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doc May the committee further recommend the release of the following (ddr-csujad-2-76)

Document presents a list of 52 incarcerees; names are introduced with the text, "May the committee further recommend the release of the following" [presumably from the army stockades]. Nakao, Masaru; Inoue, Tetsuo; Hayashioa, Bob; Tahara, Tom; Saito, Shu; Shingu, Tadashi (Fred); Ogata, Tanji; Fujimoto, Tadao (Wm); Yamamoto, Kazuo; Tanabe, Yaichi; Wada, Shozo; Takaoka, Yoshio; Komiya, Shunichi; …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-76/

doc Capitol Hill Times: 'Citizen of the Month' Award: We Salute: Mrs. Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-446)

Ryo Tsai received the "Citizen of the Month" Award. Her letter of thanks to the Editor on 4/21/71 is also included.

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

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-296/

doc Invitation to Celebrate the Birthday of Japan's Emperor (ddr-densho-446-435)

Invitation to Ai Chih and Ryo Tsai at the home of the Counsel General of Japan in Seattle. Daughter Caldwell recalls that they attended several events at this home on Queen Anne Hill. (circa 1960)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-435/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-299/

doc Photograph and article regarding Kosho Otani (ddr-njpa-4-1918)

Article title [translation]: "Higashi Honganji Abbot Otani. Party held to see off Otani. Several hundred people, including supervisors of other sects."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1918/

img Kosho Otani and Hawaiian Buddhist leaders (ddr-njpa-4-1919)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1919/

doc 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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-282/

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

Typed manuscript

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img Celebrating Ryo Tsai's retirement from the Seattle Public Library (ddr-densho-446-356)

Photo of daughter Bisim Tsai Lee, daughter-in-law Joyce Yamada Tsai, and son, Peter Tsai

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-356/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-308)

This IS good news. Cashman is glad to hear that Ai Chih Tsai is on his way home. Advice to Ryo to allow Ai Chih time to rest when he arrives. Congratulations to Ryo for her work in the school system.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-308/

doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 69 (February 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-313)

Selected article titles: "Incomplete Results of Polio Drive Revealed by Hutchison" (p. 1), "Claim Japanese Plan to Under-Cut State Price on Vegetables" (p. 1), "Must Register for Employment to Work Under WRA" (p. 1), "Two Fined on Beating Charges" (p. 1), "All Centers to Close January 1946 Myer Tells Rohwer" (p. 1), "Resigns in Protest to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-125-313/

doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to H.A. Blundin (ddr-densho-446-304)

Thank you for letter. Ai Chih Tsai has submitted his necessary paperwork to the American Consul in Shanghai and that his case would be forwarded to the State Department. Ai Chih Tsai's parents are both Formosans of Chinese descent but remained in Formosa after 1895. After V-J Day (Aug 15, 1945), Formosa reverted to China, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-304/

img Celebrating Ryo Tsai's retirement from the Seattle Public Library (ddr-densho-446-355)

Photo of Ron Dubberly, Dorothy and Grant Welbon, and Ryo and Ai Chih Tsai

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-355/

img Variety and Shoe Dept., Amache Co-op (ddr-csujad-55-1558)

Black and white photograph of the variety and shoe department staff at Amache Consumer Enterprises, Amache incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right (front row) M. Koyama, M. Morikawa, J. Morimoto, Y. Matsuoka (second row) D. Handa, Taro Hashimoto, Riu Hata, T. Shirakawa, C. Matsumoto, and H. Kinoshita. From the Amache Co-op Souvenir Album, page 24. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1558/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to George "Jack" H. Kerr (ddr-densho-446-200)

Handwritten draft to Jack who is now in Formosa written shortly after Ai Chih Tsai returned from Tokyo. Tsai is at Pentagon. Khe-Beng was commissioned at 2nd Lt. and is in US. They are both eager to return to Formosa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-200/

doc RT Honorary Degree from SDSU (ddr-densho-446-457)

Documents 484-486 (ddr-densho-446-456 to ddr-densho-446-458) are in the burgundy diploma case labeled "The California State University"

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doc RT Honorary Degree Citation (ddr-densho-446-456)

In 2010 California State University awarded an honorary bachelor's degree from San Diego State University (SDSU) to Ryo Tsai and 20 other Nisei whose college years were disrupted by the evacuation of Japanese Americans in 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-456/

doc 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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-286/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-302)

Thank you for letter. Mr. Shimadzu may not be of legal help, but he may have some helpful ideas.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-302/

img Group Photo with Ryo aboard TSS Yawata Maru (ddr-densho-446-431)

Passengers and crew of last ship to leave Yokohama for the US before the war. (June 1941)

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doc Letter from Hsin-Pao Yang to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-169)

Is Ai Chih Tsai back from Japan? Yang is taking a job with China Institute in America

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-169/

doc Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and bridesmaids (ddr-ajah-6-539)

Includes story of Itahara and Takeda's wedding. Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, 27, of Alameda, CA., married Shuzo "Bill" Takeda on January 19, 1941. At left is Masa Hanamura, at right Hazel Takii

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-539/