Excerpt from a letter from Kee Owyang
Subject(s): California--San Francisco, Chinese Americans--Education, Owyang, Kee, Race relations
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In an excerpt copied over from a larger letter, Kee Owyang, Chinese Imperial Vice-consul at San Francisco, asks the recipient to ask Lucius B. Swift to see if Theodore Roosevelt might be able to use his influence on the San Francisco board of education to allow Chinese children to go to public schools. Owyang explains the current situation, in which the children are only allowed to go “to an old oriental school in Chinatown,” but protests that as the families pay taxes and the children were born in the United States, they should be allowed to attend public school. Owyang also hopes that Roosevelt will be able to visit the Presbyterian Occidental Home, which has done good work on behalf of Chinese girls in San Francisco.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-03-02
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Excerpt from a letter from Kee Owyang. [March 2, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o304152. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Excerpt from a letter from Kee Owyang. [2 Mar. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o304152.
APA:
Unknown., [1911, March 2]. Excerpt from a letter from Kee Owyang.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o304152.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
