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Address book, ca.1993

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.2.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

American Foreign Service Application for Nonimmigrant Visa removed from #2.5.

Item — Folder FD.1Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, FD.1.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

"'Ancestor book': Pin Pin and David Ch'ing Tung Liu and their families," 2010. Bound printed copy. Digital

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.3
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

"'Ancestor book': Pin Pin and David Ch'ing Tung Liu and their families," 2010. Digital copy received from donor. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.25
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

Articles re: Pin Pin T'an, 1934-1989.

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.4.
Scope and Contents:

Includes re: her radio work during World War II, article in French, articles re: David Ch'ing Tung Liu, and re: their wedding.

Articles re: T'an, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.2.
Scope and Contents:

Includes obituary and clippings in Spanish.

Baby book for Linda Liu Behar, 1947

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.5.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

Basic English, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.3.
Scope and Contents:

Includes letters to T'an from Department of State re: publicity for her broadcasts in Caracas, Guaymas, and Port-au-Prince; clippings re: Pin Pin and the broadcasts and her resume; letter from American Embassy in Bogota requesting copies of Basic English broadcast materials; and "Basic English--A World Secondary Language" by T'an.

Biographical, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.1.
Scope and Contents:

Includes biographical sketch by Behar, chronologies of T'an's and Liu's lives, and list of friends and family, with descriptions of relationships to T'an.

Biographical sketch, ca.1996

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.1.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

"Career," 1939-1946.

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.9.
Scope and Contents:

Includes lists of articles published re: T'an and broadcast lessons of English; articles re: T'an and basic English; letters to T'an from David Burke, chief of the State Department's Division of International Communications; letter to the New York Times by T'an; exchange of letters between T'an and Harlow Shapely; and article re: Carrie Chapman Catt.

Chinese fairy tales, November 26, 1983. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, T-582.3.
Scope and Contents:

Recording of T'an telling Chinese fairy tales.

Condolences on death of Pin Pin T'an, 1995-1996

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.10.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

Correspondence, 1944-1995.

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.11.
Scope and Contents:

Includes telegram inviting T'an to luncheon at Convention of Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, to which Eleanor Roosevelt was also invited. Also includes T'an to Harlow Shapley, re: her work at the University of Chicago teaching conversational Chinese to American servicemen, and T'an to grandson Jonathan.

Correspondence, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.6.
Scope and Contents:

Includes "Lani," re: T'an's availability for speaking engagements, dinner invitation from Chinese Consul General of New York, T'an to Harlow Shapley, re: Linda Liu Behar's first marriage, and re: trip to Taiwan.

Correspondence: family, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.7.
Scope and Contents:

Includes letters to son David from Taiwan, information on trip to Taiwan, and letters to Priscilla Lau.

Correspondence: Henry Chang, 1946-1972.

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.14.
Scope and Contents:

Includes notes T'an wrote to Chang's daughter Madeleine on the back of family photographs, and explanatory note by Linda Liu Behar.

Correspondence: Henry Chang (maternal uncle), 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.10.
Scope and Contents:

Includes obituary, letter from Chang to T'an, family photographs, and note re: Chang's daughter Madeleine acting as his "hostess" when entertaining after wife Isobel's death.

Correspondence: letters to Henry Lau, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.11.
Scope and Contents:

Includes David C.T. Lau to Henry Lau and letters in Chinese.

Correspondence: letters to Henry Lau (David C.T. Liu's youngest brother), 1941, 1949-1953.

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.15.
Scope and Contents:

Includes letters in Chinese kept by Lau.

Correspondence: letters to Katherine Behar, 1992-1993

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.12.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

Correspondence: letters to Katherine Behar, 2020 Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.8.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection documents Pin Pin T'an's personal life, arrival in the United States, and work as a teacher of the Basic English method during World War II. The collection contains biographical information including articles about T'an and a family tree; correspondence, primarily with family members; marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; recipes; financial records; photographs; and electronic records. T'an's memoirs, which provide a detailed look at the life of a well-to-do...

Correspondence: letters to Linda Liu Behar, 1965-1977.

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: RSPK7Y]Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, 1.13.
Scope and Contents:

Includes T'an's dismay at idea of Linda dating a fellow student who was Black.

Correspondence: letters to Linda Liu Behar, 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.9.
Scope and Contents:

Includes T'an's dismay at idea of Linda dating a fellow student who was Black.

David C. T. Liu (Ching Tung Liu, Hung Dong Lau), 2020. Digital

Item Identifier: MC 1052; T-582, E.5.
Scope and Contents:

Includes biographical information, family reminiscences, medical article by Liu, letter he sent his siblings upon the death of their father, and condolence letters family received upon David Liu's death. Also includes re: military service and presentation on him by Linda Behar at Lau family reunion.