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Letter from Li Sin Chiong to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-336)
Updates on family in Hong Kong, Japan, and Formosa. Many Formosan boys are praying for a university in Formosa.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Dr. Harrison R. Anderson (ddr-densho-446-19)
ACS sends a thank you to all of the Fourth Presbyterian Committee members. The Japanese Christian services will start on 24 May and ACS will take responsibility. ACS requests prayers.
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Letter from Dr. Lloyd S. Ruland to Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson (ddr-densho-446-313)
Thank you for letter about young Formosan and need for missionary work in Formosa including relief and rehabilitation. Presbyterian Church of USA has no work in Formosa, but Canada and UK do. Ruland will raise issue in next meeting of Committee of East Asia. Note that Canada and UK Mission Boards work with Church of Christ …
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Devotions by John Donne and poem by Gordon Heath (ddr-densho-468-49)
Typed copy of a devotional prayer by John Donne and "I Miss You Most" by Gordon Heath
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Notes: "Background" (ddr-densho-468-171)
Sequence of three handwritten notecards with background information on Japanese-Americans at outbreak of World War II.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Dr. Lloyd S. Ruland (ddr-densho-446-311)
Dr. Anderson shared Dr. Ruland's letter from January 10, 1945, regarding establishing a mission in Formosa. Tsai is interested in helping expand mission, church support, and educational work in Formosa. Request to meet.
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Alderman P.H. Douglas (ddr-densho-446-71)
Letter to Alderman Douglas with introduction for Ai Chih Tsai with request for counsel regarding Tsai's status following Pearl Harbor
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Letter from Robert Cashman to whom it may concern (ddr-densho-446-72)
Letter to certify that Ai Chih Tsai, Japanese citizen of Formosa, resides in Chicago Theological Seminary dorm, is registered as a CTS student, has been the minister of the Chicago Japanese Christian Church for 2 years, is a graduate of Doshisha University, and Cashman can vouch for Tsai's character
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The Cresset: "Toward A Reunion of Religion and art" (ddr-densho-468-242)
Published essay, heavily water damaged
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Song Lyrics: "I wonder as I wander" (ddr-densho-468-25)
Transcript of Appalachian folk hymn attributed to folklorist John Jacob Niles
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Draft: "I am at this moment" (ddr-densho-468-150)
Handwritten draft or journal entry with thoughts on philosophy, metaphysics, and religion
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Photo of Ai Chih Tsai in front of Relief Supplies (ddr-densho-446-440)
Official Navy photo of Ai Chih Tsai helping in the relief supplies effort (March or April 1961)
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Interview with Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-415)
Written by Ryo Tsai's grandson David Lee for his high school heritage project
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Ai Chih Tsai Ordination Certificate (ddr-densho-446-381)
Certificate was issued by the Congregational and Christian Conference of Illinois
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Group Photo with Relief Supplies (ddr-densho-446-441)
Official Navy photo of members of Japanese-American churches helping in the relief supplies effort (March or April 1961)
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Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-33)
Thank you for invitation to your ordination. Reference to a biographical sketch of Ai Chih Tsai's life under the title "The Church: A Universal Fellowship." Copies to come.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Seido Ogawa, Congregational Committee for Christian Democracy (ddr-densho-446-280)
Ai Chih Tsai wants to stay in US for maybe 5 years after his reentry instead of 6 months. Ryo Morikawa Tsai asks Ogawa if there is employment for Ai Chih Tsai. Ryo Morikawa Tsai also looking for a job but unemployment is high. Kenji has a job at the County Fair in Del Mar.
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Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-17)
Fourth Presbyterian Committee voted unanimously to allow Japanese Church of Christ to meet in the John Timothy Stone Chapel at the Fourth Presbyterian Church every Sunday from 2-3:30 pm starting May 23. Committee's recommendation will go to the church session on May 20, 1942, for action. Muldur invites Tsai to attend with another church leader. Fourth …
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"My Life Begins" (ddr-densho-446-350)
My Life Begins (autobiography): Ai Chih's parents, conversion to Christianity, education in Japan, arrival in US on student visa, U of Chicago, Robert Cashman, Keimer Shou, Japanese Christian Church (Chicago), War, Ordination, Meeting Ryo, Marriage, Navy-Columbia U, War Dept.-D.C., MD, US Strategic Bombing Survey, UNRRA
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Dr. Lloyd S. Ruland (ddr-densho-446-333)
Request for help and advice about carrying out South Formosa Synod decision re: university, raising funds, etc. At Camp Ritchie.
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Bulletin for Fourth Presbyterian (ddr-densho-446-32)
Special bulletin for 4 PM ecumenical service