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Caption on back reads: "Pearl Buck chatted with late President Kennedy at White House dinner for Nobel Prize winners in April 1962."

1. Pearl S. Buck and John F. Kennedy

IDNO:
053816
Title:
Pearl S. Buck and John F. Kennedy
Date:
1962/04/29
Description:
Caption on back reads: "Pearl Buck chatted with late President Kennedy at White House dinner for Nobel Prize winners in April 1962."
Selma Lagerlof was a Swedish author and fellow Nobel laureate.

2. Pearl S. Buck and Selma Lagerlof

IDNO:
053446
Title:
Pearl S. Buck and Selma Lagerlof
Date:
1938/12/13
Description:
Selma Lagerlof was a Swedish author and fellow Nobel laureate.
Pearl Buck becomes the first American woman to win Nobel Prize for literature as she receives award from King Gustav of Sweden during ceremonies at Stockholm. She also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.

3. Pearl Buck Accepting Nobel Prize For Literature

IDNO:
053435
Title:
Pearl Buck Accepting Nobel Prize For Literature
Date:
1938
Description:
Pearl Buck becomes the first American woman to win Nobel Prize for literature as she receives award from King Gustav of Sweden during ceremonies at Stockholm. She also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
Caption on back reads, "Pearl S. Buck, author and Nobel prize winner, is in Portland on promotion tour for a new foundation to help children of American servicemen. At right is Theodore F. Harris, president of the foundation."

4. Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris

IDNO:
053400
Title:
Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris
Date:
1965/10/22
Description:
Caption on back reads, "Pearl S. Buck, author and Nobel prize winner, is in Portland on promotion tour for a new foundation to help children of American servicemen. At right is Theodore F. Harris, president of the foundation."

5. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027258
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1946/02/05
'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of numerous novels and short stories, photographed in Washington, D. C.'

6. 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.'
A West Virginia native, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mrs. Buck is the first woman to win both honors.

7. 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.
'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].'

8. 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].'
'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."'

9. Pearl S. Buck with the News of Winning Nobel Prize

IDNO:
027225
Title:
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."'
'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.'

10. Pearl S. Buck at Home with Nobel Prize

IDNO:
027224
Title:
Pearl S. Buck at Home with Nobel Prize
Date:
1938/12/23
Description:
'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.'
'Known to millions all over the world as the author of "The Good Earth", "Sons" and "The Mothers" among other stories. Pearl Buck, American author was named today as winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. A native of Hillsboro, W. Va. , has spent many years of her life in China, where she taught at the University of Nanking and other seats of learning.'

11. Pearl Buck Awarded Nobel Prize

IDNO:
027220
Title:
Pearl Buck Awarded Nobel Prize
Description:
'Known to millions all over the world as the author of "The Good Earth", "Sons" and "The Mothers" among other stories. Pearl Buck, American author was named today as winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. A native of Hillsboro, W. Va. , has spent many years of her life in China, where she taught at the University of Nanking and other seats of learning.'
'An anniversary dinner for former winners of the Nobel Peace Prizes was held tonight under the auspices of the Common Council for American Unity. Because of the war, no new prizes were awarded since the outbreak of Hostilities. Here, at the dinner, are, (left to right): Sir Norman Angell, Peace Prize Winner in 1933; Pearl Buck, Literature Prize, 1938; and Arthur Holly Compton, Physics Prize, 1936.'

12. Pearl Buck--Nobel Dinner Held for Former Winners

IDNO:
027214
Title:
Pearl Buck--Nobel Dinner Held for Former Winners
Date:
1942/12/10
Description:
'An anniversary dinner for former winners of the Nobel Peace Prizes was held tonight under the auspices of the Common Council for American Unity. Because of the war, no new prizes were awarded since the outbreak of Hostilities. Here, at the dinner, are, (left to right): Sir Norman Angell, Peace Prize Winner in 1933; Pearl Buck, Literature Prize, 1938; and Arthur Holly Compton, Physics Prize, 1936.'