Pauline Kow, 1930 - 1952

Sub-Series

Identifier: 2019.034

Staff Only

Dates

1930 - 1952

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

For reference use only; not for reproduction, distribution, or deposit in another collection. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the collections department at MOCA. If publishing, cite: Courtesy of the Kow family, Museum of Chinese in America.

Biographical / Historical

This is a collection donated by the Kow family on November 22nd 2019. Pauline Kow, Linda Kow, and Judy Kow represented the family and donated 18 photos, a negative, and a book in digital format. The museum digitized these materials and returned the originals to the family. These materials are preserved under the collection name "The Kow Family" and related to their father, Alfred Kow. Alfred left home Changle, Fuzhou, as a teenager in the late 1930s when his father got sick and he needed to find a way to earn money for the entire family as the eldest of six.

Extent

3.91 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection has no formal arrangement

General

This project and finding aid were undertaken with grant assistance from the National Historic Publication and Records Commission (NHPRC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)