Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation Records

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
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

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.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation Records, A&M 4391, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.7 Linear Feet 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case 2 1/2 in.) and 21.8 Gigabytes 2841 files, formats, .tif, .pdf, .indd, .xlsx, .jpg, .html, and .csv
Creator:
Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation Records, A&M 4391, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation documenting the restoration and preservation of the Pearl Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in Pocahontas County.

Box 1 includes correspondence, reports, contractor records, and other material; 1970-1974.

Box 2, addendum of 2019/11/22, includes correspondence of the executive director, certificates of gift, lists of donated property, appraisal lists, reports, and other material, ca. 1970-1985, undated.

Digital materials include 2,841 digital files of photographs that document the facilities and artifacts of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum, ca. 2019, and a digitized version of the Absalom Sydenstricker Bible.

Physical location:
West 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/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard