Chuan-Hua Gershom Lowe, National Party, Chinese diplomat papers

This collection includes a photograph of Chuan-Hua Gershom Lowe and biographical documents about him. The items presented here provide a look into Lowe’s professional life.

Chuan-Hua Gershom Lowe was born in Nanchang, China, and in 1920 he emigrated to the U.S. to attend the University of Chicago. He worked as a journalist, lecturer, writer, counselor, and embassy representative in China, India, Argentina, Canada, and the U.S. After his retirement from the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the 1960s, Lowe pursued a career as a library cataloger until his final retirement in 1972. 

The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the Chuan-Hua Gershom Lowe, National Party, Chinese Diplomat papers, MS 588.