Papers of Pin Pin T'an, 1937-2020 (inclusive), 1940-1990 (bulk)
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.
"'Ancestor book': Pin Pin and David Ch'ing Tung Liu and their families," 2010. Digital copy received from donor. Digital
"'Ancestor book': Pin Pin and David Ch'ing Tung Liu and their families," 2010. Bound printed copy. Digital
Articles re: T'an, 2020. Digital
Includes obituary and clippings in Spanish.
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.
Linda Liu Behar, 2020. Digital
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
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
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: letters to Katherine Behar, 2020 Digital
Correspondence: letters to Linda Liu Behar, 2020. Digital
Includes T'an's dismay at idea of Linda dating a fellow student who was Black.
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.
Death of T'an, 2020. Digital
Includes condolence letters, obituary, and death certificate.
Family tree, 2020 Digital
Family: Chang Yin T'ang (grandfather), 2020. Digital
Includes articles about Chang Yin T'ang, photographs (including with Chinese politician Liang Tun Yen [Liang Dunyan]), and a family tree.
Family: Walter Way and Lily T'an (parents), 2020. Digital
Includes photographs and biographical information.
Memoirs, 2020 Digital
Memoir, pages 6-8, 2020 Digital
"Official documents," 2020. Digital
Includes re: suspension of deportation and naturalization certificate.
Photographs, 2020 Digital
Photographs: "Pin Pin T'an: Her Life": photograph album, ca.1932-1994. Digital
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.
Recipes, 2020. Digital
Includes recipes for cooking class.
Writings, 2020. Digital
Includes letter to New York Times.