Abandoned Sawmill and Lumber Plant, Trace, Mingo County, W. Va.
Date:
1932/09/16
Description:
Abandoned saw mill and lumber plant. Formerly the Hutchinson Lumber Company, later the Griffith Lumber Company, Trace, W. Va. This operation abandoned about 1929.
Abandoned coal operation on Camp Branch near the west end of Dingess passing track, formerly known as the 'Camp Branch Coal Company'. This operation was served by a spur track.
Taken from the railroad at the west end of Dingess Passing Siding looking west to show highway and abandoned coal operations with reference to the railroad.
'A photography by Arnold Garthe of Pearl S. Buck, whose tremendously successful novel "The Good Earth" is followed by another story of Chinese life called "Sons" (John Day Co.)'
Hamlin Transfer Company Truck, Mingo County, W. Va.
Date:
1932/09/28
Description:
This is a large truck operated by the Hamlin Transfer Company, in Hamlin, W. Va., loaded with well drill machinery which is being transported by truck from near Breeden, W. Va., to East Lynn, W. Va. This picture was made in the County Road on Twelve Pole Line about one-half mile above Doane, W. Va.
'Pearl S. Buck, the author of "The Good Earth" goes back to China. The recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize is shown as she sailed from Montreal to England to meet her husband and daughter ...'
Pearl S. Buck, Margaret Sanger, and Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn
Date:
1935/02/12
Description:
'Crusader Margaret Sanger Celebrated the 21st anniversary of her birth control movement at a dinner in Washington, D.C. Feb. 12. Left to right: Leaders in the movement as they appeared at the dinner; Mrs. Pearl Buck, missionary author; Mrs. Sanger and Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, mother of Katherine Hepburn stage and screen star.'
'Pearl S. Buck, former missionary and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "The Good Earth" and other works, who will divorce her husband and marry Richard J. Walsh, New York Publisher, according to a copyright story by the United Press May 27. Neither Mrs. Buck nor Walsh would discuss the report. Mrs. Buck and her husband, J. Lossing Buck, are the parents of two young daughters, Carolina and Janice.'
Pearl Buck Presenting Malvina Hoffman an Achievement Award
Date:
1937/11/25
Description:
'Malvina Hoffman (Left), internationally famous sculptress and creator of the life-size reproductions of Racial Types for the "Hall of Man" of the field House in Chicago, receives from Pearl Buck, novelist, the American Woman's Association Award for Eminent Achievement Nov. 15 at the eleventh Annual Friendship Dinner at the American Woman's club.
Pearl S. Buck with the News of Winning Nobel Prize
Date:
1938/11/10
Description:
'Pearl Buck Nobel Prize Winner--When Pearl Buck was told today that she had won the 1938 Nobel prize for literature she said she "just couldn't believe it." She is shown in the office of her publisher-husband, Richard J. Walsh, who said his wife probably won the prize for her famous book "The Good Earth", and other works including "This Proud Heart."'
'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of "The Good Earth," who lives near Doylestown, Pa., was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is the first American Woman so honored.'
'Pearl Buck, first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Former missionary in China and author of the novel, The Good Earth, in addition to other novels and articles, hold the cablegram she received today telling her that she had received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. The announcement of the award, which did not mention specifically any of her works, is worth about $40,000.
'Pearl Buck American novelist who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature this year, is pictured as she arrived home on the S.S. Aquitania today. She is telling ship news reporters how much she enjoyed her stay in Stockholm, Sweden, where King Gustave presented her with her prize.'
West Virginia Native Pearl Buck Receives Nobel Prize from King Gustav V of Sweden
Date:
1938/12/24
Description:
'Stockholm, Sweden...in a brilliant ceremony in the flower-decked great hall of the Stockholm Concert House, Pearl Buck, American writer, is shown receiving from King Gustav V of Sweden the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nine members of the Swedish Royal Family, the entire diplomatic corps and outstanding representatives of Sweden's Cultural and Scientific bodies looked on as the 80-year-old Monarch handed Mrs. Buck a parchment certificate bound in tooled leather, the Nobel medal and a check for an amount equal in American money to about [unreadable].'
'Nation Wide Drive to Raise One Million Dollars by July 1st 1941, for the relief of the war stricken people of China. Photo shows, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., member of the Board, with Miss Pearl S. Buck, noted author and chairman of the newly formed China Emergency Relief committee, meet at the apartment of Mrs. Hughes, at 471 Park Ave., during the tea hour...'
'Nationwide drive to raise one million dollars by July 1, 1941, for the relief of the war-stricken people of China. Photo shows...left to right, Miss. Luise Rainer, English Actress, Mrs. Frank Co Tui, wife of Executive Vice President of the American Bureau for Medical Aide to China., and Miss Pearl S. Buck, noted author chairman of the newly formed China Auspices Drive...meet at Mrs. Hughes, Apartment for tea at 471 Park Ave, NYC.'
'Wendell L. Willkie, director of United China Relief, and Pearl S. Buck with poster to be used in drive for $5,000,000 for Chinese Relief. In Background is a portrait of Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Chinese Centralissimo.'
'Miss Pearl S. Buck, author of "The Good Earth" and member of the national executive committee of United China Relief, will speak Monday afternoon at a tea in her Honor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Harris, "Harston" Chestnut Hill. United China Relief, under the chairmanship of Ludwig C. Lewis, soon launches an appeal in the Philadelphia area for $250,000 to aid 53,000,000 refugees, made homeless by Japanese bombings.'
'The new novel by the Nobel Prize Winner is Dragon Seed, which will be published by the John Day Company on January 22. Dragon Seed is the February choice of the Book of the Month Club.'
!['Stockholm, Sweden...in a brilliant ceremony in the flower-decked great hall of the Stockholm Concert House, Pearl Buck, American writer, is shown receiving from King Gustav V of Sweden the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nine members of the Swedish Royal Family, the entire diplomatic corps and outstanding representatives of Sweden's Cultural and Scientific bodies looked on as the 80-year-old Monarch handed Mrs. Buck a parchment certificate bound in tooled leather, the Nobel medal and a check for an amount equal in American money to about [unreadable].'](/thumb/027247.jpg "West Virginia Native Pearl Buck Receives Nobel Prize from King Gustav V of Sweden")
