Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Family Collection ddr-densho-446
457 items
457 items
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Letter from Robert Cashman to American Consul General in Shanghai (ddr-densho-446-276)
Refers to Ai Chih Tsai's May 26 letter regarding the requirement for him to enter the US as an immigrant. Affidavit in support of Ai Chih Tsai
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-277)
Request for assistance returning Ai Chih Tsai to the United States. Immigrant quota from China is 150 with thousands waiting to immigrate. Ai Chih Tsai needs assurance of employment.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (ddr-densho-446-278)
Request for issuance of immigrant visa for Ai Chih Tsai
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-279)
Cashman sent a letter in support of Ai Chih Tsai's immigration case
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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 Ryo Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-281)
Update on Ai Chih Tsai's status and thank you for support
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-282)
Enclosed is a letter from Ai Chih Tsai. Request for update on the status of his need for a job
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Letter from Gordon K. Chapman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-283)
Response to Tsai's letter with request for employment. Chapman will present offer to Japanese ministers conference. Note that others are waiting for positions.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-284)
Situation is more complicated. Mixed information about next steps. Ai Chih Tsai will work with Shanghai Consulate and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai will work with Immigration and Naturalization Service in Philadelphia. Ryo is trying to find Ai Chih a job through working with the Reverends Kikuchi, Ogawa, and Chapman (Presbyterian office in San Francisco)
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Letter from Robert E. Tinker, Chicago Theological Seminary, to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-285)
Thank you for letter. Tsai will report for duty as instructed.
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Letter from Seido Ogawa to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-286)
Ogawa is working on a job for Ai Chih Tsai. Query if Ai Chih is interested in a west coast church in Southern California or Seattle
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-287)
Enclosed is Cashman's letter of support for Ai Chih Tsai
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-288)
Letter of support for Ai Chih Tsai's application for entrance into the United States. Chicago Theological Seminary can offer Ai Chih Tsai a position on the clerical staff at $1800/year
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Seido Ogawa (ddr-densho-446-289)
Ai Chih Tsai wants to work in a Japanese church, at least five years, possibly indefinitely. He would accept a church in Southern California or Seattle. Ryo would prefer Southern California but is glad to go to Seattle.
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Letter from Wilton L. Halverson, M.D., Registrar of Vital Statistics, and James S. Fuller, Chief Deputy Registrar, State of California Department of Health, to Ayano Morikawa (ddr-densho-446-290)
We have accepted the affidavits to correct the records for Ryo Morikawa.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-291)
Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai received letter from Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Philadelphia saying that she cannot petition for Ai Chih Tsai's return since he is a Chinese citizen. Applying for immigration is the only route. Ai Chih Tsai will stay in US at least 5 years and wants to work in a West Coast church.
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Letter from Seido Ogawa to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-292)
Ogawa will travel to San Diego on July 18 to meet with Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai and with Haruo Ishimaru.
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-293)
Employment offer from Chicago Theological Seminary is bona fide and offered in good faith to satisfy immigration requirements, though Cashman has it in mind that Ai Chih Tsai may not accept it. All is well in Chicago.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Seido Ogawa (ddr-densho-446-294)
Ryo will meet Ogawa at the train. Invitation to join Ryo for Saturday movie "Henry the V" and Sunday church picnic.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-295)
Thank you very much for job offer at Chicago Theological Seminary for Ai Chih Tsai. Hopeful that this will be a deciding factor in his obtaining a visa. ACT wrote that there is no updates on his case from Shanghai.
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Letter from Seido Ogawa to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-296)
Ogawa must postpone visit until after July 18th due to moving into a new house.
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Letter from Seido Ogawa to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-297)
International Institute contacted Ogawa with 3 questions about Ai Chih Tsai situation. Invitation for Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai to visit Los Angeles to discuss the matter with Miss Leung and Miss Durward of International Institute
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Letter from Tei Utsunomiya, Secretary to Seido Ogawa, to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-298)
Arrangements for Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai to travel to Los Angeles to meet with Miss Leung on July 25. Seido Ogawa will meet Ryo at the train station.
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Letter from Ryo Tsai to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (ddr-densho-446-299)
Request for assistance with Ai Chih Tsai's visa application. Request for documentation of Ai Chih Tsai's travel arrangements with UNRRA as well as any record of conversations regarding his return to the US. US Consulate in Shanghai and US State Department must approve Ai Chih Tsai's visa for him to return.
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-300)
Introduction for Ai Chih Tsai to write to Rev. Misaki Shimadzu in Shanghai for assistance with visa.