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doc Letter from Alice Cary to Ai Chih and Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-409)

Offer from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to fund five years of Ai Chih Tsai salary for work with Chiong-Hui at the Tainan Theological Seminary (TTS) in Taiwan

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-85)

File# ST-10221: Passport will expire September 1, 1943; requesting 3-year extension for PhD study.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-149)

I have job offer from U.S. Office of War Intelligence in New York City

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Donald W. Riddle (ddr-densho-446-86)

Letter indicating desire to help US with Chinese and Japanese translation and culture; requests advice on how to do this. Refers to Formosan friend in US Army.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-344)

Kenji Morikawa is stationed at General HQ in Tokyo and visited Khe-an and wife. Ai Chih Tsai and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai met with Dowie and Kerr who just returned from Formosa. Great need for medicines and medical care. Great uncertainty about political situation and transition. Concern that "some incident might occur". Rev. Dickson left for Formosa …

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doc Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-352)

Powerpoint for Taiwanese-American Historical Society Exhibit presented on May 17, 2017

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doc Chicago Sun: Ai Chih Tsai Ordination Article (ddr-densho-446-385)

Notes that "a Chinese has been chosen by Chicago's only group of Japanese Christians as their spiritual leader".

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doc Ai Chih Tsai Master of Arts Diploma (ddr-densho-446-373)

Master of Arts, Divinity School, University of Chicago

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doc Election to Forego Exit Physical Examination (ddr-densho-446-250)

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doc Memorandum from Ai Chih Tsai to J. Andersen-Rosendal (ddr-densho-446-236)

Accounting for unreturned property: 1 pillow-case "left at Taiyan Regional Office due to incident which happened while I was there" and 1 thermos "bottle was broken on my way to the Region."

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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)

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img Five men, two women and three children standing outside by tree (ddr-densho-474-214)

Group of people associated with the Seattle Japanese Congregational Church. Front row on left Rev Ai Chih Tsai holding his son, Peter Ho Yang Tsai. Front row second from right: Ryo Morikawa Tsai. The two\nlittle girls are most likely their daughters Bi Lin and Bi Sim. Back row on the right is Chosaku "Henry" Hashiguchi

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doc Memorandum from Mady Quien to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-247)

Enclosed is certificate of insurance No. 3763

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img Photo of Ai Chih Tsai with Keimer Shou (ddr-densho-446-378)

Ai Chih and his classmate from Doshisha and future brother-in-law, both waiters at the St Louis Country Club. The two of them were thought to have been the only Taiwanese in the US during the war.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to the U.S. Secretary of State (ddr-densho-446-109)

Query regarding the status of Chinese Formosans living in the United States

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doc Letter from Chiong-hui to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-347)

Distressed to hear of situation in Formosa. Chiong-hui and Ai Chih Tsai must return to Formosa to help. Hope to return to Formosa in the fall. Unlikely that travel route to Formosa will go through US.

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img Ai Chih Tsai Photo on SS Pacific Bear (ddr-densho-446-402)

Ai Chih Tsai was stranded in Shanghai from Feb to Sep 1947 due to his immigration status. He was allowed to return to the United States after pleas to various agencies. (Photo circa Sept or Oct 1946)

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doc 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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doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Chicago Marriage License Bureau (ddr-densho-446-274)

Request for a copy of Ai Chih and Ryo Tsai's original marriage certificate

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-340)

[Handwritten Draft] Ai Chih Tsai just returned from special mission for US government in Japan. He met Khe-an and many Formosans in Tokyo. Formosa is facing difficult a period. He focused on meeting the post-war spiritual needs of Formosas: educational institutions, missionaries and securing the help of the Foreign Missionary Boards.

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doc Form F1-96 Application for Personal Effects Insurance (ddr-densho-446-219)

Application for Personal Effects Insurance. $1000 value.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to K. L. Chen, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ddr-densho-446-238)

Requesting 1 year extension of passport issued by Chinese Embassy which expires on April 16, 1947. Also requesting exit and reentry visas. Ai Chih Tsai intends to go to Taiwan with family and teach at Taipeh Theological Seminary.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-238/

doc 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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img Photo of Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko (ddr-densho-446-437)

The Crown Prince and his wife visited Seattle during their tour of the US to honor the centennial of US-Japanese relations. Ai Chih and Ryo Tsai attended their visit to the Japanese Tea Garden at the UW

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doc Letter from H.A. Blundin, UNRRA, to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-303)

Clarification of situation. Ai Chih Tsai has to use quota system as a Chinese citizen wanting to immigrate to US. There is quota availability at this time. UNRRA is in contact with Shanghai and will do all it can.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-303/

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