklists, manuscripts, and photographs.
Container: Box 300
The collection consists of four folders including correspondence and research material (collected 1930-1934) regarding Lowe's
manuscript for publication,
New Species of Mollusks from Gulf of California and West Mexico; correspondence with H. A. Pilsbry of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (bulk 1896-1934); information on the
Lowe endowment in support of the Lowe Conchological Collection, Marine Invertebrates Department of the San Diego Natural History
Museum; b/w photographs of Lowe and others on collecting trip to Sonora, Mexico in 1934; also includes a few personal photographs
of Lowe (15 photographs total).
Herbert Nelson Lowe was born on July 2, 1879 in Lake City, Minnesota. The son of farmers, Lowe moved to California in the
late 1890s where he started collecting shells and began a long correspondence with Henry A. Pilsbry, Curator of Marine Invertebrates
at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Lowe operated a flower shop in Long Beach and in 1908 married Margaret
Louise Fitts; they later divorced. Lowe traveled extensively on collecting trips to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Hawaii. He
financed and participated in a San Diego Natural History Museum collecting trip to Porto Libertad and George's Bay, Sonora,
Mexico in February, 1934, under the direction of Laurence M. Huey. Lowe died on June 10, 1936 in Long Beach, California.
He bequeathed his extensive shell collection and library to the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.
[Identification of item], Herbert N. Lowe Papers, 1896-1934. San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library, San Diego, CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Conchology
Manuscripts for publication
Mollusks
Shells
Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, 1861-1957