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Joseph Norio Uemura Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1014-3-24)
Attending school at the University of Denver and then Columbia University
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-174-24)
Meeting an influential teacher and mentor at Columbia University
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Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-265-19)
Volunteering for a special intelligence translation program at Columbia University
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Cast of kabuki play at Columbia University, 1927 (ddr-densho-242-1)
Caption below photo written by Kumezo Hatchimonji: 'Yoshitsune K no Hashi, presented at Earl Hall, Columbia University in 1927. 3rd from left, back row, our instructor, an actor from the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo. My role was a humble one but as a character actor, maybe I played well. Anyway, I made the audience laugh.' Kumezo is …
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Glenn W. Shaw, Navy Language School (ddr-densho-446-140)
Tsai is unable to accept position since he is working for a Navy-Columbia University project.
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"Whims Scores C.S.P.A. Honor" (ddr-densho-280-53)
"Broadway Whims" article on the C.S.P.A. award the Broadway High School student newspaper won from Columbia University.
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Letter from Lt. George Kerr to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-134)
Offer of position in Navy-Columbia University project as a research analyst and instructor. Mostly translation and research. Research Unit 2.
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Statement of Release (ddr-densho-446-145)
Ai Chih Tsai employed by Columbia University in U.S. Naval Military Government Translation Unit from Oct 1, 1944, through December 31, 1944
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A woman in front of Columbia University Library (ddr-densho-298-223)
Caption in album: "Me - Columbia U. Library."
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A woman in front of Columbia University Library (ddr-densho-298-225)
Caption in album: "Mary Orite[?], my guide."
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Statement of Release (ddr-densho-446-141)
Tsai has been employed by Columbia University on behalf of U.S. Navy. He will be available for other employment as of September 30, 1944
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Letter from F.W. Cleaves, U.S. Naval Reserve (ddr-densho-446-95)
Letter of certification of Tsai's employment at Columbia University in Translation Unit since October 1944 and before that in Research Unit 2. Cleaves vouches for Tsai's loyalty, integrity, and work of great value to the U.S. Navy and U.S. war effort.
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Letter from Philip C. Jessup to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-143)
Thank you for participating in exercise on December 13, 1944
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Statement of Release (ddr-densho-446-94)
US Navy's Statement of Release for Ai Chih Tsai on December 31, 1944, from US Naval School of Military Government Translation Unit.
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Students outside Suzzallo Library (ddr-densho-383-226)
Written on album page below photograph: "Henry Yamada, Shizuo, & Myself. Columbia River Highway, 1931". However, the picture was actually taken on the steps of Suzzallo Library on the University of Washington campus. Labeled identifications may be incorrect. Pictured on right is Isamu Ito and next to him (left) is George Tokuda.
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Herbert Hoover at a Stanford vs. Columbia soccer match (ddr-njpa-1-612)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Now Free to Watch Soccer. (Los Angeles) Rengo 1934. Former president Herbert Hoover [...] his alma mater, Stanford University [...] a soccer match held between Stanford and Columbia here in San Diego [...] without irritating politics or [...] very different from the very busy Roosevelt. Photograph: Mrs. Hoover is furthest to the …
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Karen Yoshitomi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-527)
Sansei female. Born 1962 in Spokane, Washington. Father was born in British Columbia, Canada, and mother was born in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in the Tacoma, Washington, area, before eventually moving to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Graduated from the University of Washington. Became regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League, and then Executive …
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Lt. George Kerr (ddr-densho-446-135)
Tsai has received forms, accepts salary, and is ready to go to NYC.
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Letter from Robert Cashman to Lt. George Kerr (ddr-densho-446-137)
Tsai will leave Chicago on the Pennsylvania General and arrive in NYC at 9:30 am on April 28.
Narrator Karen Yoshitomi
Sansei female. Born 1962 in Spokane, Washington. Father was born in British Columbia, Canada, and mother was born in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in the Tacoma, Washington, area, before eventually moving to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Graduated from the University of Washington. Became regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League, and then Executive …