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Postcard photograph, see original for correspondence on the back.

1. Bottom Creek Coal Crusher and Tipple at Vivian, McDowell County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041007
Title:
Bottom Creek Coal Crusher and Tipple at Vivian, McDowell County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Postcard photograph, see original for correspondence on the back.

2. Unidentified Couple

IDNO:
030613
Title:
Unidentified Couple
Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.

3. Jessie Savage

IDNO:
030046
Title:
Jessie Savage
Date:
1898/04/01
Description:
Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.
'Washington or Detroit'

4. Mother of William Morrow

IDNO:
029880
Title:
Mother of William Morrow
Description:
'Washington or Detroit'

5. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027258
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1946/02/05

6. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027257
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1948/07
'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of numerous novels and short stories, photographed in Washington, D. C.'

7. Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize

IDNO:
027256
Title:
Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize
Date:
1935/02/18
Description:
'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of numerous novels and short stories, photographed in Washington, D. C.'
'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.'

8. Pearl S. Buck for Relief of China

IDNO:
027255
Title:
Pearl S. Buck for Relief of China
Date:
1940/11/14
Description:
'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.'

9. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027254
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1947/01/14

10. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027253
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1958/10/23
A West Virginia native, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mrs. Buck is the first woman to win both honors.

11. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027252
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1952/05/09
Description:
A West Virginia native, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mrs. Buck is the first woman to win both honors.
'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.'

12. Pearl Buck Presented with Poster

IDNO:
027248
Title:
Pearl Buck Presented with Poster
Date:
1941/03/31
Description:
'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.'
'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].'

13. West Virginia Native Pearl Buck Receives Nobel Prize from King Gustav V of Sweden

IDNO:
027247
Title:
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].'
'Mrs. Robert Hunter, Jr. of Chester, N.Y. recently received the one hundred millionth book distributed by the Book-of-the Month Club after 23 years of selling newly published books by mail. Mrs. Hunter, mother of three children, lives on a dairy farm which her husband owns and operates. Thinking that the feat of circulating so many books called for a celebration, the Book-of-the-Month Club invited Mrs. Hunter to New York City for lunch with Pearl Buck, famous Nobel Prize-winning writer, a copy of whose latest novel, "Kinfolk", was the one hundred millionth book. Here Miss Buck autographs a special copy of her book for Mrs. Hunter. Conversation at the luncheon table wasn't all literary, since Miss Buck also lives on a farm and enjoyed comparing notes with Mrs. Hunter. Mrs. Hunter joined the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1939, and has received more than 130 books from it.'

14. Pearl Buck and Mrs. Hunter

IDNO:
027246
Title:
Pearl Buck and Mrs. Hunter
Date:
1949/07/05
Description:
'Mrs. Robert Hunter, Jr. of Chester, N.Y. recently received the one hundred millionth book distributed by the Book-of-the Month Club after 23 years of selling newly published books by mail. Mrs. Hunter, mother of three children, lives on a dairy farm which her husband owns and operates. Thinking that the feat of circulating so many books called for a celebration, the Book-of-the-Month Club invited Mrs. Hunter to New York City for lunch with Pearl Buck, famous Nobel Prize-winning writer, a copy of whose latest novel, "Kinfolk", was the one hundred millionth book. Here Miss Buck autographs a special copy of her book for Mrs. Hunter. Conversation at the luncheon table wasn't all literary, since Miss Buck also lives on a farm and enjoyed comparing notes with Mrs. Hunter. Mrs. Hunter joined the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1939, and has received more than 130 books from it.'
'Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, who was awarded the 1931 Pulitzer prize for her novel, "The Good Earth".'

15. Pearl Buck

IDNO:
027245
Title:
Pearl Buck
Date:
1932/05/03
Description:
'Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, who was awarded the 1931 Pulitzer prize for her novel, "The Good Earth".'
'Left to right, David and Leon Yoder the first two children taken into the Welcome House family in 1949 present a locket of friendship to Nobel prize winner Pearl S. Buck, chairman of the Board of Welcome House...'

16. Pearl S Buck Receives Welcome House Award

IDNO:
027244
Title:
Pearl S Buck Receives Welcome House Award
Date:
1960/05/05
Description:
'Left to right, David and Leon Yoder the first two children taken into the Welcome House family in 1949 present a locket of friendship to Nobel prize winner Pearl S. Buck, chairman of the Board of Welcome House...'
'Pearl S. Buck and Oscar Hammerstein, II planning for Gala Welcome House Benefit to be held at Music circus in Lambertville, N.J. on May 31st. Event includes per-view of "the Pajama Game" followed by supper and dancing on the stage.'

17. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027243
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1959/05/13
Description:
'Pearl S. Buck and Oscar Hammerstein, II planning for Gala Welcome House Benefit to be held at Music circus in Lambertville, N.J. on May 31st. Event includes per-view of "the Pajama Game" followed by supper and dancing on the stage.'
'Jen Ying Yen, Chinese journalist, reads his part in the script "America Speaks to China" as Pearl Buck, author of the play, looks on. These NBC dramas, eight in all, are sponsored by the East and West Association and will be short waved to China.'

18. Pearl S. Buck on NBC

IDNO:
027242
Title:
Pearl S. Buck on NBC
Date:
1942/08/21
Description:
'Jen Ying Yen, Chinese journalist, reads his part in the script "America Speaks to China" as Pearl Buck, author of the play, looks on. These NBC dramas, eight in all, are sponsored by the East and West Association and will be short waved to China.'
'Novelist Pearl S. Buck holds 13th annual B'Nai B'rith Inter-Faith award which she received for her work promoting understanding among people.'

19. Pearl Buck Awarded

IDNO:
027241
Title:
Pearl Buck Awarded
Date:
1957/12/15
Description:
'Novelist Pearl S. Buck holds 13th annual B'Nai B'rith Inter-Faith award which she received for her work promoting understanding among people.'

20. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027240
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1949/08/02

21. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027239
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1961/04/18

22. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027238
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1947/01/14
'Novelist Pearl S. Buck receives Temple University's annual Human Service Award from Miss Laura Villani, co-chairman of Brotherhood Week committee, at dinner last night in Mitten Hall.'

23. Pearl S. Buck Awarded

IDNO:
027237
Title:
Pearl S. Buck Awarded
Date:
1956/02/24
Description:
'Novelist Pearl S. Buck receives Temple University's annual Human Service Award from Miss Laura Villani, co-chairman of Brotherhood Week committee, at dinner last night in Mitten Hall.'
'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.'

24. Pearl Buck

IDNO:
027236
Title:
Pearl Buck
Date:
1935/05/27
Description:
'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.'