Special Collections Research Center
Pearl S. Buck papers
MS 00436
/repositories/2/resources/10062
.84 Linear Feet
2 Full Hollinger Boxes
1942-1969
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the Molly Elliot Seawell Endowment.
These papers were previously part of the Steve Forbes Collection.
Biographical / Historical
Pearl Buck (1892-1973) was an American writer. She was noted for writing The Good Earth. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. Buck was also noted for her activism, advocating for racial equality and women's rights.
Buck was born to Caroline Maude and Absalom Sydenstricker in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Buck spent much of her childhood in China, where her parents worked as missionaries. Buck attended school in Shanghai and was raised in a bilingual environment. Buck attended Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, VA from 1911 to 1914. In 1914 she returned to China. Buck lived in Japan during 1927. Much of her written work drew from her experinces living in China and Japan.
General
William & Mary Libraries' archival, digital and physical collections may contain content with harmful language or difficult subject matters. We strive for transparency in making these materials available for teaching and research, but we do not endorse the attitudes, prejudices or behaviors found within them.
William & Mary Libraries' perspective on harmful content and language aligns with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and university libraries around the world.
Preferred Citation
Pearl Buck papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Content Description
The collection contains 34 typed manuscripts for short stories, reviews, speeches, letters, and plays by Pearl Buck. The collection also contains letters and one other document signed by Buck. The collection also contains a photocopy of an interview with Buck dating from 1964.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Short stories, American--20th century
Authors, American--Women
Letter writing
Women authors, American--20th century
Women--History--Virginia
Series I. Articles and Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/6554531942-1969The Big Dance/repositories/2/archival_objects/652898Undated11The Big Wave Act One/repositories/2/archival_objects/652899Undated12Biographical Sketch of Pearl S. Buck/repositories/2/archival_objects/652900196913The Blind Angel Portrait of a Soul/repositories/2/archival_objects/652901Undated14The Bullfrog/repositories/2/archival_objects/652902Undated15A Case in Point/repositories/2/archival_objects/652903Undated16A Desert Incident/repositories/2/archival_objects/652904Undated17East and West Course, speech/repositories/2/archival_objects/652905Undated18Education for Life for Our World/repositories/2/archival_objects/652906194419Fiction vs Biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/652907Undated110Fighting Angel/repositories/2/archival_objects/652908Undated111Flight Into China part 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/652909Undated112Flight Into China part 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/652910Undated213"The Forum" Reply to Mr. Moynahan's Article/repositories/2/archival_objects/652911Undated214Going Home/repositories/2/archival_objects/652912Undated215The Good Deed/repositories/2/archival_objects/652913Undated216Letter from Pearl S. Buck to Mrs. Landau/repositories/2/archival_objects/6529141956217Letter Home/repositories/2/archival_objects/652915Undated218A Letter to Colored Americans/repositories/2/archival_objects/652916February 1942219The Lovers/repositories/2/archival_objects/652917Undated220Modern Rulers of Ancient China/repositories/2/archival_objects/652918Undated221Morning in Okinawa/repositories/2/archival_objects/652919Undated222My Indian Family/repositories/2/archival_objects/652920Undated223The New People/repositories/2/archival_objects/652921Undated224New World for Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/652922Undated225The Old Chinese Nurse/repositories/2/archival_objects/652923Undated226On the Cultivation of a Young Genius/repositories/2/archival_objects/652924Undated227PBS Interview Photocopy/repositories/2/archival_objects/6529251964228The People of Japan/repositories/2/archival_objects/652926Undated229Peoples Congress II/repositories/2/archival_objects/652927Undated230Resurrection/repositories/2/archival_objects/652928Undated231Review of The Last Empress/repositories/2/archival_objects/652929Undated232The Solitary Priest/repositories/2/archival_objects/652930Undated233The Strawberry Vase/repositories/2/archival_objects/652931Undated234The Three Daughters/repositories/2/archival_objects/652932Undated235The Wandering Little God/repositories/2/archival_objects/652933Undated236What Americans Want/repositories/2/archival_objects/652934Undated237What the Heart Must/repositories/2/archival_objects/652935Undated238Why Pennsylvania?/repositories/2/archival_objects/652936Undated239