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COLLECTION Identifier: MC 1052; T-582

Papers of Pin Pin T'an, 1937-2020 (inclusive), 1940-1990 (bulk)

Biographical, 2020. Digital

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.

Basic English, 2020. Digital

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.

Linda Liu Behar, 2020. Digital

Scope and Contents

Includes Behar's "Miscellaneous Memories" of her parents and childhood (including her mother's cooking), gift list for baby shower (for infant Linda), letter from David Ching Tung Liu to Pin Pin (1944) with note to Linda from her brother David (2010), and articles re: Behar.

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

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.

Correspondence, 2020. Digital

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

Scope and Contents

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

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

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.

Death of T'an, 2020. Digital

Scope and Contents

Includes condolence letters, obituary, and death certificate.

Family: Chang Yin T'ang (grandfather), 2020. Digital

Scope and Contents

Includes articles about Chang Yin T'ang, photographs (including with Chinese politician Liang Tun Yen [Liang Dunyan]), and a family tree.

"Official documents," 2020. Digital

Scope and Contents

Includes re: suspension of deportation and naturalization certificate.

Photographs: "Pin Pin T'an: Her Life": photograph album, ca.1932-1994. Digital

Scope and Contents

Includes T'an as a toddler, with her parents and other relatives, on Cambridge Common, with Chinese Navy officers to whom she taught English, wedding portrait, with her children, with David Liu in Native American costume (for a fundraiser for a medical association's ladies' auxiliary), and doing a cooking demonstration.