Higher education

The Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) put great emphasis on education as a means of succeeding in the U.S. While many Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) obtained college degrees, they found professions closed to them. It was not uncommon for educated nisei to be forced to settle for menial jobs in the ethnic community. Frequently, Japanese Americans could find jobs commensurate with their education only by becoming independent professionals such as doctors and dentists providing services to the Japanese community. The World War II incarceration interrupted thousands of students' university educations.

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doc SDSU Alumni: Looking for 36 (ddr-densho-446-369)

SDSU Turns to Family and Friends to Help Find Nisei Students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-369/

doc Bachelor of Divinity Diploma of Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-380)

Bachelor of Divinity, University of Chicago

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-380/

doc Letter from Stephen L. Weber to Bilin Tsai (ddr-densho-446-365)

Follow-up letter on Nisei Honorary Degree

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-365/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-26)

The University has sent a check for $35 for the Japanese Student Association, which Palmer holds in trust awaiting further instructions.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-26/

doc Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to J.Y. Lai (ddr-densho-446-414)

Responding to Mr. Lai's letter about the history of Christians in Taiwan. (3 pages)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-414/

doc Letter from Lloyd S. Ruland to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-320)

Contact Rev. W.A. Cameron of General Missions Board of Presbyterian Church in Canada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-320/

doc Program for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-362)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-362/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-11)

Ri-San is beautiful. Send your photos to her now. Glad you saw Mr. Uratani in St. Louis.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-11/

doc Pages from San Diego State University yearbook (ddr-densho-446-366)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-366/

doc Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ng Boksu (ddr-densho-446-413)

Responding to Ng Boksu's inquiry about Taiwanese in the U.S. just before WWII. (5 pages)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-413/

doc Keisen 50th Anniversary Brochure (ddr-densho-446-433)

Ryo is in the 1941 Picture of Nisei Graduates, second row, third from left on Page 4. She had another year of study to graduate but decided to leave Japan in June 1941 for fear of being stranded there if war broke out. (1979)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-433/

doc You're Invited...Nisei Honorary Degree Luncheon & Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-360)

Invitation to attend the California Nisei Luncheon and Ceremony Honoring students affected by Executive Order 9066

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-360/

img Photo of Ai Chih Tsai with Keimer Shou (ddr-densho-446-378)

Ai Chih and his classmate from Doshisha and future brother-in-law, both waiters at the St Louis Country Club. The two of them were thought to have been the only Taiwanese in the US during the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-378/

img Ai Chih Tsai Photo (ddr-densho-446-375)

Graduation picture, Master of Arts

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-375/

doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)

Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-158/

doc Joseph Ishikawa Resume (ddr-densho-468-92)

Covers dates from 1965 through 1987+

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-92/

doc Letter from Carl E. Seashore to Joseph B. Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-136)

Response to letter from August 11.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-136/

img Ai Chih Tsai Photo (ddr-densho-446-371)

Ai Chih Tsai with his English Teacher's Certificate after his graduation from the Preparatory College of Doshisha University in Mar 1935

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-371/

doc Letter from James Dickson to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-322)

Invitation for Ai Chih Tsai to come to Canada to speak to churches and young people to gather support for Formosa plan. Dickson will leave for Formosa on March 6.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-322/