40 items
- 1
- 2
doc
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.
doc
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.
doc
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.
doc
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai-le (ddr-densho-446-166)
Draft of letter to Ai Chih Tsai's elder brother. Ai Chih Tsai just returned from Japan and is now working for War Dept. in D.C. Intends to return to Taiwan and establish mission work, but must wait until U.S. Government's position on Taiwan is clear. Ai Chih Tsai is contacting mission boards.
vh
Hiroko Nakashima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-69)
Kibei female. Born 1927 in Spokane, Washington. Went to Japan at the age of twelve with her mother and sister to visit relatives and gain a "Japanese education." Was in Japan when World War II broke out, remaining there for the duration of the war. Returned to the United States soon after the war ended, married …
doc
Telegram from Lt. George Kerr to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-136)
Telegram inviting Tsai to come to New York at earliest convenience. Handwritten note on reverse.
doc
Letter from Ryo Tsai to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization in Philadelphia (ddr-densho-446-244)
Petition for immigration visa for Ai Chih Tsai. Education and employment history in US. Supporting financial documents.
img
Stuart S. Murray and two men looking at samurai swords (ddr-njpa-2-216)
Caption on reverse: "HISTORIC SWORD: A Japanese samurai sword which was given to the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon by Manjiro Nakahama about a century ago was presented to Rear Adm. S. S. Murray, commandant of the 14th naval district, at a brief ceremony yesterday afternoon at the Honolulu Academy of Arts by Samuel R. Damon, great …
doc
Three newspaper articles (ddr-densho-446-408)
Photocopy of three news articles on Ai Chih Tsai's return to US. Headlines: San Diego Union 1947, U.S. Formosa Aide Lives in San Diego;S.D. Pastor Starts Home - UNRRA Aid Returning from Formosa; Formosan Minister to Join Wife Here
doc
Newspaper clipping regarding Husband E. Kimmel (ddr-njpa-1-794)
Caption on front [translation]: "The change of command ceremony for the United States Fleet was held on the 1st at 10:05 on the deck of the flagship USS Pennsylvania. Commander-in-chief of the fleet Admiral Richardson passed his position to new commander Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. Rear Admiral Kimmel was raised to the rank of Admiral …
doc
Seattle Times: Navy Loading Relief Supplies to Orient (ddr-densho-446-439)
Ai Chih Tsai was one of the co-chairs of a joint effort by Seattle-area churches and the Navy to provided relief supplies to the Orient.
doc
American Concentration Camps VOLUME 8 1944 and 1945 Japanese of Hawaii (ddr-densho-372-8)
Volume 8 divides into five sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Part 1 features archival documents from 1944 and 1945 that depict the winding down of the relocation program. Part 2 features selected pages of a Congressional Record from February 23, 1944 and June 23, 1944 that resulted in the …
doc
Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)
Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.
doc
Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to J.Y. Lai (ddr-densho-446-414)
Responding to Mr. Lai's letter about the history of Christians in Taiwan. (3 pages)
doc
Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ng Boksu (ddr-densho-446-413)
Responding to Ng Boksu's inquiry about Taiwanese in the U.S. just before WWII. (5 pages)
- 1
- 2