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1. Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Buck at the release of her book, "China As I See It."

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Pearl Buck sitting with her adopted daughters in her home in Perkasie, Pa.

3. Pearl Buck with her adopted daughters

Caption reads: (NY8-March 6) FAMED AUTHOR DIES-- Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl Buck, the noted China expert, died Tuesday at Danby, VT., a spokesman said. Miss buck, who wrote 84 books, was 80. She died at her home in Danby.

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Pearl S. Buck, author of "The Good Earth", "Sons", "A Home Divided."

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Caption reads: "Pearl S. Buck, author of THE STORY BIBLE, to be published May 24, 1971 by Bartholomew House Ltd."

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Pearl S. Buck sitting with children at a reunion at her home in Dublin, Pennsylvania.

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11. Pearl Buck and Dr. Charles Boehm

12. Pearl Buck Speaks with Children

13. Painting of Pearl Buck

Pearl Buck at her study in her townhouse in Philadelphia.

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16. Pearl S. Buck Enjoys Lunch With Other 'Professional Women'

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Pictured are members of the Swedish royal family, including King Gustav V (fifth from left) and then-Crown Prince Gustav, later to become King Gustav VI Adolf (third from left). At this ceremony, Pearl Buck was present to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

19. Nobel Prize Ceremony, Stockholm, Sweden

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22. Pearl Buck with Friends

23. Pearl Buck with a Child

Caption reads: "Doylestown, PA., May 7 - Reunion at Welcome House - 'Granny' Walsh chats with some of the 270 former Welcome House children who attended the reunion on her farm near Doylestown, Pa., on the weekend. 'Granny,' better known as Pearl S. Buck, author, started Welcome House, an adoption agency, which has found American parents for over 300 children..."

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Pearl Buck about to set sail to China from Montreal.

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Pearl Buck as she sets sail for China from Montreal.

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Pearl Buck poses for her new book, "China As I See It."

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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."

28. Pearl S. Buck and John F. Kennedy

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31. Pearl Buck Carries a Child

The back of the photo includes a descriptive caption that reads:"New York, November 14- Pearl Buck, Novelist, being awarded the Howells Medal for fiction at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letter here today. Robert Grant, member of the Academy, is making the award. The Howells Award was established in honor of William Dean Howells, novelist, and first awarded in 1925."

32. Pearl Buck Wins Medal For Fiction

Caption reads, "Pearl Buck, the only woman ever to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes in literature, poses with her four adopted daughters at her home in Perkasie, Pa. They are, from left, Cheico, 16; Johanna, 15; Henriette, 18; and Theresa, 17. Henriette is of German-American origin, the other three of Japanese-American origin. The thing closest to the 73-year-old author's heart is the foundation named after her. Its purpose is to raise $10 million to care for some 300,000 unwanted children fathered by American soldiers."

33. Pearl S. Buck with Adopted Daughters, Perkasie, P. A.

34. Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Danby, V. T.

Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

35. Pearl Buck In Her Study

Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.

36. Pearl Buck Reading to Children

The back of the photo includes a newspaper caption that reads:Pearl S. Buck writes lovingly of "The Good Earth," saying it is the key to human life and world peace.

37. Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck appears as guest on Spotlight, Saturday, April 15th at 2:00 p.m., discussing 'What is America's Role in Asia?', and the formation of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to aid American children in Asia.

38. Pearl Buck on "Spotlight"

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42. Pearl S. Buck Signing Autographs

43. Pearl S. Buck Speaking At Event

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45. Richard Walsh, Pearl S. Buck's Second Husband

46. Pearl Buck Stands Outside Car With Packed Luggage

Pearl Buck's daughter, Carol Buck.

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Pearl Buck's daughter, Carol Buck sitting in her wheelchair.

48. Carol Buck (Daughter)

Three children likely adopted through Pearl Buck's foundation.

49. Three Adopted Children on Playground Set

50. Pearl S. Buck with Son, Edgar Walsh, London, England

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52. Pearl S. Buck and Unidentified Man

Selma Lagerlof was a Swedish author and fellow Nobel laureate.

53. Pearl S. Buck and Selma Lagerlof

Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, her husband Richard Walsh and Buck's Danish publisher Halfdan Jespersen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

54. Pearl Buck and Husband Richard Walsh in Denmark

"The "Good Earth" desk- an antique Chinese hardwood piece at which Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning author Pearl S. Buck penned her famous novel- is on display with other Asian and American antiques."

55. Pearl S. Buck House, Green Hills Farm, Perkasie, Pa.

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"This card is from the International Headquarters of the Pearl Buck Foundation For Amerasian Children."

57. Pearl S. Buck, Original Rendering by Hank Richter

"Home of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author and humanitarian Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973). A national historic landmark, the 1835 stone farmhouse is open for guided tours March - Dec."

58. The Pearl S. Buck House, Green Hills Farm, Perkasie, Pa.

59. Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

60. Pearl S. Buck in Stockholm, Sweden

61. Pearl S. Buck in Stockholm, Sweden

Pearl S. Buck with her husband and step-daughter after their arrival in Stockholm, Sweden

62. Pearl S. Buck with Family, Stockholm, Sweden

"Miss Pearl Buck dances with Theodore F. Harris, executive director of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation."

63. Pearl Buck With Theodore F. Harris

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.

64. Pearl Buck Accepting Nobel Prize For Literature

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Caption reads, "Philadelphia, July 9 - Pearl Buck Aide Quits - Theodore F. Harris, 38, executive director of the Pearl D. Buck Foundation, has resigned, Miss Buck announced in Philadelphia today after "recent publicity" concerning his "actions with the foundation." Miss Buck said Harris, in his letter of resignation said a recent Philadelphia Magazine article would diminish his effectiveness with the charitable organization."

66. Pearl Buck Aide Quits

Caption reads, "New Brunswick, N. J. May 8 - Novelist Pearl Buck reviews contract covering gift of $1 million from American Institute for Mental Studies to Rutgers Medical School in presentation here yesterday with Dr. Mason W. Gross, president of university. The novelist is president of institute's board of trustees."

67. Pearl S. Buck and Dr. Mason W. Gross

Caption on back reads, "Pearl Buck, author of many books and winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, studies a twisted-root carving of an old Chinese man."

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Caption reads, "Philadelphia, June 24 - At 80 Still Able - Pearl S. Buck, begins her 80th year Monday with optimism about her future as both a writer and foundation guiding force. She heads several organizations concerned with the welfare of children of mixed Asian-American parentage."

70. Pearl S. Buck at Eighty Years Old

Text on back reads, "New York: Miss Florence Stevens, of New York, shown with the new sweet pea "Pearl Buck," named in honor of the Nobel Prize winner and developed by Davis Burpee, Philadelphia hybridist, which is on exhibit at the International Flower Show in New York. It is a clear salmon pink with unusually large flowers."

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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."

72. Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris

Caption reads, "Pearl S. Buck, author of "The Kennedy Women," Cowles Book Company, Inc., by arrangement with The John Day Company."

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Text on back reads, "Author Pearl Buck, an old 'China hand,' visits Pearl Buck School, Eugene, Wednesday. The private institution is 12 years old, helps retarded children. It was Miss Buck's first visit since the school organized."

74. Pearl S. Buck at the Pearl Buck School, Eugene, O. R.

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Portrait of Pearl S. Buck holding a copy of her book, "My Several Worlds," originally published in 1954.

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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (small child at center) poses with her father, Absalom, mother, Caroline, her older brother, Edgar, and baby sister, Grace.

78. Sydenstricker Family

79. Portrait of Edgar Sydenstricker, Brother of Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck with her only biological daughter, Carol Grace Buck, outside a home.

80. Pearl S. Buck with Daughter, Carol Grace

Studio portrait of Pearl S. Buck's second husband.

81. Portrait of Richard Walsh, Husband of Pearl S. Buck

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

82. Outdoor Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

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.

83. Pearl S. Buck with Two Children

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

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

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.'

85. Hillsboro Historic Marker

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

88. Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize

'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.'

89. Pearl S. Buck for Relief of China

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

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

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'Buck is Center and Louise Sherwood is to Buck's right.' Louise McNeill Pease on the left.

94. Pearl S. Buck with Friends

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'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.'

96. Pearl Buck Presented with Poster