Series 2. Non-fiction, 1936/1972

Scope and content:

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.

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:

The following folders are restricted. Please contact the West Virginia Regional History Center in advance to request access:

Box 73, Folder 310 Box 74, Folder 333 Box 75, Folder 346 Box 76, Folders 359-362

Researchers may access digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department.

Parent terms of access:
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.

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