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The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck. Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more. Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects. For additional material, see A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice."," Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938, Pearl Buck became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature."," By 1935, Pearl had divorced her first husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the couple adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). Due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934."," Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949, she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States."," Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."," After her death, ownership of Pearl Buck's literary manuscripts was disputed, and eventually awarded to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, which were temporarily stored in the Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV until the partnership between these two institutions and the WVRHC was formed in 2014, which led to the transfer of the collection to WVU.","727","Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China."," The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck."," Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more."," Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects."," For additional material, see A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers.","Overview of Record Series:"," The collection includes eight series:"," Series 1. Novels; ca. 1930-1973. \n Series 2. Non-fiction; ca. 1936-1972. \n Series 3. Children's Books; ca. 1940-1967. \n Series 4. Translation; ca. 1933. \n Series 5. Collections of Short Stories; ca. 1934-1973. \n Series 6. Other Works; ca. 1923-1967, 2014. \n Series 7. Miscellaneous; ca. 1960-2014. \n Series 8. Oversized; ca. 1930-1995."," Series 1-5 include the bulk of Buck's published books in draft form. The cataloging information for these series was drawn from Mary Lee Welliver's thesis,  Pearl S. Buck's Manuscripts: The Harvest of Half a Century  (see series 7, box 71, folder 284). Some of the drafts are deemed \"original\" -- for more information on how this conclusion was reached, please see pages 17-18 of the thesis. Series 6 includes drafts of works that were not cataloged in Welliver's thesis."," Since many of Buck's drafts are undated, date ranges given in the series descriptions are based in part on dates of publication. Also, page counts have not been verified."," Manuscripts from the collection were originally housed in 273 large numbered envelopes. The original envelope numbers have been retained as folder numbers, and the original envelopes have been moved to boxes 83-86."," Regarding terminology in this finding aid:"," \"Galley\" indicates a preliminary version of a publication meant for review and copyediting, printed on oversize paper."," \"Paged galleys\" indicates galleys where pagination has been added, and the number of pages reflects that pagination."," \"Unpaged galleys\" lack page numbers, and are counted by the number of leaves referred to as \"galley pp.\"."," \"Holograph\" indicates an entirely handwritten work (as opposed to typescript)."," \"Manuscript\" is used in the general sense to include holographs, typescripts, and galleys."," \"PSB\" stands for Pearl S. Buck.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and galleys for more than thirty of Buck's published novels. Many address the topic of Chinese peasant life. Some works are represented by multiple drafts, and some include corrections and revisions by the author."," Highlights include: \n paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind ; \n a typescript of  Sons ; \n original holograph and typescripts of  The Patriot ; \n typescripts of  The Angry Wife , her only novel set in West Virginia and one of many written under the pseudonym John Sedges; and \n multiple drafts of  Imperial Woman ."," Additional drafts, outlines, and synopses for novels and novellas can also be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys and galley proofs can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eighteen of Buck's non-fiction works. Topics include Asia, the role of women in American society, racism, children's welfare, and adoption."," Highlights include:"," multiple drafts and leather-bound presentations of Buck's manuscripts for the biographies of her parents --  The Exile  and  The Fighting Angel  -- two novels that helped earn her the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature;"," a mixed manuscript of the book titled  Of Men and Women ;"," typescripts of  How it Happens ;"," multiple drafts of  The Joy of Children ; and"," multiple drafts of her autobiographies,  My Several Worlds  and  A Bridge for Passing ."," Additional non-fiction works can be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys of non-fiction works can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescript carbons, galleys, typescripts, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eleven children's books, including  The Big Fight ,  The Big Wave , and  Matthew, Mark, Luke and John . Galleys can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes two typescript drafts of  All Men Are Brothers , Buck's translation of one of China's most famous novels,  Shui Hu Chuan  (also known as  Water Margin  or  Shui Hu Zhuan ). A brochure advertising this book can be found in Series 6, Other Works, box 70, folder 279.7.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, holographs, and mixed manuscripts of short stories from nine of Buck's anthologies. Some of the anthologies were published posthumously. Some entries include the periodical in which the various short stories appeared; please note that this is not indicative of a systematic search. Additional short stories can be found in Series 6, Other Works. A magazine clipping has been moved to Series 8, Oversized.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, clippings, and mixed manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories, articles, dramas/plays, novels, novellas, non-fiction works, reviews, speeches, introductions, forewords, letters, press releases, radio broadcasts, and interviews, among other material. The majority of this series is Buck's own work."," Subjects include China and its people; writing; women; international relations and war; America and its people; India; Japan; mentally handicapped children (the contemporary term, retarded, is used in the contents list); mixed race children; the Vineland Training School; the Welcome House; adoption; and many more. Two published short stories have been moved to Series 8, Oversized."," Highlights include:"," a January 1923 issue of the journal  The Atlantic Monthly , containing Buck's first published article, \"In China, Too\" (box 70, folder 282);"," a typescript introduction to  The Good Earth , 1949 (box 63, folder 254.1);"," a holograph introduction to a series of shortwave radio broadcasts, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 50, folder 196.1);"," a holograph of an untitled radio broadcast, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 51, folder 202); and"," typescripts and typescript carbons of the autobiographical short story \"My Chinese Nurse\" (box 33, folders 134.1-134.3).","Includes exhibit materials, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and other material. Subjects include the appraisal and cataloging of collection materials by Frances and Kenneth Swope, Mary Lee Welliver, and Robert Shafer; the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation and preservation of Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, WV; celebratory centennial events in 1992; Pearl S. Buck; and her works. The majority of the contents of this series was created by people other than Buck, though it includes a few facsimiles and printed versions of Buck's work."," Highlights include:"," typescripts written about Buck by Lucille S. Zinn, bibliographer for the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation (box 72, folder 302.1-302.2), who went on to publish \"The Works of Pearl S. Buck: A Bibliography\" (box 73, folder 305.1);"," records regarding the Pearl S. Buck commemorative stamp (various folders in boxes 73-76); and"," a cassette tape of an interview with Pearl S. Buck conducted by Arnold Gingrich, October 12, 1970 (box 76, folder 365)."," Biographical material on Buck can be found in box 73, folder 320; box 74, folders 323 and 338; box 75, folder 349; and others."," Although now substantially superseded by the current cataloging record in terms of both completeness and detail, the Mary Lee Welliver collection guide, within her graduate thesis, has been retained in this collection for future reference (see box 71, folder 284). Within her guide, Welliver cataloged the drafts of published books within the collection (series 1-5). Within these series, she lists the works alphabetically, and the drafts of each work in rough chronological order. (A version of our contents list in this cataloging record, found below, arranged in the same order as the contents list in Welliver's thesis, is available in box 71, folder 284.) Regarding the chronological order in her guide, Welliver notes that, \"In a few cases, the order has been very difficult to ascertain without a more critical study of the manuscripts. This study is left to future researchers and an 'educated guess' has been made as to chronology in such cases\" (Welliver thesis, p. 21)."," Welliver also created data sheets for each work she cataloged, which are available in box 71, folders 293.1-293.4, and box 72, folders 294.1- 294.2. These data sheets include information not recorded in either the contents list found in this cataloging record, or in the Welliver thesis, such as type and size of paper and notations from original envelopes or folders."," Boxes 83-86 include the original container envelopes for most of the collection; the notations on these envelopes regarding specifics about their contents, such as page numbers, may be of interest to future researchers. Not all of this information is present in the contents list.","Includes galleys and galley proofs from Series 1, Novels; Series 2, Non-fiction; and Series 3, Children's Books. Also includes a magazine clipping from Series 5, Collections of Short Stories; published short stories from Series 6, Other Works; and various clippings regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, her home, and other topics. Noteworthy are the paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind  (box 77b, folder 1 and 2).","Signed letter to Rare Signatures, A\u0026M 435:","  Signed letter from Pearl Buck to Otto Whittaker, with signed enclosure, dated 1967.","Book to Book Collection:","  Crouch, Archie R. Scholars' Guide to China Mission Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938, Pearl Buck became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e By 1935, Pearl had divorced her first husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the couple adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). Due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949, she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e After her death, ownership of Pearl Buck's literary manuscripts was disputed, and eventually awarded to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, which were temporarily stored in the Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV until the partnership between these two institutions and the WVRHC was formed in 2014, which led to the transfer of the collection to WVU.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1892 to Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker and Absalom Sydenstricker, Southern Presbyterian missionaries who returned to China shortly after their daughter's birth. Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice."," Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938, Pearl Buck became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature."," By 1935, Pearl had divorced her first husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the couple adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). Due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934."," Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949, she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States."," Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."," After her death, ownership of Pearl Buck's literary manuscripts was disputed, and eventually awarded to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, which were temporarily stored in the Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV until the partnership between these two institutions and the WVRHC was formed in 2014, which led to the transfer of the collection to WVU."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts, A\u0026amp;M 4052, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts, A\u0026M 4052, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e727\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["727"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLiterary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional material, see A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eOverview of Record Series:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The collection includes eight series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 1. Novels; ca. 1930-1973.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 2. Non-fiction; ca. 1936-1972.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 3. Children's Books; ca. 1940-1967.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 4. Translation; ca. 1933.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 5. Collections of Short Stories; ca. 1934-1973.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 6. Other Works; ca. 1923-1967, 2014.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 7. Miscellaneous; ca. 1960-2014.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 8. Oversized; ca. 1930-1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 1-5 include the bulk of Buck's published books in draft form. The cataloging information for these series was drawn from Mary Lee Welliver's thesis, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePearl S. Buck's Manuscripts: The Harvest of Half a Century\u003c/emph\u003e (see series 7, box 71, folder 284). Some of the drafts are deemed \"original\" -- for more information on how this conclusion was reached, please see pages 17-18 of the thesis. Series 6 includes drafts of works that were not cataloged in Welliver's thesis.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Since many of Buck's drafts are undated, date ranges given in the series descriptions are based in part on dates of publication. Also, page counts have not been verified.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Manuscripts from the collection were originally housed in 273 large numbered envelopes. The original envelope numbers have been retained as folder numbers, and the original envelopes have been moved to boxes 83-86.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Regarding terminology in this finding aid:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Galley\" indicates a preliminary version of a publication meant for review and copyediting, printed on oversize paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Paged galleys\" indicates galleys where pagination has been added, and the number of pages reflects that pagination.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Unpaged galleys\" lack page numbers, and are counted by the number of leaves referred to as \"galley pp.\".\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Holograph\" indicates an entirely handwritten work (as opposed to typescript).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Manuscript\" is used in the general sense to include holographs, typescripts, and galleys.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"PSB\" stands for Pearl S. Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and galleys for more than thirty of Buck's published novels. Many address the topic of Chinese peasant life. Some works are represented by multiple drafts, and some include corrections and revisions by the author.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n paged galleys of Buck's first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n a typescript of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSons\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n original holograph and typescripts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Patriot\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n typescripts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Angry Wife\u003c/emph\u003e, her only novel set in West Virginia and one of many written under the pseudonym John Sedges; and\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n multiple drafts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eImperial Woman\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional drafts, outlines, and synopses for novels and novellas can also be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys and galley proofs can be found in Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eighteen of Buck's non-fiction works. Topics include Asia, the role of women in American society, racism, children's welfare, and adoption.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e multiple drafts and leather-bound presentations of Buck's manuscripts for the biographies of her parents -- \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Exile\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Fighting Angel\u003c/emph\u003e -- two novels that helped earn her the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a mixed manuscript of the book titled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOf Men and Women\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e typescripts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHow it Happens\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e multiple drafts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Joy of Children\u003c/emph\u003e; and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e multiple drafts of her autobiographies, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMy Several Worlds\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Bridge for Passing\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional non-fiction works can be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys of non-fiction works can be found in Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescript carbons, galleys, typescripts, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eleven children's books, including \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Big Fight\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Big Wave\u003c/emph\u003e, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMatthew, Mark, Luke and John\u003c/emph\u003e. Galleys can be found in Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two typescript drafts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAll Men Are Brothers\u003c/emph\u003e, Buck's translation of one of China's most famous novels, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eShui Hu Chuan\u003c/emph\u003e (also known as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWater Margin\u003c/emph\u003e or \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eShui Hu Zhuan\u003c/emph\u003e). A brochure advertising this book can be found in Series 6, Other Works, box 70, folder 279.7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, typescript carbons, holographs, and mixed manuscripts of short stories from nine of Buck's anthologies. Some of the anthologies were published posthumously. Some entries include the periodical in which the various short stories appeared; please note that this is not indicative of a systematic search. Additional short stories can be found in Series 6, Other Works. A magazine clipping has been moved to Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, clippings, and mixed manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories, articles, dramas/plays, novels, novellas, non-fiction works, reviews, speeches, introductions, forewords, letters, press releases, radio broadcasts, and interviews, among other material. The majority of this series is Buck's own work.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects include China and its people; writing; women; international relations and war; America and its people; India; Japan; mentally handicapped children (the contemporary term, retarded, is used in the contents list); mixed race children; the Vineland Training School; the Welcome House; adoption; and many more. Two published short stories have been moved to Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a January 1923 issue of the journal \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e, containing Buck's first published article, \"In China, Too\" (box 70, folder 282);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a typescript introduction to \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/emph\u003e, 1949 (box 63, folder 254.1);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a holograph introduction to a series of shortwave radio broadcasts, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 50, folder 196.1);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a holograph of an untitled radio broadcast, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 51, folder 202); and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e typescripts and typescript carbons of the autobiographical short story \"My Chinese Nurse\" (box 33, folders 134.1-134.3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes exhibit materials, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and other material. Subjects include the appraisal and cataloging of collection materials by Frances and Kenneth Swope, Mary Lee Welliver, and Robert Shafer; the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation and preservation of Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, WV; celebratory centennial events in 1992; Pearl S. Buck; and her works. The majority of the contents of this series was created by people other than Buck, though it includes a few facsimiles and printed versions of Buck's work.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e typescripts written about Buck by Lucille S. Zinn, bibliographer for the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation (box 72, folder 302.1-302.2), who went on to publish \"The Works of Pearl S. Buck: A Bibliography\" (box 73, folder 305.1);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e records regarding the Pearl S. Buck commemorative stamp (various folders in boxes 73-76); and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a cassette tape of an interview with Pearl S. Buck conducted by Arnold Gingrich, October 12, 1970 (box 76, folder 365).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Biographical material on Buck can be found in box 73, folder 320; box 74, folders 323 and 338; box 75, folder 349; and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Although now substantially superseded by the current cataloging record in terms of both completeness and detail, the Mary Lee Welliver collection guide, within her graduate thesis, has been retained in this collection for future reference (see box 71, folder 284). Within her guide, Welliver cataloged the drafts of published books within the collection (series 1-5). Within these series, she lists the works alphabetically, and the drafts of each work in rough chronological order. (A version of our contents list in this cataloging record, found below, arranged in the same order as the contents list in Welliver's thesis, is available in box 71, folder 284.) Regarding the chronological order in her guide, Welliver notes that, \"In a few cases, the order has been very difficult to ascertain without a more critical study of the manuscripts. This study is left to future researchers and an 'educated guess' has been made as to chronology in such cases\" (Welliver thesis, p. 21).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Welliver also created data sheets for each work she cataloged, which are available in box 71, folders 293.1-293.4, and box 72, folders 294.1- 294.2. These data sheets include information not recorded in either the contents list found in this cataloging record, or in the Welliver thesis, such as type and size of paper and notations from original envelopes or folders.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Boxes 83-86 include the original container envelopes for most of the collection; the notations on these envelopes regarding specifics about their contents, such as page numbers, may be of interest to future researchers. Not all of this information is present in the contents list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes galleys and galley proofs from Series 1, Novels; Series 2, Non-fiction; and Series 3, Children's Books. Also includes a magazine clipping from Series 5, Collections of Short Stories; published short stories from Series 6, Other Works; and various clippings regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, her home, and other topics. Noteworthy are the paged galleys of Buck's first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind\u003c/emph\u003e (box 77b, folder 1 and 2).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China."," The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck."," Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more."," Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects."," For additional material, see A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers.","Overview of Record Series:"," The collection includes eight series:"," Series 1. Novels; ca. 1930-1973. \n Series 2. Non-fiction; ca. 1936-1972. \n Series 3. Children's Books; ca. 1940-1967. \n Series 4. Translation; ca. 1933. \n Series 5. Collections of Short Stories; ca. 1934-1973. \n Series 6. Other Works; ca. 1923-1967, 2014. \n Series 7. Miscellaneous; ca. 1960-2014. \n Series 8. Oversized; ca. 1930-1995."," Series 1-5 include the bulk of Buck's published books in draft form. The cataloging information for these series was drawn from Mary Lee Welliver's thesis,  Pearl S. Buck's Manuscripts: The Harvest of Half a Century  (see series 7, box 71, folder 284). Some of the drafts are deemed \"original\" -- for more information on how this conclusion was reached, please see pages 17-18 of the thesis. Series 6 includes drafts of works that were not cataloged in Welliver's thesis."," Since many of Buck's drafts are undated, date ranges given in the series descriptions are based in part on dates of publication. Also, page counts have not been verified."," Manuscripts from the collection were originally housed in 273 large numbered envelopes. The original envelope numbers have been retained as folder numbers, and the original envelopes have been moved to boxes 83-86."," Regarding terminology in this finding aid:"," \"Galley\" indicates a preliminary version of a publication meant for review and copyediting, printed on oversize paper."," \"Paged galleys\" indicates galleys where pagination has been added, and the number of pages reflects that pagination."," \"Unpaged galleys\" lack page numbers, and are counted by the number of leaves referred to as \"galley pp.\"."," \"Holograph\" indicates an entirely handwritten work (as opposed to typescript)."," \"Manuscript\" is used in the general sense to include holographs, typescripts, and galleys."," \"PSB\" stands for Pearl S. Buck.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and galleys for more than thirty of Buck's published novels. Many address the topic of Chinese peasant life. Some works are represented by multiple drafts, and some include corrections and revisions by the author."," Highlights include: \n paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind ; \n a typescript of  Sons ; \n original holograph and typescripts of  The Patriot ; \n typescripts of  The Angry Wife , her only novel set in West Virginia and one of many written under the pseudonym John Sedges; and \n multiple drafts of  Imperial Woman ."," Additional drafts, outlines, and synopses for novels and novellas can also be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys and galley proofs can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eighteen of Buck's non-fiction works. Topics include Asia, the role of women in American society, racism, children's welfare, and adoption."," Highlights include:"," multiple drafts and leather-bound presentations of Buck's manuscripts for the biographies of her parents --  The Exile  and  The Fighting Angel  -- two novels that helped earn her the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature;"," a mixed manuscript of the book titled  Of Men and Women ;"," typescripts of  How it Happens ;"," multiple drafts of  The Joy of Children ; and"," multiple drafts of her autobiographies,  My Several Worlds  and  A Bridge for Passing ."," Additional non-fiction works can be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys of non-fiction works can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescript carbons, galleys, typescripts, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eleven children's books, including  The Big Fight ,  The Big Wave , and  Matthew, Mark, Luke and John . Galleys can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes two typescript drafts of  All Men Are Brothers , Buck's translation of one of China's most famous novels,  Shui Hu Chuan  (also known as  Water Margin  or  Shui Hu Zhuan ). A brochure advertising this book can be found in Series 6, Other Works, box 70, folder 279.7.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, holographs, and mixed manuscripts of short stories from nine of Buck's anthologies. Some of the anthologies were published posthumously. Some entries include the periodical in which the various short stories appeared; please note that this is not indicative of a systematic search. Additional short stories can be found in Series 6, Other Works. A magazine clipping has been moved to Series 8, Oversized.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, clippings, and mixed manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories, articles, dramas/plays, novels, novellas, non-fiction works, reviews, speeches, introductions, forewords, letters, press releases, radio broadcasts, and interviews, among other material. The majority of this series is Buck's own work."," Subjects include China and its people; writing; women; international relations and war; America and its people; India; Japan; mentally handicapped children (the contemporary term, retarded, is used in the contents list); mixed race children; the Vineland Training School; the Welcome House; adoption; and many more. Two published short stories have been moved to Series 8, Oversized."," Highlights include:"," a January 1923 issue of the journal  The Atlantic Monthly , containing Buck's first published article, \"In China, Too\" (box 70, folder 282);"," a typescript introduction to  The Good Earth , 1949 (box 63, folder 254.1);"," a holograph introduction to a series of shortwave radio broadcasts, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 50, folder 196.1);"," a holograph of an untitled radio broadcast, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 51, folder 202); and"," typescripts and typescript carbons of the autobiographical short story \"My Chinese Nurse\" (box 33, folders 134.1-134.3).","Includes exhibit materials, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and other material. Subjects include the appraisal and cataloging of collection materials by Frances and Kenneth Swope, Mary Lee Welliver, and Robert Shafer; the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation and preservation of Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, WV; celebratory centennial events in 1992; Pearl S. Buck; and her works. The majority of the contents of this series was created by people other than Buck, though it includes a few facsimiles and printed versions of Buck's work."," Highlights include:"," typescripts written about Buck by Lucille S. Zinn, bibliographer for the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation (box 72, folder 302.1-302.2), who went on to publish \"The Works of Pearl S. Buck: A Bibliography\" (box 73, folder 305.1);"," records regarding the Pearl S. Buck commemorative stamp (various folders in boxes 73-76); and"," a cassette tape of an interview with Pearl S. Buck conducted by Arnold Gingrich, October 12, 1970 (box 76, folder 365)."," Biographical material on Buck can be found in box 73, folder 320; box 74, folders 323 and 338; box 75, folder 349; and others."," Although now substantially superseded by the current cataloging record in terms of both completeness and detail, the Mary Lee Welliver collection guide, within her graduate thesis, has been retained in this collection for future reference (see box 71, folder 284). Within her guide, Welliver cataloged the drafts of published books within the collection (series 1-5). Within these series, she lists the works alphabetically, and the drafts of each work in rough chronological order. (A version of our contents list in this cataloging record, found below, arranged in the same order as the contents list in Welliver's thesis, is available in box 71, folder 284.) Regarding the chronological order in her guide, Welliver notes that, \"In a few cases, the order has been very difficult to ascertain without a more critical study of the manuscripts. This study is left to future researchers and an 'educated guess' has been made as to chronology in such cases\" (Welliver thesis, p. 21)."," Welliver also created data sheets for each work she cataloged, which are available in box 71, folders 293.1-293.4, and box 72, folders 294.1- 294.2. These data sheets include information not recorded in either the contents list found in this cataloging record, or in the Welliver thesis, such as type and size of paper and notations from original envelopes or folders."," Boxes 83-86 include the original container envelopes for most of the collection; the notations on these envelopes regarding specifics about their contents, such as page numbers, may be of interest to future researchers. Not all of this information is present in the contents list.","Includes galleys and galley proofs from Series 1, Novels; Series 2, Non-fiction; and Series 3, Children's Books. Also includes a magazine clipping from Series 5, Collections of Short Stories; published short stories from Series 6, Other Works; and various clippings regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, her home, and other topics. Noteworthy are the paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind  (box 77b, folder 1 and 2)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSigned letter to Rare Signatures, A\u0026amp;M 435:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Signed letter from Pearl Buck to Otto Whittaker, with signed enclosure, dated 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBook to Book Collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Crouch, Archie R. Scholars' Guide to China Mission Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States. 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Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects. For additional material, see A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers (1930-1976, undated).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China. The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck. Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more. Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects. For additional material, see A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers (1930-1976, undated)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_467f19ef8fc1a4b71aa23048ffda005d\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice."," Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938, Pearl Buck became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature."," By 1935, Pearl had divorced her first husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the couple adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). Due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934."," Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949, she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States."," Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."," After her death, ownership of Pearl Buck's literary manuscripts was disputed, and eventually awarded to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, which were temporarily stored in the Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV until the partnership between these two institutions and the WVRHC was formed in 2014, which led to the transfer of the collection to WVU.","727","Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China."," The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck."," Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more."," Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects."," For additional material, see A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers.","Overview of Record Series:"," The collection includes eight series:"," Series 1. Novels; ca. 1930-1973. \n Series 2. Non-fiction; ca. 1936-1972. \n Series 3. Children's Books; ca. 1940-1967. \n Series 4. Translation; ca. 1933. \n Series 5. Collections of Short Stories; ca. 1934-1973. \n Series 6. Other Works; ca. 1923-1967, 2014. \n Series 7. Miscellaneous; ca. 1960-2014. \n Series 8. Oversized; ca. 1930-1995."," Series 1-5 include the bulk of Buck's published books in draft form. The cataloging information for these series was drawn from Mary Lee Welliver's thesis,  Pearl S. Buck's Manuscripts: The Harvest of Half a Century  (see series 7, box 71, folder 284). Some of the drafts are deemed \"original\" -- for more information on how this conclusion was reached, please see pages 17-18 of the thesis. Series 6 includes drafts of works that were not cataloged in Welliver's thesis."," Since many of Buck's drafts are undated, date ranges given in the series descriptions are based in part on dates of publication. Also, page counts have not been verified."," Manuscripts from the collection were originally housed in 273 large numbered envelopes. The original envelope numbers have been retained as folder numbers, and the original envelopes have been moved to boxes 83-86."," Regarding terminology in this finding aid:"," \"Galley\" indicates a preliminary version of a publication meant for review and copyediting, printed on oversize paper."," \"Paged galleys\" indicates galleys where pagination has been added, and the number of pages reflects that pagination."," \"Unpaged galleys\" lack page numbers, and are counted by the number of leaves referred to as \"galley pp.\"."," \"Holograph\" indicates an entirely handwritten work (as opposed to typescript)."," \"Manuscript\" is used in the general sense to include holographs, typescripts, and galleys."," \"PSB\" stands for Pearl S. Buck.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and galleys for more than thirty of Buck's published novels. Many address the topic of Chinese peasant life. Some works are represented by multiple drafts, and some include corrections and revisions by the author."," Highlights include: \n paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind ; \n a typescript of  Sons ; \n original holograph and typescripts of  The Patriot ; \n typescripts of  The Angry Wife , her only novel set in West Virginia and one of many written under the pseudonym John Sedges; and \n multiple drafts of  Imperial Woman ."," Additional drafts, outlines, and synopses for novels and novellas can also be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys and galley proofs can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eighteen of Buck's non-fiction works. Topics include Asia, the role of women in American society, racism, children's welfare, and adoption."," Highlights include:"," multiple drafts and leather-bound presentations of Buck's manuscripts for the biographies of her parents --  The Exile  and  The Fighting Angel  -- two novels that helped earn her the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature;"," a mixed manuscript of the book titled  Of Men and Women ;"," typescripts of  How it Happens ;"," multiple drafts of  The Joy of Children ; and"," multiple drafts of her autobiographies,  My Several Worlds  and  A Bridge for Passing ."," Additional non-fiction works can be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys of non-fiction works can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescript carbons, galleys, typescripts, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eleven children's books, including  The Big Fight ,  The Big Wave , and  Matthew, Mark, Luke and John . Galleys can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes two typescript drafts of  All Men Are Brothers , Buck's translation of one of China's most famous novels,  Shui Hu Chuan  (also known as  Water Margin  or  Shui Hu Zhuan ). A brochure advertising this book can be found in Series 6, Other Works, box 70, folder 279.7.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, holographs, and mixed manuscripts of short stories from nine of Buck's anthologies. Some of the anthologies were published posthumously. Some entries include the periodical in which the various short stories appeared; please note that this is not indicative of a systematic search. Additional short stories can be found in Series 6, Other Works. A magazine clipping has been moved to Series 8, Oversized.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, clippings, and mixed manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories, articles, dramas/plays, novels, novellas, non-fiction works, reviews, speeches, introductions, forewords, letters, press releases, radio broadcasts, and interviews, among other material. The majority of this series is Buck's own work."," Subjects include China and its people; writing; women; international relations and war; America and its people; India; Japan; mentally handicapped children (the contemporary term, retarded, is used in the contents list); mixed race children; the Vineland Training School; the Welcome House; adoption; and many more. Two published short stories have been moved to Series 8, Oversized."," Highlights include:"," a January 1923 issue of the journal  The Atlantic Monthly , containing Buck's first published article, \"In China, Too\" (box 70, folder 282);"," a typescript introduction to  The Good Earth , 1949 (box 63, folder 254.1);"," a holograph introduction to a series of shortwave radio broadcasts, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 50, folder 196.1);"," a holograph of an untitled radio broadcast, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 51, folder 202); and"," typescripts and typescript carbons of the autobiographical short story \"My Chinese Nurse\" (box 33, folders 134.1-134.3).","Includes exhibit materials, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and other material. Subjects include the appraisal and cataloging of collection materials by Frances and Kenneth Swope, Mary Lee Welliver, and Robert Shafer; the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation and preservation of Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, WV; celebratory centennial events in 1992; Pearl S. Buck; and her works. The majority of the contents of this series was created by people other than Buck, though it includes a few facsimiles and printed versions of Buck's work."," Highlights include:"," typescripts written about Buck by Lucille S. Zinn, bibliographer for the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation (box 72, folder 302.1-302.2), who went on to publish \"The Works of Pearl S. Buck: A Bibliography\" (box 73, folder 305.1);"," records regarding the Pearl S. Buck commemorative stamp (various folders in boxes 73-76); and"," a cassette tape of an interview with Pearl S. Buck conducted by Arnold Gingrich, October 12, 1970 (box 76, folder 365)."," Biographical material on Buck can be found in box 73, folder 320; box 74, folders 323 and 338; box 75, folder 349; and others."," Although now substantially superseded by the current cataloging record in terms of both completeness and detail, the Mary Lee Welliver collection guide, within her graduate thesis, has been retained in this collection for future reference (see box 71, folder 284). Within her guide, Welliver cataloged the drafts of published books within the collection (series 1-5). Within these series, she lists the works alphabetically, and the drafts of each work in rough chronological order. (A version of our contents list in this cataloging record, found below, arranged in the same order as the contents list in Welliver's thesis, is available in box 71, folder 284.) Regarding the chronological order in her guide, Welliver notes that, \"In a few cases, the order has been very difficult to ascertain without a more critical study of the manuscripts. This study is left to future researchers and an 'educated guess' has been made as to chronology in such cases\" (Welliver thesis, p. 21)."," Welliver also created data sheets for each work she cataloged, which are available in box 71, folders 293.1-293.4, and box 72, folders 294.1- 294.2. These data sheets include information not recorded in either the contents list found in this cataloging record, or in the Welliver thesis, such as type and size of paper and notations from original envelopes or folders."," Boxes 83-86 include the original container envelopes for most of the collection; the notations on these envelopes regarding specifics about their contents, such as page numbers, may be of interest to future researchers. Not all of this information is present in the contents list.","Includes galleys and galley proofs from Series 1, Novels; Series 2, Non-fiction; and Series 3, Children's Books. Also includes a magazine clipping from Series 5, Collections of Short Stories; published short stories from Series 6, Other Works; and various clippings regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, her home, and other topics. Noteworthy are the paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind  (box 77b, folder 1 and 2).","Signed letter to Rare Signatures, A\u0026M 435:","  Signed letter from Pearl Buck to Otto Whittaker, with signed enclosure, dated 1967.","Book to Book Collection:","  Crouch, Archie R. Scholars' Guide to China Mission Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949, she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e After her death, ownership of Pearl Buck's literary manuscripts was disputed, and eventually awarded to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, which were temporarily stored in the Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV until the partnership between these two institutions and the WVRHC was formed in 2014, which led to the transfer of the collection to WVU.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1892 to Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker and Absalom Sydenstricker, Southern Presbyterian missionaries who returned to China shortly after their daughter's birth. Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice."," Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938, Pearl Buck became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature."," By 1935, Pearl had divorced her first husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the couple adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). Due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934."," Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949, she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States."," Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."," After her death, ownership of Pearl Buck's literary manuscripts was disputed, and eventually awarded to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, which were temporarily stored in the Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV until the partnership between these two institutions and the WVRHC was formed in 2014, which led to the transfer of the collection to WVU."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts, A\u0026amp;M 4052, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts, A\u0026M 4052, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e727\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["727"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLiterary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional material, see A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eOverview of Record Series:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The collection includes eight series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 1. Novels; ca. 1930-1973.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 2. Non-fiction; ca. 1936-1972.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 3. Children's Books; ca. 1940-1967.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 4. Translation; ca. 1933.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 5. Collections of Short Stories; ca. 1934-1973.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 6. Other Works; ca. 1923-1967, 2014.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 7. Miscellaneous; ca. 1960-2014.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Series 8. Oversized; ca. 1930-1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Series 1-5 include the bulk of Buck's published books in draft form. The cataloging information for these series was drawn from Mary Lee Welliver's thesis, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePearl S. Buck's Manuscripts: The Harvest of Half a Century\u003c/emph\u003e (see series 7, box 71, folder 284). Some of the drafts are deemed \"original\" -- for more information on how this conclusion was reached, please see pages 17-18 of the thesis. Series 6 includes drafts of works that were not cataloged in Welliver's thesis.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Since many of Buck's drafts are undated, date ranges given in the series descriptions are based in part on dates of publication. Also, page counts have not been verified.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Manuscripts from the collection were originally housed in 273 large numbered envelopes. The original envelope numbers have been retained as folder numbers, and the original envelopes have been moved to boxes 83-86.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Regarding terminology in this finding aid:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Galley\" indicates a preliminary version of a publication meant for review and copyediting, printed on oversize paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Paged galleys\" indicates galleys where pagination has been added, and the number of pages reflects that pagination.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Unpaged galleys\" lack page numbers, and are counted by the number of leaves referred to as \"galley pp.\".\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Holograph\" indicates an entirely handwritten work (as opposed to typescript).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Manuscript\" is used in the general sense to include holographs, typescripts, and galleys.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"PSB\" stands for Pearl S. Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and galleys for more than thirty of Buck's published novels. Many address the topic of Chinese peasant life. Some works are represented by multiple drafts, and some include corrections and revisions by the author.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n paged galleys of Buck's first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n a typescript of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSons\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n original holograph and typescripts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Patriot\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n typescripts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Angry Wife\u003c/emph\u003e, her only novel set in West Virginia and one of many written under the pseudonym John Sedges; and\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n multiple drafts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eImperial Woman\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional drafts, outlines, and synopses for novels and novellas can also be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys and galley proofs can be found in Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eighteen of Buck's non-fiction works. Topics include Asia, the role of women in American society, racism, children's welfare, and adoption.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e multiple drafts and leather-bound presentations of Buck's manuscripts for the biographies of her parents -- \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Exile\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Fighting Angel\u003c/emph\u003e -- two novels that helped earn her the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a mixed manuscript of the book titled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOf Men and Women\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e typescripts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHow it Happens\u003c/emph\u003e;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e multiple drafts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Joy of Children\u003c/emph\u003e; and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e multiple drafts of her autobiographies, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMy Several Worlds\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Bridge for Passing\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional non-fiction works can be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys of non-fiction works can be found in Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescript carbons, galleys, typescripts, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eleven children's books, including \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Big Fight\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Big Wave\u003c/emph\u003e, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMatthew, Mark, Luke and John\u003c/emph\u003e. Galleys can be found in Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two typescript drafts of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAll Men Are Brothers\u003c/emph\u003e, Buck's translation of one of China's most famous novels, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eShui Hu Chuan\u003c/emph\u003e (also known as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWater Margin\u003c/emph\u003e or \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eShui Hu Zhuan\u003c/emph\u003e). A brochure advertising this book can be found in Series 6, Other Works, box 70, folder 279.7.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, typescript carbons, holographs, and mixed manuscripts of short stories from nine of Buck's anthologies. Some of the anthologies were published posthumously. Some entries include the periodical in which the various short stories appeared; please note that this is not indicative of a systematic search. Additional short stories can be found in Series 6, Other Works. A magazine clipping has been moved to Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, clippings, and mixed manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories, articles, dramas/plays, novels, novellas, non-fiction works, reviews, speeches, introductions, forewords, letters, press releases, radio broadcasts, and interviews, among other material. The majority of this series is Buck's own work.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects include China and its people; writing; women; international relations and war; America and its people; India; Japan; mentally handicapped children (the contemporary term, retarded, is used in the contents list); mixed race children; the Vineland Training School; the Welcome House; adoption; and many more. Two published short stories have been moved to Series 8, Oversized.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a January 1923 issue of the journal \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e, containing Buck's first published article, \"In China, Too\" (box 70, folder 282);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a typescript introduction to \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/emph\u003e, 1949 (box 63, folder 254.1);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a holograph introduction to a series of shortwave radio broadcasts, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 50, folder 196.1);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a holograph of an untitled radio broadcast, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 51, folder 202); and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e typescripts and typescript carbons of the autobiographical short story \"My Chinese Nurse\" (box 33, folders 134.1-134.3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes exhibit materials, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and other material. Subjects include the appraisal and cataloging of collection materials by Frances and Kenneth Swope, Mary Lee Welliver, and Robert Shafer; the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation and preservation of Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, WV; celebratory centennial events in 1992; Pearl S. Buck; and her works. The majority of the contents of this series was created by people other than Buck, though it includes a few facsimiles and printed versions of Buck's work.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Highlights include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e typescripts written about Buck by Lucille S. Zinn, bibliographer for the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation (box 72, folder 302.1-302.2), who went on to publish \"The Works of Pearl S. Buck: A Bibliography\" (box 73, folder 305.1);\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e records regarding the Pearl S. Buck commemorative stamp (various folders in boxes 73-76); and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e a cassette tape of an interview with Pearl S. Buck conducted by Arnold Gingrich, October 12, 1970 (box 76, folder 365).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Biographical material on Buck can be found in box 73, folder 320; box 74, folders 323 and 338; box 75, folder 349; and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Although now substantially superseded by the current cataloging record in terms of both completeness and detail, the Mary Lee Welliver collection guide, within her graduate thesis, has been retained in this collection for future reference (see box 71, folder 284). Within her guide, Welliver cataloged the drafts of published books within the collection (series 1-5). Within these series, she lists the works alphabetically, and the drafts of each work in rough chronological order. (A version of our contents list in this cataloging record, found below, arranged in the same order as the contents list in Welliver's thesis, is available in box 71, folder 284.) Regarding the chronological order in her guide, Welliver notes that, \"In a few cases, the order has been very difficult to ascertain without a more critical study of the manuscripts. This study is left to future researchers and an 'educated guess' has been made as to chronology in such cases\" (Welliver thesis, p. 21).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Welliver also created data sheets for each work she cataloged, which are available in box 71, folders 293.1-293.4, and box 72, folders 294.1- 294.2. These data sheets include information not recorded in either the contents list found in this cataloging record, or in the Welliver thesis, such as type and size of paper and notations from original envelopes or folders.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Boxes 83-86 include the original container envelopes for most of the collection; the notations on these envelopes regarding specifics about their contents, such as page numbers, may be of interest to future researchers. Not all of this information is present in the contents list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes galleys and galley proofs from Series 1, Novels; Series 2, Non-fiction; and Series 3, Children's Books. Also includes a magazine clipping from Series 5, Collections of Short Stories; published short stories from Series 6, Other Works; and various clippings regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, her home, and other topics. Noteworthy are the paged galleys of Buck's first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind\u003c/emph\u003e (box 77b, folder 1 and 2).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China."," The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck."," Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more."," Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects."," For additional material, see A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers.","Overview of Record Series:"," The collection includes eight series:"," Series 1. Novels; ca. 1930-1973. \n Series 2. Non-fiction; ca. 1936-1972. \n Series 3. Children's Books; ca. 1940-1967. \n Series 4. Translation; ca. 1933. \n Series 5. Collections of Short Stories; ca. 1934-1973. \n Series 6. Other Works; ca. 1923-1967, 2014. \n Series 7. Miscellaneous; ca. 1960-2014. \n Series 8. Oversized; ca. 1930-1995."," Series 1-5 include the bulk of Buck's published books in draft form. The cataloging information for these series was drawn from Mary Lee Welliver's thesis,  Pearl S. Buck's Manuscripts: The Harvest of Half a Century  (see series 7, box 71, folder 284). Some of the drafts are deemed \"original\" -- for more information on how this conclusion was reached, please see pages 17-18 of the thesis. Series 6 includes drafts of works that were not cataloged in Welliver's thesis."," Since many of Buck's drafts are undated, date ranges given in the series descriptions are based in part on dates of publication. Also, page counts have not been verified."," Manuscripts from the collection were originally housed in 273 large numbered envelopes. The original envelope numbers have been retained as folder numbers, and the original envelopes have been moved to boxes 83-86."," Regarding terminology in this finding aid:"," \"Galley\" indicates a preliminary version of a publication meant for review and copyediting, printed on oversize paper."," \"Paged galleys\" indicates galleys where pagination has been added, and the number of pages reflects that pagination."," \"Unpaged galleys\" lack page numbers, and are counted by the number of leaves referred to as \"galley pp.\"."," \"Holograph\" indicates an entirely handwritten work (as opposed to typescript)."," \"Manuscript\" is used in the general sense to include holographs, typescripts, and galleys."," \"PSB\" stands for Pearl S. Buck.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and galleys for more than thirty of Buck's published novels. Many address the topic of Chinese peasant life. Some works are represented by multiple drafts, and some include corrections and revisions by the author."," Highlights include: \n paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind ; \n a typescript of  Sons ; \n original holograph and typescripts of  The Patriot ; \n typescripts of  The Angry Wife , her only novel set in West Virginia and one of many written under the pseudonym John Sedges; and \n multiple drafts of  Imperial Woman ."," Additional drafts, outlines, and synopses for novels and novellas can also be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys and galley proofs can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eighteen of Buck's non-fiction works. Topics include Asia, the role of women in American society, racism, children's welfare, and adoption."," Highlights include:"," multiple drafts and leather-bound presentations of Buck's manuscripts for the biographies of her parents --  The Exile  and  The Fighting Angel  -- two novels that helped earn her the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature;"," a mixed manuscript of the book titled  Of Men and Women ;"," typescripts of  How it Happens ;"," multiple drafts of  The Joy of Children ; and"," multiple drafts of her autobiographies,  My Several Worlds  and  A Bridge for Passing ."," Additional non-fiction works can be found in Series 6, Other Works. Galleys of non-fiction works can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes typescript carbons, galleys, typescripts, mixed manuscripts, and holographs for eleven children's books, including  The Big Fight ,  The Big Wave , and  Matthew, Mark, Luke and John . Galleys can be found in Series 8, Oversized.","Includes two typescript drafts of  All Men Are Brothers , Buck's translation of one of China's most famous novels,  Shui Hu Chuan  (also known as  Water Margin  or  Shui Hu Zhuan ). A brochure advertising this book can be found in Series 6, Other Works, box 70, folder 279.7.","Includes typescripts, typescript carbons, holographs, and mixed manuscripts of short stories from nine of Buck's anthologies. Some of the anthologies were published posthumously. Some entries include the periodical in which the various short stories appeared; please note that this is not indicative of a systematic search. Additional short stories can be found in Series 6, Other Works. A magazine clipping has been moved to Series 8, Oversized.","Includes holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, clippings, and mixed manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories, articles, dramas/plays, novels, novellas, non-fiction works, reviews, speeches, introductions, forewords, letters, press releases, radio broadcasts, and interviews, among other material. The majority of this series is Buck's own work."," Subjects include China and its people; writing; women; international relations and war; America and its people; India; Japan; mentally handicapped children (the contemporary term, retarded, is used in the contents list); mixed race children; the Vineland Training School; the Welcome House; adoption; and many more. Two published short stories have been moved to Series 8, Oversized."," Highlights include:"," a January 1923 issue of the journal  The Atlantic Monthly , containing Buck's first published article, \"In China, Too\" (box 70, folder 282);"," a typescript introduction to  The Good Earth , 1949 (box 63, folder 254.1);"," a holograph introduction to a series of shortwave radio broadcasts, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 50, folder 196.1);"," a holograph of an untitled radio broadcast, written by Buck in Chinese characters (with romanizations in typescript) (box 51, folder 202); and"," typescripts and typescript carbons of the autobiographical short story \"My Chinese Nurse\" (box 33, folders 134.1-134.3).","Includes exhibit materials, typescripts, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and other material. Subjects include the appraisal and cataloging of collection materials by Frances and Kenneth Swope, Mary Lee Welliver, and Robert Shafer; the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation and preservation of Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, WV; celebratory centennial events in 1992; Pearl S. Buck; and her works. The majority of the contents of this series was created by people other than Buck, though it includes a few facsimiles and printed versions of Buck's work."," Highlights include:"," typescripts written about Buck by Lucille S. Zinn, bibliographer for the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation (box 72, folder 302.1-302.2), who went on to publish \"The Works of Pearl S. Buck: A Bibliography\" (box 73, folder 305.1);"," records regarding the Pearl S. Buck commemorative stamp (various folders in boxes 73-76); and"," a cassette tape of an interview with Pearl S. Buck conducted by Arnold Gingrich, October 12, 1970 (box 76, folder 365)."," Biographical material on Buck can be found in box 73, folder 320; box 74, folders 323 and 338; box 75, folder 349; and others."," Although now substantially superseded by the current cataloging record in terms of both completeness and detail, the Mary Lee Welliver collection guide, within her graduate thesis, has been retained in this collection for future reference (see box 71, folder 284). Within her guide, Welliver cataloged the drafts of published books within the collection (series 1-5). Within these series, she lists the works alphabetically, and the drafts of each work in rough chronological order. (A version of our contents list in this cataloging record, found below, arranged in the same order as the contents list in Welliver's thesis, is available in box 71, folder 284.) Regarding the chronological order in her guide, Welliver notes that, \"In a few cases, the order has been very difficult to ascertain without a more critical study of the manuscripts. This study is left to future researchers and an 'educated guess' has been made as to chronology in such cases\" (Welliver thesis, p. 21)."," Welliver also created data sheets for each work she cataloged, which are available in box 71, folders 293.1-293.4, and box 72, folders 294.1- 294.2. These data sheets include information not recorded in either the contents list found in this cataloging record, or in the Welliver thesis, such as type and size of paper and notations from original envelopes or folders."," Boxes 83-86 include the original container envelopes for most of the collection; the notations on these envelopes regarding specifics about their contents, such as page numbers, may be of interest to future researchers. Not all of this information is present in the contents list.","Includes galleys and galley proofs from Series 1, Novels; Series 2, Non-fiction; and Series 3, Children's Books. Also includes a magazine clipping from Series 5, Collections of Short Stories; published short stories from Series 6, Other Works; and various clippings regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, her home, and other topics. Noteworthy are the paged galleys of Buck's first novel,  East Wind, West Wind  (box 77b, folder 1 and 2)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSigned letter to Rare Signatures, A\u0026amp;M 435:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Signed letter from Pearl Buck to Otto Whittaker, with signed enclosure, dated 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBook to Book Collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Crouch, Archie R. Scholars' Guide to China Mission Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States. 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Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects. For additional material, see A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers (1930-1976, undated).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China. The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck. Formats include holographs, typescripts, typescript carbons, mixed manuscripts, galleys, and more. Prominent topics of Buck's literary works include: Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; international relations; adoption; children with disabilities; women's rights; and writing. The collection also includes material regarding the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Pearl Buck as an author, and other subjects. For additional material, see A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers (1930-1976, undated)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_467f19ef8fc1a4b71aa23048ffda005d\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Buck, Author, Papers","China -- Fiction","China -- In literature","United States -- Relations -- China","West Virginia - Writers.","Amerasians","Authors, American -- West Virginia","Human rights advocacy","Intercountry adoption","Interracial adoption","Literature and society -- China","Literature and society -- United States","Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence","Novelists, American -- West Virginia","Women novelists, American   -- 20th century","Women social reformers -- United States","No special access restriction applies.","Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1892 to Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker and Absalom Sydenstricker, Southern Presbyterian missionaries who returned to China shortly after their daughter's birth. Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.","Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel,  East Wind, West Wind,  was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel  The Good Earth  in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include  Sons  (1932),  A House Divided  (1935),  The First Wife and Other Stories  (1933),  All Men are Brothers  (1933, translation),  The Mother  (1934),  The Exile  (1936),  Fighting Angel  (1936), and  This Proud Heart  (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.","By 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include  Dragon Seed  (1942),  Pavilion of Women  (1946),  God's Men  (1951),  Come, My Beloved  (1953),  Imperial Woman  (1956),  Letter from Peking  (1957), and  The Living Reed  (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.","Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.","Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.","4052","Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China. ","Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. ","Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. ","Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. ","Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. ","For additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. ","There are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. ","Series 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39. \nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51.  \nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7. \nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1. \nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B. \nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27. \nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32. \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9. \nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10. \nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11. \nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14. \nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9. \nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34. \nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14. \nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24. \nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19. \nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3. \nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17. \nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10. \nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6. \nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2. \nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29. \nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31. \nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33. \nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.  \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1. \nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1.  \nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.","This series includes typescript drafts of articles written by Buck, probably between 1937 and 1944, though most are undated. Articles are arranged alphabetically by title, and some have handwritten annotations. Many articles pertain to China, but other topics include novels and fiction writing, religion, disabled children, and the United States.","This series contains reviews written by Buck, including one for the novel  Sayonara  by James Michener and several reviews written for  Bookshelf  magazine. Reviews are organized in alphabetical order by title and are largely undated.","This series includes typescript and handwritten drafts of short stories, plays, and scripts by Pearl Buck. These writings are organized by genre and then in alphabetical order by title. Most items are undated, but appear to have been written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.","This series contains stories and articles that relate to the life of Pearl Buck. These pieces, some of which were written by Buck, appear to be based on the author's life.","This series contains drafts of full-length novels. These include  Come My Beloved, God's Men, The Goddess Abides, Letter from Peking, The Real Thing,  and  Stay As You Are  as well as three untitled books. They are also undated and organized chiefly according to title.","This series contains drafts of talks given by Buck on various topics ranging from \"American Unity\" to Chinese culture, politics, and children. Most are undated but appear to date from the 1930s and 1940s.","This series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.","This series chiefly contains secondary information about Pearl Buck as well as material written by Buck. Secondary information includes photos, pamphlets, news clippings, and lectures about Buck. Other materials include publications, pamphlets, outlines, and manuscripts authored by Buck.","This series includes manuscripts of articles and fiction written by Lin Yutang, Cornelia Spencer, and Grace Yaukey, among others. Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey was the sister of Pearl Buck. Using the pen name Cornelia Spencer, Yaukey also wrote books about Chinese history and culture.","This series contains materials collected by James (Jim) Comstock that pertain to Pearl Buck. Items include drawings, photographs, articles, and clippings, and chiefly relate to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.","This series is arranged in the following subseries: outgoing letters, incoming letters, and letters written to Pearl Buck by American philosopher William E. Hocking.","  Outgoing letters from 1933 to 1962 primarily contains signed typescript letters written by Pearl Buck to various editors, publishers, and authors. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s chiefly relate to Buck's research and writing and the publication of her work. A 1937 letter to David Lloyd contains Buck's thoughts on  This Proud Heart . Letters from the 1950s and 1960s, including one sent to James Michener, chiefly pertain to Welcome House, international adoption, and issues related to current events in China.","  Incoming letters from 1933 to 1964 primarily consist of typescript letters written to either Pearl Buck directly or to her publisher and husband, Richard Walsh. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s are typically from magazines such as  Good Housekeeping ,  Redbook , and larger publishers inquiring about manuscripts, sending acceptances or rejection notices, and looking for serial publications. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s relate to Buck's humanitarian work, particularly her work with Welcome House and legislation related to interracial and international adoption. Correspondents range from Pennsylvania state politicians and national politicians to authors, and include Edward Barrett, Chester Bowles, Estes Kefauver, George Leader, John McCloy, James Michener, Edmund Muskie, Richard Neuberger, Adlai Stevenson, and Sophie Tucker.","  William Ernest Hocking Correspondence contains handwritten and typescript letters written by Hocking to Pearl Buck in 1942 and the 1960s. Three letters from 1942 related to relations between China and the United States. The rest of the letters are from 1961 to 1966, when Hocking and Buck had a close personal relationship. Topics include Hocking's personal news and activities; Hocking and Buck's relationship; Buck's writing and other literature; international politics, including relations with China and Vietnam; Gabriel Marcel; and John J. McCloy.","This series includes a diagram, map, articles, clippings, a textile artwork, and a galley of one of Pearl Buck's books. Subjects include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pearl Buck, and her literary works, among others.","Pearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled \"Francesca,\" with handwritten corrections and edits.","Includes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.","Contains 31 bound volumes of  Asia  magazine, with each of the magazines numbered volumes bound in two parts: volumes 21-22, 28-31, 33 part II, 34-40 part I, 43-44, and 45 part II.","Includes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella  China Stage","Includes miscellaneous items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center, and the 110th anniversary of Buck's birth.","Includes a photo of Pearl Buck with actress Luise Rainer (ca. 1937), a sheet of Pearl Buck postage stamps (1983), a typescript of an untitled article beginning with \"...the similarities between Orient and Occident...\" (ca. 1960), and two typescript copies of the three act play  The White Bird  (ca. 1958).","Includes correspondence (1940-1983, undated), a typescript draft of what may be a speech (ca. 1947), and 14 typescript articles that Buck wrote for foreign newspapers (ca. 1945-1946).","Contains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).","Contains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).","Includes two 33 1/3 rpm recordings from United China Relief which include talks by Pearl S. Buck and Wendell Willkie among others (1941?), and a cachet for a first day cover (1982).","A House Divided  by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.","Bepari, Rasheeda Begum.  Aristocratic Women in Pearl S. Buck's Novels: In Relevance with East Wind: West Wind and Pavilion of Women . LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015. (book, 44 pages)","Greeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.","Three popular publications with writings by or about Buck, including her works the report \"The Innocent\" (1953) and the article \"China's Gifts to Tomorrow\" (1943) and the article \"Pearl Buck's Children Come Home for a Day\" (1962).","John Day Pamphlet No. 18, \"Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?\" authored by Pearl S. Buck.","NBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's \"America Speaks to China\" series.","The Good Earth  collectible plate from 1973. It is in the original box. Included is a certificate explaining that the image on the plate was sketched by Pearl S. Buck and that this is one of a limited edition of plates. It was produced by Creative Worlds, Treviso, Italy.","Includes books and a bar of soap.","Eight volume set of  The Living Reed  (2015) by Pearl S. Buck, in braille, the cover of which includes the name of Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall, in Korea","1. book in Chinese, titled  Earth Pearl  (2015) containing art and poetry regarding the life and work of Pearl S. Buck, published by Jiangsu University Press \n2. large format book of photographs made to commemorate the opening of the Pearl S. Buck Cultural Park, produced (?) by the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Association in 2018 \n3. bar of soap, bearing an image of Buck and \"Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall\" in English and Korean, undated","Includes volume one of the braille version of  The Living Reed  (2015) by Pearl S. Buck (box 32; see entire eight volume set in Addenda of 2019/03/19, 2015-2018, box 30). Also includes bilingual (Korean and English) materials from the 2018 Bucheon Pearl S. Buck International Symposium (box 33), including a poster, program, a fuller program, two copies of the conference proceedings, and a canvas bag.","Pearl Buck figurine.","Includes 6 typed letters signed by Pearl Buck; 2 photographs of Pearl Buck in later life; a Pearl Buck envelope, first day of issue; 2 notecards with the autographs of Buck and Betty Friedan; a United Nations 20th Anniversary envelope, first day of issue, signed by Friedan; and a copy of the book jacket for Friedan's  The Feminine Mystique , which contains quotes about the book by Buck.","Contains two copies of the playbill for the New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, September, 2015, which includes the program for the dance play \"Pearl,\" based on the life of Pearl S. Buck and conceived by Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow, Liu Bin, and Angela Xiaolei Tang.","Papers regarding the Coffman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia; includes genealogical information tracing Pearl Buck's Sydenstricker and Coffman genealogy. Compiled by Marjorie Brookover (nee Coffman).","Includes the following:","-handwritten review by Buck of a book on Japan, William Henry Chamberlain's  Japan Over Asia , published in 1938. This review appeared in  Asia , Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 1938), page 115, \n-handwritten draft of an unpublished short story titled  Mother without Child  (ca. 1940), concerning a woman without children who consoles another woman who has lost her son in the war, and  \n-three typescript drafts of an article titled  Letter to a Girl , written to a teenage girl concerning sex and the role of women in society","Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind,\u003c/emph\u003e was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/emph\u003e in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSons\u003c/emph\u003e (1932), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA House Divided\u003c/emph\u003e (1935), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe First Wife and Other Stories\u003c/emph\u003e (1933), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAll Men are Brothers\u003c/emph\u003e (1933, translation), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mother\u003c/emph\u003e (1934), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Exile\u003c/emph\u003e (1936), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFighting Angel\u003c/emph\u003e (1936), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThis Proud Heart\u003c/emph\u003e (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBy 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDragon Seed\u003c/emph\u003e (1942), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePavilion of Women\u003c/emph\u003e (1946), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGod's Men\u003c/emph\u003e (1951), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCome, My Beloved\u003c/emph\u003e (1953), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eImperial Woman\u003c/emph\u003e (1956), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLetter from Peking\u003c/emph\u003e (1957), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Living Reed\u003c/emph\u003e (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRichard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1892 to Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker and Absalom Sydenstricker, Southern Presbyterian missionaries who returned to China shortly after their daughter's birth. Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.","Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel,  East Wind, West Wind,  was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel  The Good Earth  in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include  Sons  (1932),  A House Divided  (1935),  The First Wife and Other Stories  (1933),  All Men are Brothers  (1933, translation),  The Mother  (1934),  The Exile  (1936),  Fighting Angel  (1936), and  This Proud Heart  (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.","By 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include  Dragon Seed  (1942),  Pavilion of Women  (1946),  God's Men  (1951),  Come, My Beloved  (1953),  Imperial Woman  (1956),  Letter from Peking  (1957), and  The Living Reed  (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.","Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.","Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0727, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers, A\u0026M 0727, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e4052\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["4052"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProminent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026amp;M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes typescript drafts of articles written by Buck, probably between 1937 and 1944, though most are undated. Articles are arranged alphabetically by title, and some have handwritten annotations. Many articles pertain to China, but other topics include novels and fiction writing, religion, disabled children, and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains reviews written by Buck, including one for the novel \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSayonara\u003c/emph\u003e by James Michener and several reviews written for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBookshelf\u003c/emph\u003e magazine. Reviews are organized in alphabetical order by title and are largely undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes typescript and handwritten drafts of short stories, plays, and scripts by Pearl Buck. These writings are organized by genre and then in alphabetical order by title. Most items are undated, but appear to have been written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains stories and articles that relate to the life of Pearl Buck. These pieces, some of which were written by Buck, appear to be based on the author's life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains drafts of full-length novels. These include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCome My Beloved, God's Men, The Goddess Abides, Letter from Peking, The Real Thing,\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eStay As You Are\u003c/emph\u003e as well as three untitled books. They are also undated and organized chiefly according to title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains drafts of talks given by Buck on various topics ranging from \"American Unity\" to Chinese culture, politics, and children. Most are undated but appear to date from the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series chiefly contains secondary information about Pearl Buck as well as material written by Buck. Secondary information includes photos, pamphlets, news clippings, and lectures about Buck. Other materials include publications, pamphlets, outlines, and manuscripts authored by Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes manuscripts of articles and fiction written by Lin Yutang, Cornelia Spencer, and Grace Yaukey, among others. Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey was the sister of Pearl Buck. Using the pen name Cornelia Spencer, Yaukey also wrote books about Chinese history and culture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials collected by James (Jim) Comstock that pertain to Pearl Buck. Items include drawings, photographs, articles, and clippings, and chiefly relate to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged in the following subseries: outgoing letters, incoming letters, and letters written to Pearl Buck by American philosopher William E. Hocking.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Outgoing letters from 1933 to 1962 primarily contains signed typescript letters written by Pearl Buck to various editors, publishers, and authors. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s chiefly relate to Buck's research and writing and the publication of her work. A 1937 letter to David Lloyd contains Buck's thoughts on \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThis Proud Heart\u003c/emph\u003e. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s, including one sent to James Michener, chiefly pertain to Welcome House, international adoption, and issues related to current events in China.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Incoming letters from 1933 to 1964 primarily consist of typescript letters written to either Pearl Buck directly or to her publisher and husband, Richard Walsh. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s are typically from magazines such as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRedbook\u003c/emph\u003e, and larger publishers inquiring about manuscripts, sending acceptances or rejection notices, and looking for serial publications. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s relate to Buck's humanitarian work, particularly her work with Welcome House and legislation related to interracial and international adoption. Correspondents range from Pennsylvania state politicians and national politicians to authors, and include Edward Barrett, Chester Bowles, Estes Kefauver, George Leader, John McCloy, James Michener, Edmund Muskie, Richard Neuberger, Adlai Stevenson, and Sophie Tucker.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  William Ernest Hocking Correspondence contains handwritten and typescript letters written by Hocking to Pearl Buck in 1942 and the 1960s. Three letters from 1942 related to relations between China and the United States. The rest of the letters are from 1961 to 1966, when Hocking and Buck had a close personal relationship. Topics include Hocking's personal news and activities; Hocking and Buck's relationship; Buck's writing and other literature; international politics, including relations with China and Vietnam; Gabriel Marcel; and John J. McCloy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a diagram, map, articles, clippings, a textile artwork, and a galley of one of Pearl Buck's books. Subjects include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pearl Buck, and her literary works, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled \"Francesca,\" with handwritten corrections and edits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains 31 bound volumes of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAsia\u003c/emph\u003e magazine, with each of the magazines numbered volumes bound in two parts: volumes 21-22, 28-31, 33 part II, 34-40 part I, 43-44, and 45 part II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eChina Stage\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center, and the 110th anniversary of Buck's birth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a photo of Pearl Buck with actress Luise Rainer (ca. 1937), a sheet of Pearl Buck postage stamps (1983), a typescript of an untitled article beginning with \"...the similarities between Orient and Occident...\" (ca. 1960), and two typescript copies of the three act play \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe White Bird\u003c/emph\u003e (ca. 1958).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence (1940-1983, undated), a typescript draft of what may be a speech (ca. 1947), and 14 typescript articles that Buck wrote for foreign newspapers (ca. 1945-1946).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two 33 1/3 rpm recordings from United China Relief which include talks by Pearl S. Buck and Wendell Willkie among others (1941?), and a cachet for a first day cover (1982).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA House Divided\u003c/emph\u003e by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBepari, Rasheeda Begum. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAristocratic Women in Pearl S. Buck's Novels: In Relevance with East Wind: West Wind and Pavilion of Women\u003c/emph\u003e. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015. (book, 44 pages)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree popular publications with writings by or about Buck, including her works the report \"The Innocent\" (1953) and the article \"China's Gifts to Tomorrow\" (1943) and the article \"Pearl Buck's Children Come Home for a Day\" (1962).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Day Pamphlet No. 18, \"Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?\" authored by Pearl S. Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's \"America Speaks to China\" series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/title\u003e collectible plate from 1973. It is in the original box. Included is a certificate explaining that the image on the plate was sketched by Pearl S. Buck and that this is one of a limited edition of plates. It was produced by Creative Worlds, Treviso, Italy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes books and a bar of soap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight volume set of \u003ctitle\u003eThe Living Reed\u003c/title\u003e (2015) by Pearl S. Buck, in braille, the cover of which includes the name of Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall, in Korea\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1. book in Chinese, titled \u003ctitle\u003eEarth Pearl\u003c/title\u003e (2015) containing art and poetry regarding the life and work of Pearl S. Buck, published by Jiangsu University Press\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2. large format book of photographs made to commemorate the opening of the Pearl S. Buck Cultural Park, produced (?) by the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Association in 2018\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n3. bar of soap, bearing an image of Buck and \"Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall\" in English and Korean, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes volume one of the braille version of \u003ctitle\u003eThe Living Reed\u003c/title\u003e (2015) by Pearl S. Buck (box 32; see entire eight volume set in Addenda of 2019/03/19, 2015-2018, box 30). Also includes bilingual (Korean and English) materials from the 2018 Bucheon Pearl S. Buck International Symposium (box 33), including a poster, program, a fuller program, two copies of the conference proceedings, and a canvas bag.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePearl Buck figurine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 6 typed letters signed by Pearl Buck; 2 photographs of Pearl Buck in later life; a Pearl Buck envelope, first day of issue; 2 notecards with the autographs of Buck and Betty Friedan; a United Nations 20th Anniversary envelope, first day of issue, signed by Friedan; and a copy of the book jacket for Friedan's \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Feminine Mystique\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, which contains quotes about the book by Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains two copies of the playbill for the New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, September, 2015, which includes the program for the dance play \"Pearl,\" based on the life of Pearl S. Buck and conceived by Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow, Liu Bin, and Angela Xiaolei Tang.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers regarding the Coffman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia; includes genealogical information tracing Pearl Buck's Sydenstricker and Coffman genealogy. Compiled by Marjorie Brookover (nee Coffman).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the following:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e-handwritten review by Buck of a book on Japan, William Henry Chamberlain's \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eJapan Over Asia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, published in 1938. This review appeared in \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eAsia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 1938), page 115,\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n-handwritten draft of an unpublished short story titled \u003ctitle render=\"doublequote\"\u003e\u003cpart\u003eMother without Child\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e (ca. 1940), concerning a woman without children who consoles another woman who has lost her son in the war, and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n-three typescript drafts of an article titled \u003ctitle render=\"doublequote\"\u003e\u003cpart\u003eLetter to a Girl\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, written to a teenage girl concerning sex and the role of women in society\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China. ","Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. ","Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. ","Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. ","Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. ","For additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. ","There are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. ","Series 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39. \nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51.  \nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7. \nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1. \nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B. \nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27. \nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32. \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9. \nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10. \nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11. \nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14. \nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9. \nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34. \nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14. \nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24. \nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19. \nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3. \nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17. \nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10. \nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6. \nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2. \nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29. \nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31. \nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33. \nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.  \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1. \nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1.  \nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.","This series includes typescript drafts of articles written by Buck, probably between 1937 and 1944, though most are undated. Articles are arranged alphabetically by title, and some have handwritten annotations. Many articles pertain to China, but other topics include novels and fiction writing, religion, disabled children, and the United States.","This series contains reviews written by Buck, including one for the novel  Sayonara  by James Michener and several reviews written for  Bookshelf  magazine. Reviews are organized in alphabetical order by title and are largely undated.","This series includes typescript and handwritten drafts of short stories, plays, and scripts by Pearl Buck. These writings are organized by genre and then in alphabetical order by title. Most items are undated, but appear to have been written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.","This series contains stories and articles that relate to the life of Pearl Buck. These pieces, some of which were written by Buck, appear to be based on the author's life.","This series contains drafts of full-length novels. These include  Come My Beloved, God's Men, The Goddess Abides, Letter from Peking, The Real Thing,  and  Stay As You Are  as well as three untitled books. They are also undated and organized chiefly according to title.","This series contains drafts of talks given by Buck on various topics ranging from \"American Unity\" to Chinese culture, politics, and children. Most are undated but appear to date from the 1930s and 1940s.","This series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.","This series chiefly contains secondary information about Pearl Buck as well as material written by Buck. Secondary information includes photos, pamphlets, news clippings, and lectures about Buck. Other materials include publications, pamphlets, outlines, and manuscripts authored by Buck.","This series includes manuscripts of articles and fiction written by Lin Yutang, Cornelia Spencer, and Grace Yaukey, among others. Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey was the sister of Pearl Buck. Using the pen name Cornelia Spencer, Yaukey also wrote books about Chinese history and culture.","This series contains materials collected by James (Jim) Comstock that pertain to Pearl Buck. Items include drawings, photographs, articles, and clippings, and chiefly relate to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.","This series is arranged in the following subseries: outgoing letters, incoming letters, and letters written to Pearl Buck by American philosopher William E. Hocking.","  Outgoing letters from 1933 to 1962 primarily contains signed typescript letters written by Pearl Buck to various editors, publishers, and authors. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s chiefly relate to Buck's research and writing and the publication of her work. A 1937 letter to David Lloyd contains Buck's thoughts on  This Proud Heart . Letters from the 1950s and 1960s, including one sent to James Michener, chiefly pertain to Welcome House, international adoption, and issues related to current events in China.","  Incoming letters from 1933 to 1964 primarily consist of typescript letters written to either Pearl Buck directly or to her publisher and husband, Richard Walsh. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s are typically from magazines such as  Good Housekeeping ,  Redbook , and larger publishers inquiring about manuscripts, sending acceptances or rejection notices, and looking for serial publications. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s relate to Buck's humanitarian work, particularly her work with Welcome House and legislation related to interracial and international adoption. Correspondents range from Pennsylvania state politicians and national politicians to authors, and include Edward Barrett, Chester Bowles, Estes Kefauver, George Leader, John McCloy, James Michener, Edmund Muskie, Richard Neuberger, Adlai Stevenson, and Sophie Tucker.","  William Ernest Hocking Correspondence contains handwritten and typescript letters written by Hocking to Pearl Buck in 1942 and the 1960s. Three letters from 1942 related to relations between China and the United States. The rest of the letters are from 1961 to 1966, when Hocking and Buck had a close personal relationship. Topics include Hocking's personal news and activities; Hocking and Buck's relationship; Buck's writing and other literature; international politics, including relations with China and Vietnam; Gabriel Marcel; and John J. McCloy.","This series includes a diagram, map, articles, clippings, a textile artwork, and a galley of one of Pearl Buck's books. Subjects include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pearl Buck, and her literary works, among others.","Pearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled \"Francesca,\" with handwritten corrections and edits.","Includes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.","Contains 31 bound volumes of  Asia  magazine, with each of the magazines numbered volumes bound in two parts: volumes 21-22, 28-31, 33 part II, 34-40 part I, 43-44, and 45 part II.","Includes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella  China Stage","Includes miscellaneous items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center, and the 110th anniversary of Buck's birth.","Includes a photo of Pearl Buck with actress Luise Rainer (ca. 1937), a sheet of Pearl Buck postage stamps (1983), a typescript of an untitled article beginning with \"...the similarities between Orient and Occident...\" (ca. 1960), and two typescript copies of the three act play  The White Bird  (ca. 1958).","Includes correspondence (1940-1983, undated), a typescript draft of what may be a speech (ca. 1947), and 14 typescript articles that Buck wrote for foreign newspapers (ca. 1945-1946).","Contains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).","Contains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).","Includes two 33 1/3 rpm recordings from United China Relief which include talks by Pearl S. Buck and Wendell Willkie among others (1941?), and a cachet for a first day cover (1982).","A House Divided  by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.","Bepari, Rasheeda Begum.  Aristocratic Women in Pearl S. Buck's Novels: In Relevance with East Wind: West Wind and Pavilion of Women . LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015. (book, 44 pages)","Greeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.","Three popular publications with writings by or about Buck, including her works the report \"The Innocent\" (1953) and the article \"China's Gifts to Tomorrow\" (1943) and the article \"Pearl Buck's Children Come Home for a Day\" (1962).","John Day Pamphlet No. 18, \"Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?\" authored by Pearl S. Buck.","NBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's \"America Speaks to China\" series.","The Good Earth  collectible plate from 1973. It is in the original box. Included is a certificate explaining that the image on the plate was sketched by Pearl S. Buck and that this is one of a limited edition of plates. It was produced by Creative Worlds, Treviso, Italy.","Includes books and a bar of soap.","Eight volume set of  The Living Reed  (2015) by Pearl S. Buck, in braille, the cover of which includes the name of Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall, in Korea","1. book in Chinese, titled  Earth Pearl  (2015) containing art and poetry regarding the life and work of Pearl S. Buck, published by Jiangsu University Press \n2. large format book of photographs made to commemorate the opening of the Pearl S. Buck Cultural Park, produced (?) by the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Association in 2018 \n3. bar of soap, bearing an image of Buck and \"Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall\" in English and Korean, undated","Includes volume one of the braille version of  The Living Reed  (2015) by Pearl S. Buck (box 32; see entire eight volume set in Addenda of 2019/03/19, 2015-2018, box 30). Also includes bilingual (Korean and English) materials from the 2018 Bucheon Pearl S. Buck International Symposium (box 33), including a poster, program, a fuller program, two copies of the conference proceedings, and a canvas bag.","Pearl Buck figurine.","Includes 6 typed letters signed by Pearl Buck; 2 photographs of Pearl Buck in later life; a Pearl Buck envelope, first day of issue; 2 notecards with the autographs of Buck and Betty Friedan; a United Nations 20th Anniversary envelope, first day of issue, signed by Friedan; and a copy of the book jacket for Friedan's  The Feminine Mystique , which contains quotes about the book by Buck.","Contains two copies of the playbill for the New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, September, 2015, which includes the program for the dance play \"Pearl,\" based on the life of Pearl S. Buck and conceived by Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow, Liu Bin, and Angela Xiaolei Tang.","Papers regarding the Coffman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia; includes genealogical information tracing Pearl Buck's Sydenstricker and Coffman genealogy. Compiled by Marjorie Brookover (nee Coffman).","Includes the following:","-handwritten review by Buck of a book on Japan, William Henry Chamberlain's  Japan Over Asia , published in 1938. This review appeared in  Asia , Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 1938), page 115, \n-handwritten draft of an unpublished short story titled  Mother without Child  (ca. 1940), concerning a woman without children who consoles another woman who has lost her son in the war, and  \n-three typescript drafts of an article titled  Letter to a Girl , written to a teenage girl concerning sex and the role of women in society"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOriginal signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_333ae7a4aced96d0a9d85dffabb69677\"\u003ePapers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, and other material.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. 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Buck, Author, Papers","China -- Fiction","China -- In literature","United States -- Relations -- China","West Virginia - Writers.","Amerasians","Authors, American -- West Virginia","Human rights advocacy","Intercountry adoption","Interracial adoption","Literature and society -- China","Literature and society -- United States","Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence","Novelists, American -- West Virginia","Women novelists, American   -- 20th century","Women social reformers -- United States","No special access restriction applies.","Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1892 to Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker and Absalom Sydenstricker, Southern Presbyterian missionaries who returned to China shortly after their daughter's birth. Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.","Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel,  East Wind, West Wind,  was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel  The Good Earth  in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include  Sons  (1932),  A House Divided  (1935),  The First Wife and Other Stories  (1933),  All Men are Brothers  (1933, translation),  The Mother  (1934),  The Exile  (1936),  Fighting Angel  (1936), and  This Proud Heart  (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.","By 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include  Dragon Seed  (1942),  Pavilion of Women  (1946),  God's Men  (1951),  Come, My Beloved  (1953),  Imperial Woman  (1956),  Letter from Peking  (1957), and  The Living Reed  (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.","Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.","Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.","4052","Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China. ","Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. ","Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. ","Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. ","Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. ","For additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. ","There are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. ","Series 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39. \nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51.  \nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7. \nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1. \nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B. \nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27. \nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32. \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9. \nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10. \nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11. \nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14. \nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9. \nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34. \nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14. \nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24. \nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19. \nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3. \nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17. \nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10. \nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6. \nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2. \nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29. \nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31. \nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33. \nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.  \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1. \nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1.  \nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.","This series includes typescript drafts of articles written by Buck, probably between 1937 and 1944, though most are undated. Articles are arranged alphabetically by title, and some have handwritten annotations. Many articles pertain to China, but other topics include novels and fiction writing, religion, disabled children, and the United States.","This series contains reviews written by Buck, including one for the novel  Sayonara  by James Michener and several reviews written for  Bookshelf  magazine. Reviews are organized in alphabetical order by title and are largely undated.","This series includes typescript and handwritten drafts of short stories, plays, and scripts by Pearl Buck. These writings are organized by genre and then in alphabetical order by title. Most items are undated, but appear to have been written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.","This series contains stories and articles that relate to the life of Pearl Buck. These pieces, some of which were written by Buck, appear to be based on the author's life.","This series contains drafts of full-length novels. These include  Come My Beloved, God's Men, The Goddess Abides, Letter from Peking, The Real Thing,  and  Stay As You Are  as well as three untitled books. They are also undated and organized chiefly according to title.","This series contains drafts of talks given by Buck on various topics ranging from \"American Unity\" to Chinese culture, politics, and children. Most are undated but appear to date from the 1930s and 1940s.","This series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.","This series chiefly contains secondary information about Pearl Buck as well as material written by Buck. Secondary information includes photos, pamphlets, news clippings, and lectures about Buck. Other materials include publications, pamphlets, outlines, and manuscripts authored by Buck.","This series includes manuscripts of articles and fiction written by Lin Yutang, Cornelia Spencer, and Grace Yaukey, among others. Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey was the sister of Pearl Buck. Using the pen name Cornelia Spencer, Yaukey also wrote books about Chinese history and culture.","This series contains materials collected by James (Jim) Comstock that pertain to Pearl Buck. Items include drawings, photographs, articles, and clippings, and chiefly relate to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.","This series is arranged in the following subseries: outgoing letters, incoming letters, and letters written to Pearl Buck by American philosopher William E. Hocking.","  Outgoing letters from 1933 to 1962 primarily contains signed typescript letters written by Pearl Buck to various editors, publishers, and authors. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s chiefly relate to Buck's research and writing and the publication of her work. A 1937 letter to David Lloyd contains Buck's thoughts on  This Proud Heart . Letters from the 1950s and 1960s, including one sent to James Michener, chiefly pertain to Welcome House, international adoption, and issues related to current events in China.","  Incoming letters from 1933 to 1964 primarily consist of typescript letters written to either Pearl Buck directly or to her publisher and husband, Richard Walsh. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s are typically from magazines such as  Good Housekeeping ,  Redbook , and larger publishers inquiring about manuscripts, sending acceptances or rejection notices, and looking for serial publications. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s relate to Buck's humanitarian work, particularly her work with Welcome House and legislation related to interracial and international adoption. Correspondents range from Pennsylvania state politicians and national politicians to authors, and include Edward Barrett, Chester Bowles, Estes Kefauver, George Leader, John McCloy, James Michener, Edmund Muskie, Richard Neuberger, Adlai Stevenson, and Sophie Tucker.","  William Ernest Hocking Correspondence contains handwritten and typescript letters written by Hocking to Pearl Buck in 1942 and the 1960s. Three letters from 1942 related to relations between China and the United States. The rest of the letters are from 1961 to 1966, when Hocking and Buck had a close personal relationship. Topics include Hocking's personal news and activities; Hocking and Buck's relationship; Buck's writing and other literature; international politics, including relations with China and Vietnam; Gabriel Marcel; and John J. McCloy.","This series includes a diagram, map, articles, clippings, a textile artwork, and a galley of one of Pearl Buck's books. Subjects include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pearl Buck, and her literary works, among others.","Pearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled \"Francesca,\" with handwritten corrections and edits.","Includes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.","Contains 31 bound volumes of  Asia  magazine, with each of the magazines numbered volumes bound in two parts: volumes 21-22, 28-31, 33 part II, 34-40 part I, 43-44, and 45 part II.","Includes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella  China Stage","Includes miscellaneous items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center, and the 110th anniversary of Buck's birth.","Includes a photo of Pearl Buck with actress Luise Rainer (ca. 1937), a sheet of Pearl Buck postage stamps (1983), a typescript of an untitled article beginning with \"...the similarities between Orient and Occident...\" (ca. 1960), and two typescript copies of the three act play  The White Bird  (ca. 1958).","Includes correspondence (1940-1983, undated), a typescript draft of what may be a speech (ca. 1947), and 14 typescript articles that Buck wrote for foreign newspapers (ca. 1945-1946).","Contains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).","Contains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).","Includes two 33 1/3 rpm recordings from United China Relief which include talks by Pearl S. Buck and Wendell Willkie among others (1941?), and a cachet for a first day cover (1982).","A House Divided  by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.","Bepari, Rasheeda Begum.  Aristocratic Women in Pearl S. Buck's Novels: In Relevance with East Wind: West Wind and Pavilion of Women . LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015. (book, 44 pages)","Greeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.","Three popular publications with writings by or about Buck, including her works the report \"The Innocent\" (1953) and the article \"China's Gifts to Tomorrow\" (1943) and the article \"Pearl Buck's Children Come Home for a Day\" (1962).","John Day Pamphlet No. 18, \"Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?\" authored by Pearl S. Buck.","NBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's \"America Speaks to China\" series.","The Good Earth  collectible plate from 1973. It is in the original box. Included is a certificate explaining that the image on the plate was sketched by Pearl S. Buck and that this is one of a limited edition of plates. It was produced by Creative Worlds, Treviso, Italy.","Includes books and a bar of soap.","Eight volume set of  The Living Reed  (2015) by Pearl S. Buck, in braille, the cover of which includes the name of Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall, in Korea","1. book in Chinese, titled  Earth Pearl  (2015) containing art and poetry regarding the life and work of Pearl S. Buck, published by Jiangsu University Press \n2. large format book of photographs made to commemorate the opening of the Pearl S. Buck Cultural Park, produced (?) by the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Association in 2018 \n3. bar of soap, bearing an image of Buck and \"Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall\" in English and Korean, undated","Includes volume one of the braille version of  The Living Reed  (2015) by Pearl S. Buck (box 32; see entire eight volume set in Addenda of 2019/03/19, 2015-2018, box 30). Also includes bilingual (Korean and English) materials from the 2018 Bucheon Pearl S. Buck International Symposium (box 33), including a poster, program, a fuller program, two copies of the conference proceedings, and a canvas bag.","Pearl Buck figurine.","Includes 6 typed letters signed by Pearl Buck; 2 photographs of Pearl Buck in later life; a Pearl Buck envelope, first day of issue; 2 notecards with the autographs of Buck and Betty Friedan; a United Nations 20th Anniversary envelope, first day of issue, signed by Friedan; and a copy of the book jacket for Friedan's  The Feminine Mystique , which contains quotes about the book by Buck.","Contains two copies of the playbill for the New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, September, 2015, which includes the program for the dance play \"Pearl,\" based on the life of Pearl S. Buck and conceived by Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow, Liu Bin, and Angela Xiaolei Tang.","Papers regarding the Coffman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia; includes genealogical information tracing Pearl Buck's Sydenstricker and Coffman genealogy. Compiled by Marjorie Brookover (nee Coffman).","Includes the following:","-handwritten review by Buck of a book on Japan, William Henry Chamberlain's  Japan Over Asia , published in 1938. This review appeared in  Asia , Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 1938), page 115, \n-handwritten draft of an unpublished short story titled  Mother without Child  (ca. 1940), concerning a woman without children who consoles another woman who has lost her son in the war, and  \n-three typescript drafts of an article titled  Letter to a Girl , written to a teenage girl concerning sex and the role of women in society","Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind,\u003c/emph\u003e was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/emph\u003e in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSons\u003c/emph\u003e (1932), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA House Divided\u003c/emph\u003e (1935), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe First Wife and Other Stories\u003c/emph\u003e (1933), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAll Men are Brothers\u003c/emph\u003e (1933, translation), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mother\u003c/emph\u003e (1934), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Exile\u003c/emph\u003e (1936), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFighting Angel\u003c/emph\u003e (1936), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThis Proud Heart\u003c/emph\u003e (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBy 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDragon Seed\u003c/emph\u003e (1942), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePavilion of Women\u003c/emph\u003e (1946), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGod's Men\u003c/emph\u003e (1951), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCome, My Beloved\u003c/emph\u003e (1953), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eImperial Woman\u003c/emph\u003e (1956), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLetter from Peking\u003c/emph\u003e (1957), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Living Reed\u003c/emph\u003e (1963). 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They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.","Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel,  East Wind, West Wind,  was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel  The Good Earth  in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include  Sons  (1932),  A House Divided  (1935),  The First Wife and Other Stories  (1933),  All Men are Brothers  (1933, translation),  The Mother  (1934),  The Exile  (1936),  Fighting Angel  (1936), and  This Proud Heart  (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.","By 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include  Dragon Seed  (1942),  Pavilion of Women  (1946),  God's Men  (1951),  Come, My Beloved  (1953),  Imperial Woman  (1956),  Letter from Peking  (1957), and  The Living Reed  (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.","Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.","Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0727, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. 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Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026amp;M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes typescript drafts of articles written by Buck, probably between 1937 and 1944, though most are undated. Articles are arranged alphabetically by title, and some have handwritten annotations. Many articles pertain to China, but other topics include novels and fiction writing, religion, disabled children, and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains reviews written by Buck, including one for the novel \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSayonara\u003c/emph\u003e by James Michener and several reviews written for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBookshelf\u003c/emph\u003e magazine. Reviews are organized in alphabetical order by title and are largely undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes typescript and handwritten drafts of short stories, plays, and scripts by Pearl Buck. These writings are organized by genre and then in alphabetical order by title. Most items are undated, but appear to have been written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains stories and articles that relate to the life of Pearl Buck. These pieces, some of which were written by Buck, appear to be based on the author's life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains drafts of full-length novels. These include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCome My Beloved, God's Men, The Goddess Abides, Letter from Peking, The Real Thing,\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eStay As You Are\u003c/emph\u003e as well as three untitled books. They are also undated and organized chiefly according to title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains drafts of talks given by Buck on various topics ranging from \"American Unity\" to Chinese culture, politics, and children. Most are undated but appear to date from the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series chiefly contains secondary information about Pearl Buck as well as material written by Buck. Secondary information includes photos, pamphlets, news clippings, and lectures about Buck. Other materials include publications, pamphlets, outlines, and manuscripts authored by Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes manuscripts of articles and fiction written by Lin Yutang, Cornelia Spencer, and Grace Yaukey, among others. Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey was the sister of Pearl Buck. Using the pen name Cornelia Spencer, Yaukey also wrote books about Chinese history and culture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials collected by James (Jim) Comstock that pertain to Pearl Buck. Items include drawings, photographs, articles, and clippings, and chiefly relate to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged in the following subseries: outgoing letters, incoming letters, and letters written to Pearl Buck by American philosopher William E. Hocking.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Outgoing letters from 1933 to 1962 primarily contains signed typescript letters written by Pearl Buck to various editors, publishers, and authors. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s chiefly relate to Buck's research and writing and the publication of her work. A 1937 letter to David Lloyd contains Buck's thoughts on \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThis Proud Heart\u003c/emph\u003e. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s, including one sent to James Michener, chiefly pertain to Welcome House, international adoption, and issues related to current events in China.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Incoming letters from 1933 to 1964 primarily consist of typescript letters written to either Pearl Buck directly or to her publisher and husband, Richard Walsh. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s are typically from magazines such as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRedbook\u003c/emph\u003e, and larger publishers inquiring about manuscripts, sending acceptances or rejection notices, and looking for serial publications. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s relate to Buck's humanitarian work, particularly her work with Welcome House and legislation related to interracial and international adoption. Correspondents range from Pennsylvania state politicians and national politicians to authors, and include Edward Barrett, Chester Bowles, Estes Kefauver, George Leader, John McCloy, James Michener, Edmund Muskie, Richard Neuberger, Adlai Stevenson, and Sophie Tucker.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  William Ernest Hocking Correspondence contains handwritten and typescript letters written by Hocking to Pearl Buck in 1942 and the 1960s. Three letters from 1942 related to relations between China and the United States. The rest of the letters are from 1961 to 1966, when Hocking and Buck had a close personal relationship. Topics include Hocking's personal news and activities; Hocking and Buck's relationship; Buck's writing and other literature; international politics, including relations with China and Vietnam; Gabriel Marcel; and John J. McCloy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a diagram, map, articles, clippings, a textile artwork, and a galley of one of Pearl Buck's books. Subjects include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pearl Buck, and her literary works, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled \"Francesca,\" with handwritten corrections and edits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains 31 bound volumes of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAsia\u003c/emph\u003e magazine, with each of the magazines numbered volumes bound in two parts: volumes 21-22, 28-31, 33 part II, 34-40 part I, 43-44, and 45 part II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eChina Stage\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center, and the 110th anniversary of Buck's birth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a photo of Pearl Buck with actress Luise Rainer (ca. 1937), a sheet of Pearl Buck postage stamps (1983), a typescript of an untitled article beginning with \"...the similarities between Orient and Occident...\" (ca. 1960), and two typescript copies of the three act play \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe White Bird\u003c/emph\u003e (ca. 1958).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence (1940-1983, undated), a typescript draft of what may be a speech (ca. 1947), and 14 typescript articles that Buck wrote for foreign newspapers (ca. 1945-1946).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two 33 1/3 rpm recordings from United China Relief which include talks by Pearl S. Buck and Wendell Willkie among others (1941?), and a cachet for a first day cover (1982).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA House Divided\u003c/emph\u003e by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBepari, Rasheeda Begum. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAristocratic Women in Pearl S. Buck's Novels: In Relevance with East Wind: West Wind and Pavilion of Women\u003c/emph\u003e. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015. (book, 44 pages)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree popular publications with writings by or about Buck, including her works the report \"The Innocent\" (1953) and the article \"China's Gifts to Tomorrow\" (1943) and the article \"Pearl Buck's Children Come Home for a Day\" (1962).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Day Pamphlet No. 18, \"Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?\" authored by Pearl S. Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's \"America Speaks to China\" series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/title\u003e collectible plate from 1973. It is in the original box. Included is a certificate explaining that the image on the plate was sketched by Pearl S. Buck and that this is one of a limited edition of plates. It was produced by Creative Worlds, Treviso, Italy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes books and a bar of soap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight volume set of \u003ctitle\u003eThe Living Reed\u003c/title\u003e (2015) by Pearl S. Buck, in braille, the cover of which includes the name of Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall, in Korea\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1. book in Chinese, titled \u003ctitle\u003eEarth Pearl\u003c/title\u003e (2015) containing art and poetry regarding the life and work of Pearl S. Buck, published by Jiangsu University Press\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n2. large format book of photographs made to commemorate the opening of the Pearl S. Buck Cultural Park, produced (?) by the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Association in 2018\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n3. bar of soap, bearing an image of Buck and \"Bucheon Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall\" in English and Korean, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes volume one of the braille version of \u003ctitle\u003eThe Living Reed\u003c/title\u003e (2015) by Pearl S. Buck (box 32; see entire eight volume set in Addenda of 2019/03/19, 2015-2018, box 30). Also includes bilingual (Korean and English) materials from the 2018 Bucheon Pearl S. Buck International Symposium (box 33), including a poster, program, a fuller program, two copies of the conference proceedings, and a canvas bag.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePearl Buck figurine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 6 typed letters signed by Pearl Buck; 2 photographs of Pearl Buck in later life; a Pearl Buck envelope, first day of issue; 2 notecards with the autographs of Buck and Betty Friedan; a United Nations 20th Anniversary envelope, first day of issue, signed by Friedan; and a copy of the book jacket for Friedan's \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Feminine Mystique\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, which contains quotes about the book by Buck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains two copies of the playbill for the New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, September, 2015, which includes the program for the dance play \"Pearl,\" based on the life of Pearl S. Buck and conceived by Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow, Liu Bin, and Angela Xiaolei Tang.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers regarding the Coffman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia; includes genealogical information tracing Pearl Buck's Sydenstricker and Coffman genealogy. Compiled by Marjorie Brookover (nee Coffman).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the following:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e-handwritten review by Buck of a book on Japan, William Henry Chamberlain's \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eJapan Over Asia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, published in 1938. This review appeared in \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eAsia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 1938), page 115,\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n-handwritten draft of an unpublished short story titled \u003ctitle render=\"doublequote\"\u003e\u003cpart\u003eMother without Child\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e (ca. 1940), concerning a woman without children who consoles another woman who has lost her son in the war, and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n-three typescript drafts of an article titled \u003ctitle render=\"doublequote\"\u003e\u003cpart\u003eLetter to a Girl\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e, written to a teenage girl concerning sex and the role of women in society\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China. ","Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. ","Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. ","Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. ","Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. ","For additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. ","There are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. ","Series 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39. \nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51.  \nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7. \nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1. \nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B. \nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27. \nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32. \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9. \nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10. \nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11. \nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14. \nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9. \nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34. \nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14. \nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24. \nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19. \nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3. \nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17. \nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25. \nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10. \nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4. \nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6. \nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2. \nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3. \nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29. \nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31. \nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33. \nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.  \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5. \nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1. \nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1.  \nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.","This series includes typescript drafts of articles written by Buck, probably between 1937 and 1944, though most are undated. Articles are arranged alphabetically by title, and some have handwritten annotations. Many articles pertain to China, but other topics include novels and fiction writing, religion, disabled children, and the United States.","This series contains reviews written by Buck, including one for the novel  Sayonara  by James Michener and several reviews written for  Bookshelf  magazine. Reviews are organized in alphabetical order by title and are largely undated.","This series includes typescript and handwritten drafts of short stories, plays, and scripts by Pearl Buck. These writings are organized by genre and then in alphabetical order by title. Most items are undated, but appear to have been written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.","This series contains stories and articles that relate to the life of Pearl Buck. These pieces, some of which were written by Buck, appear to be based on the author's life.","This series contains drafts of full-length novels. These include  Come My Beloved, God's Men, The Goddess Abides, Letter from Peking, The Real Thing,  and  Stay As You Are  as well as three untitled books. They are also undated and organized chiefly according to title.","This series contains drafts of talks given by Buck on various topics ranging from \"American Unity\" to Chinese culture, politics, and children. Most are undated but appear to date from the 1930s and 1940s.","This series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.","This series chiefly contains secondary information about Pearl Buck as well as material written by Buck. Secondary information includes photos, pamphlets, news clippings, and lectures about Buck. Other materials include publications, pamphlets, outlines, and manuscripts authored by Buck.","This series includes manuscripts of articles and fiction written by Lin Yutang, Cornelia Spencer, and Grace Yaukey, among others. Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey was the sister of Pearl Buck. Using the pen name Cornelia Spencer, Yaukey also wrote books about Chinese history and culture.","This series contains materials collected by James (Jim) Comstock that pertain to Pearl Buck. Items include drawings, photographs, articles, and clippings, and chiefly relate to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.","This series is arranged in the following subseries: outgoing letters, incoming letters, and letters written to Pearl Buck by American philosopher William E. Hocking.","  Outgoing letters from 1933 to 1962 primarily contains signed typescript letters written by Pearl Buck to various editors, publishers, and authors. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s chiefly relate to Buck's research and writing and the publication of her work. A 1937 letter to David Lloyd contains Buck's thoughts on  This Proud Heart . Letters from the 1950s and 1960s, including one sent to James Michener, chiefly pertain to Welcome House, international adoption, and issues related to current events in China.","  Incoming letters from 1933 to 1964 primarily consist of typescript letters written to either Pearl Buck directly or to her publisher and husband, Richard Walsh. Letters from the 1930s and 1940s are typically from magazines such as  Good Housekeeping ,  Redbook , and larger publishers inquiring about manuscripts, sending acceptances or rejection notices, and looking for serial publications. Letters from the 1950s and 1960s relate to Buck's humanitarian work, particularly her work with Welcome House and legislation related to interracial and international adoption. Correspondents range from Pennsylvania state politicians and national politicians to authors, and include Edward Barrett, Chester Bowles, Estes Kefauver, George Leader, John McCloy, James Michener, Edmund Muskie, Richard Neuberger, Adlai Stevenson, and Sophie Tucker.","  William Ernest Hocking Correspondence contains handwritten and typescript letters written by Hocking to Pearl Buck in 1942 and the 1960s. Three letters from 1942 related to relations between China and the United States. The rest of the letters are from 1961 to 1966, when Hocking and Buck had a close personal relationship. Topics include Hocking's personal news and activities; Hocking and Buck's relationship; Buck's writing and other literature; international politics, including relations with China and Vietnam; Gabriel Marcel; and John J. McCloy.","This series includes a diagram, map, articles, clippings, a textile artwork, and a galley of one of Pearl Buck's books. Subjects include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pearl Buck, and her literary works, among others.","Pearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled \"Francesca,\" with handwritten corrections and edits.","Includes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.","Contains 31 bound volumes of  Asia  magazine, with each of the magazines numbered volumes bound in two parts: volumes 21-22, 28-31, 33 part II, 34-40 part I, 43-44, and 45 part II.","Includes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella  China Stage","Includes miscellaneous items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center, and the 110th anniversary of Buck's birth.","Includes a photo of Pearl Buck with actress Luise Rainer (ca. 1937), a sheet of Pearl Buck postage stamps (1983), a typescript of an untitled article beginning with \"...the similarities between Orient and Occident...\" (ca. 1960), and two typescript copies of the three act play  The White Bird  (ca. 1958).","Includes correspondence (1940-1983, undated), a typescript draft of what may be a speech (ca. 1947), and 14 typescript articles that Buck wrote for foreign newspapers (ca. 1945-1946).","Contains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).","Contains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).","Includes two 33 1/3 rpm recordings from United China Relief which include talks by Pearl S. Buck and Wendell Willkie among others (1941?), and a cachet for a first day cover (1982).","A House Divided  by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.","Bepari, Rasheeda Begum.  Aristocratic Women in Pearl S. Buck's Novels: In Relevance with East Wind: West Wind and Pavilion of Women . LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015. (book, 44 pages)","Greeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.","Three popular publications with writings by or about Buck, including her works the report \"The Innocent\" (1953) and the article \"China's Gifts to Tomorrow\" (1943) and the article \"Pearl Buck's Children Come Home for a Day\" (1962).","John Day Pamphlet No. 18, \"Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?\" authored by Pearl S. Buck.","NBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's \"America Speaks to China\" series.","The Good Earth  collectible plate from 1973. It is in the original box. 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Buck and conceived by Daniel Ezralow, Arabella Ezralow, Liu Bin, and Angela Xiaolei Tang.","Papers regarding the Coffman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia; includes genealogical information tracing Pearl Buck's Sydenstricker and Coffman genealogy. Compiled by Marjorie Brookover (nee Coffman).","Includes the following:","-handwritten review by Buck of a book on Japan, William Henry Chamberlain's  Japan Over Asia , published in 1938. This review appeared in  Asia , Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 1938), page 115, \n-handwritten draft of an unpublished short story titled  Mother without Child  (ca. 1940), concerning a woman without children who consoles another woman who has lost her son in the war, and  \n-three typescript drafts of an article titled  Letter to a Girl , written to a teenage girl concerning sex and the role of women in society"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOriginal signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. 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