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Pearl S. Buck, likely during her visit to Morgantown.

61. Pearl S. Buck

A West Virginia native, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner,  Mrs. Buck is the first woman to win both honors.

62. Pearl S. Buck

63. Pearl S. Buck

64. Pearl S. Buck

'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.'

65. Pearl S. Buck for Relief of China

'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of numerous novels and short stories, photographed in Washington, D. C.'

66. Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize

67. Pearl S. Buck

68. Pearl S. Buck

Hillsboro marker below Marlinton on U.S Route 219. 'Hillsboro, Here Gen. W. W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain after his raid to Salem, Virginia in 1863.  Settlements were made in the vicinity in the 1760s by John McNeel and the Kinnisons.  Birthplace of Pearl Buck.'

69. Hillsboro Historic Marker

An unidentified man sets the type for the title page of "My Mother's House", a short story by Pearl S. Buck.

70. Title Page of Pearl S. Buck Book "My Mother's House"

Pearl S. Buck sits on the floor with two small children and several books.  Caption on reverse reads "Pearl Buck with two Welcome House children".  The Welcome House was an adoption agency founded by Buck in 1949.

71. Pearl S. Buck with Two Children

Portrait of Pearl S. Buck in a white dress standing under a tree, location unknown.

72. Outdoor Portrait of Pearl S. Buck