RECORDS: 1 - 25 of 64
Address book, ca.1993
American Foreign Service Application for Nonimmigrant Visa removed from #2.5.
"'Ancestor book': Pin Pin and David Ch'ing Tung Liu and their families," 2010. Bound printed copy. Digital
"'Ancestor book': Pin Pin and David Ch'ing Tung Liu and their families," 2010. Digital copy received from donor. Digital
Articles re: Pin Pin T'an, 1934-1989.
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
Includes obituary and clippings in Spanish.
Baby book for Linda Liu Behar, 1947
Basic English, 2020. Digital
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
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
"Career," 1939-1946.
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
Recording of T'an telling Chinese fairy tales.
Condolences on death of Pin Pin T'an, 1995-1996
Correspondence, 1944-1995.
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
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
Includes letters to son David from Taiwan, information on trip to Taiwan, and letters to Priscilla Lau.
Correspondence: Henry Chang, 1946-1972.
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
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
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.
Includes letters in Chinese kept by Lau.
Correspondence: letters to Katherine Behar, 1992-1993
Correspondence: letters to Katherine Behar, 2020 Digital
Correspondence: letters to Linda Liu Behar, 1965-1977.
Includes T'an's dismay at idea of Linda dating a fellow student who was Black.
Correspondence: letters to Linda Liu Behar, 2020. Digital
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
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.