"My Life Begins"
PARTNER
Densho
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OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-446-350
PARENT COLLECTION
Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
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
OBJECT GENRE
Narratives
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
TOPICS
- Identity and values -- Chinese American identity
- Geographic communities -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan
- Education
- Education -- Higher education
- Education -- Secondary education
- Identity and values -- Family
- Identity and values -- Men
- Identity and values -- Parents
- Immigration and citizenship
- Immigration and citizenship -- Arrival
- Immigration and citizenship -- The journey
- Japan
- Japan -- Pre-World War II
- Japan -- Post-World War II
- Reflections on the past
- Religion and churches
- Religion and churches -- Christianity
- Religion and churches -- Religious organizations
- World War II
- World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service
- Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Tsai, Ai Chih (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
- Tsai, Ai Chih
- Tsai, Tek-It
- Tainan Sin-Lau Hospital
- Tsai, Tek-I
- Maxwell, James
- Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School
- Doshisha High School
- Doshisha Daigaku
- Tainan Presbyterian High School
- Tainan shen xue yuan
- St. John's University (Shanghai, China)
- Doshisha Church
- Hori, Teiichi
- Tsai, Ai Ji
- Osaka Daigaku Igakubu
- Japanese Congregational Church
- Doshisha Preparatory School
- Goto, Masaishi
- Yokogawa, Fujiye
- Sanwa Bank
- Tsai, Ai Le
- University of Hong Kong
- University of Chicago Divinity School
- Taiwan Foreign Bureau
- Tsai, Ai Jim
- Shanghai Foreign Bureau
- Tsai, Ai Jin
- Uratani, Michizo
- Kimura, Kagsuji
- S.S. Taiyo Maru (passenger ship) / S.S. Cap Fiinisterre (ID 4051)
- Uchida, Takashi
- Pacific School of Religion
- Mitsubishi Ginko
- Cashman, Robert
- Morikawa, Yoshio
- Chicago Theological Seminary
- Shou, Keimer
- Kyushu Daigaku
- Woodlawn Dining Co-op
- Chicago Congregational Association
- Tsai, Ryo (Morikawa) Morikawa, Ayano A36(Hirahara)
- Fourth Presbyterian Church
- Japanese Church of Christ
- Palmer, Albert W.
- Anderson, Harrison Ray
- Columbia University
- United States Office of Naval Intelligence
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Pentagon (Va.)
- United Nations Rescue and Relief Association (UNRRA)
- United States Department of War
- Caldwell, BiHoa (Tsai)
- Lee, Shinko
- Kao, Tien Shin
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Family Collection, Densho
RIGHTS
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