Religious organizations

doc Letter from Harrison Ray Anderson to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-272)

Anderson will continue to find a way to get Tsai back to US. Perhaps a West Coast church will be available.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-272/

doc Letter from Gordon K. Chapman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-271)

US Embassy advised Ai Chih Tsai that he needs a call from a church to support his case to return to US. The Chicago church has 2 ministers and this is ample. Request for notification if Tsai has another congregation in mind and if his desire is to return to the U.S. as a permanent resident …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-271/

doc 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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-17/

doc "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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-350/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-13)

Church of Christ (Japanese) services were discontinued after Pearl Harbor in Dec 1941. But, Police Commissioner Allman does not object to the Japanese church resuming services in Japanese. But AWP is concerned about congregants meeting in unfamiliar locations. AWP offers CTS Hilton Chapel for services until 1 July 1942 w/o charge for religious not political purposes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-13/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-16)

John Mulder (JM), Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chair of Session Committee, received AWP's request for the Japanese church to meet at 4th Presbyterian Church and requests a meeting with ACS to discuss the matter in person.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-16/

doc Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-455/

doc History of the Japanese Church of Christ from Pre-war period (ddr-densho-446-12)

Typed manuscript

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-12/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-15)

Letter of apology and reaffirmation of friendship after an apparent conflict between ACS and RC. RC urges ACS to practice self-preservation while U.S. and Japan are at war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-15/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to John Mulder (ddr-densho-446-23)

Thank you to John Mulder for previous letter. Japanese Church of Christ is grateful to Fourth Presbyterian. Tsai reports that 31 people attended the service on May 24. The Japanese Church of Christ declines Mulder's offer to have the children of the Japanese congregates attend Sunday School on Sunday mornings with the Fourth Presbyterian children. Tsai …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-23/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-25)

Fourth Presbyterian's rejects Japanese congregation's request to have children meet Sunday afternoons and requests combining the Sunday schools on a trial basis.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-25/

doc Letter from Gordon K. Chapman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-273)

Chapman agrees to find a specific field for Ai Chih Tsai. Request for full details of Tsai's Christian ministry in the US.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-273/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to US District Attorney Woll (ddr-densho-446-21)

Notification that the Japanese Church of Christ will start meeting again on May 24, 1942. Palmer identifies and vouches for ACS as pastor. Palmer requests that Woll notify FBI.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-21/

doc Chicago Congregational Association Credential Card (ddr-densho-446-34)

Credential Card certifying that Ai Chih Tsai is a member of the Chicago Congregational Association. (Torn in half)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-34/

doc Letter from John Mulder to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-20)

Confirmation that Japanese Church of Christ will meet at Fourth Presbyterian Church from 2-3:15 pm starting 24 May 1942 in John Timothy Stone Chapel. Six conditions stated. Questions about Sunday School and Bible Study will be discussed in the future.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-20/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Commissioner Allman (ddr-densho-446-22)

Notification that the Japanese Church of Christ will start meeting again on May 24, 1942. Palmer identifies and vouches for ACS as pastor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-22/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to John Mulder (ddr-densho-446-18)

ACS thanks JM for his kindness and requests to attend the Wednesday meeting at Fourth Presbyterian Church

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-18/

doc Telegram from Wilbur Takiguchi to Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-532)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara becomes the chairman for the Northern California Young People's Christian Conference. The NYYPCC held young adult events and conferences before and after World War II. October 6, 1937

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-532/

doc Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)

The yearbook includes pictures and information about Japanese American businesses, schools, organizations, individuals, and families. The directory includes city indexes for California, as well as a few city indexes for Arizona and Japan, with advertisements for businesses and organizations throughout the city indexes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-2/

img Blank postcard (ddr-densho-480-3)

A postcard depicting rooms and people inside a Japanese Methodist Home. The text reads "Japanese Methodist Home S.F.".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-3/

img The Lotus Seinen Kai gathered in front of the church (ddr-densho-353-315)

The Lotus Seinen Kai was the youth association of the Japanese Buddhist Church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-315/

img A group in front of the Fujin home (ddr-densho-353-308)

The Fujin Women's Home was organized by the Japanese Baptist Church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-308/

img American Bible Society building (ddr-densho-353-302)

The building was located on James Street near Boren, and was directed by the Rev. Ulysses Grant Murphy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-302/

img Young Buddhist League Convention Queen (ddr-one-1-25)

Black and white photographic print of the Fourth Annual Northwest Young Buddhist League's Convection Queen: Mary (Nakata) Fujii of Portland, Oregon. She is dressed in a dark formal gown, wearing a jeweled tiara and velvet robe. The photograph was found in Frank Hirahara's memorabilia of his time in Portland.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-25/

doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/

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