Title:Yuk Ow papers
Creator/Contributor:Ow, Yuk, 1915-1982, creator
Writings and teaching notes; research on Ow family clan (1265-1975).
Chinese Americans -- History
Yuk Ow was born in 1915 in Nan Hai district, Guangdong province, China and came to the U.S. at age 13. He graduated from the
Nan Qiao Chinese School in 1932, was hired as a teacher of Chinese, and was later promoted to Dean of Study and as Principal
of the school. As a student, he developed an interest in studying Chinese American history, particularly relating to immigrants
from his homeland district (Sam Yup). In 1954, Ow received his Master of Library Sciences at the University of California,
Berkeley. After retirement in 1970 from his last job as a translator until his death in 1982, Ow devoted himself to researching
Chinese American history and organizing the materials he'd collected. He was editor of A history of the Sam Yup Benevolent
Association in the United States.
Chinese and English.
AAS ARC 2000/95