13.33 Linear Feet, Summary: 13 ft. 4 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (9 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (1 large flat
storage box, 3.5 in.); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 in.)
Creator
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Creator
Bepari, Rasheeda Begum
Creator
New York City Ballet
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 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
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Abstract
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.
Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, and other material.
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.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers, A&M 0727, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from Apfelbaum, Charles, 1987/01/16
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ADD of 2006/05/22: Purchase, Wolf's Head Books, 2006 May 22.
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ADD of 2018/05/23: Gift of Haden, Priscilla, 2018 May 23.
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ADD of 2018/06/01: Purchase, internet vendors, 2018 June.
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ADD of 2018/08/16: Purchase, Gregory, Jim, 2018 August.
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ADD of 2018/08/17: Purchase, Good, Kimberly, 2018 August.
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ADD of 2019/10/01: Purchase, Metcalf, Skip, 2019 October.
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ADD of 2020/08/17: Purchase, Lord Durham Rare Books, 2020 August.
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ADD of 2021/04/28: Gift of Musgrave, Grace, 2021 April 28.
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.
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&M 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.
Series 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51.
Series 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7.
Series 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1.
Series 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B.
Series 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27.
Series 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32.
Series 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9.
Series 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10.
Series 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11.
Series 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14.
Series 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9.
Addendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34.
Addendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14.
Addendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24.
Addendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19.
Addendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25.
Addendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3.
Addendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17.
Addendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25.
Addendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3.
Addendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10.
Addendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4.
Addendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5.
Addendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4.
Addendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6.
Addendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2.
Addendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3.
Addendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29.
Addendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31.
Addendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33.
Addendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.
Addendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5.
Addendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1.
Addendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1.
Addendum 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.
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 01
"Advice to a Novelist About to Be Born" (Typescript, 22 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 02
"America and Europe" (Typescript, 10 pp. )
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 03
"The American Attitude Toward China" (Typescript, 7 pp. )
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 04
"An American Looks at America" (Typescript, 8 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 05
"The American Scene in the Novel" (Typescript, 8 pp.)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 40
America's Opium: Sleeping Pills (Typescript and typescript carbon, 6 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 41
Bookshelf Book Reviews (Typescript and typescript carbon, approximately 20 reviews by PSB)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 42
Chin Shih Huang (Typescript of foreword (2 copies), 1 p.)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 43
The Flight of an Empress (Typescript of review, 2 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 44
The Great Challenge (Typescript carbon of review, 3 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 45
The Last Empress (Typescript, 2 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 46
Man's Fate (Typescript, 3 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 47
The Persian Journey of the Rev. Ashley Wishard (Typescript, 3 pp.)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 08
Fighting Angel (Typescript, 30 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 09
The Old Chinese Nurse (Typescript, 17 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 10
The People of Japan (Typescript carbon, 125 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 11
"Marco Polo Bridge" (Typescript of poem translation, 1 p.)
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 12
"To an Amerasian Child"--Poem (Typescript carbon of poem (2 copies), 1 p. each)
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 13
China as I See It (Typescript, articles omitted from publication, including "China Faces the Future," "Note on China," "The Chinese Mind and
India," "World Needs," and "What the People of Asia Want")
Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 14
American Woman or Exile (Typescript, approximately 254 pp. and additional inserts)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 06 Folder: 02-03
Come My Beloved (Typescript, 355 pp., original manuscript, contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 06 Folder: 04-05
Come My Beloved (Typescript carbon, 355 pp., fourth copy, contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 06 Folder: 06
God's Men (Typescript, 579 pp., manuscript (folder 1 of 3))
Mixed Materials Box: 07a Folder: 01-02
God's Men (Typescript, 579 pp., manuscript (folder 2 and 3 of 3))
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 01-27 circa 1930-1969
Scope and Contents
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 01
"American Unity" (Typescript of speech for Manhattan Center, 14 pp.)
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 02
"Americans and Chinese" (Typescript carbon, 6 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 03
Boston Speech on East and West (Typescript, 21 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 04
"Characters in Fact and Fiction" (Typescript carbon, 19 pp.)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 05
China Benefit Program (Typescript of speech, 1 p.)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 06
"China Speaks to America" (Typescript carbon of radio drama, 17 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
"Statement re: Chinese Theater" (Typescript, 1 p.)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 09
"Education for Life for Our World" (Typescripts (2 copies) of speech for educators given in New York, 13 pp., 14 pp., contains
handwritten corrections)
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 10
"Elements of Democracy in the Chinese Traditional Culture" (Typescript of luncheon address for the Second Conference on Chinese
Culture, Institute of Chinese Culture, 4 pp.)
1969
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 11
"Fiction and the Front Page" (Typescript of speech delivered before Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 17 pp.)
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 12
"How to Live with an Author" (Typescript of broadcast script for radio program with Mr. Weeks, 9 pp., contains handwritten
corrections. Also contains letter and advertisement about radio program)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 28-32 circa 1937-1950s
Scope and Contents
This series contains miscellaneous articles and outlines that appear to have been part of Buck's research on various topics.
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 28
Viewpoint Character Story Outlines (Outlines about The Blueprint, The Butterfly, Five Catties of Wheat, The Puppet Master,
The Puppets, The Wilderness)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 29
Judaism Reference Material (Typescript of notes, 8 pp., and typescript carbon of 2nd draft of Library Foundation Statement
from Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 18 pp. )
undated, 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 30
Oak Ridge and Nuclear Industry (Papers, pamphlets, printed ephemera and other items related to Oak Ridge and nuclear industry.
Some items moved to Series 12, Oversized, folder 1.)
ca. 1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 31
People's Republic of China Case Histories (Notes and interviews about communist China)
Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 32
Phenylketonuria (genetic disorder) (Notes, articles, and correspondence about genetic disease that affected PSB's daughter
Carol. "Saving Children from Mental Retardation" article moved to Series 12, Oversized, folder 2.)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 01
Jason Lindsey Correspondence (Letters and clippings)
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 02
Jason Lindsey Lectures on the Pearl Buck (Lecture typescript)
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 03
Jason Lindsey Miscellaneous (Writings about Korea)
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 04
Miscellaneous Letters (Correspondence related to Pearl S. Buck manuscripts, including letters from publisher to Grace Yaukey
and secretary Mrs. Shaddinger.)
1943, 1962, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 05
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memos (Correspondence and other items, mainly written to Pearl Buck)
1931, 1959, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 06
Published Articles ("What Are We Fighting For in the Orient," "What about India," and "A Viewpoint on China." Some items moved
to Series 12, Oversized, folders 2 and 3.)
1936, 1942
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 07
Pamphlets ("Freedom for All," "Can the Church Lead?" and "Pearl Buck Speaks for Democracy")
undated, ca. 1940s
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 08
Outlines (Typescript, 10 pp., contains handwritten corrections, possibly outline for an article)
1943
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 09
Miscellany about the Author (Pamphlets, ephemera, other materials related to Pearl S. Buck, including luncheon in honor of
Buck, program for a theater production of The Good Earth, Saturday Review of Literature article about PSB, John Day book list, reviews of The Good Earth , book jacket from The Good Earth , and other items)
ca. 1930s-1940s, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 10
Miscellaneous Publications (Articles and publications about China and Asia, most not by or about PSB. Also contains typescript
biography of Pearl S. Buck for a conference)
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 11
Miscellaneous (Includes An Appeal to Miss Pearl Buck concerning the War in Vietnam, certificate for crossing International
Date Line, typescripts of statements, and a small empty sugar packet from Plee-Zing Inc with portrait of Pearl Buck and biographical
information on reverse side. Silk artwork item moved to Series 12, Oversized, folder 7.)
1943, 1965, 1967, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 12
Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Holographs, typescripts and typescript carbons, including items related to God's Men, A Bridge For Passing , Fourteen Stories, The Goddess Abides, Flight into China, Rizal, "Christmas Secret," and other unidentified works. )
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 13
Manuscript Fragments (Typescripts and typescript carbons, including "In the Chinese Manner," "China's Students," "Gateway
into China," Letter to Colored Americans, rough draft of unidentified work)
1943, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 14
Newspaper clippings about Pearl Buck (Clippings, ephemera items about Pearl Buck. Some items moved to Series 12, Oversized,
folder 4.)
undated, ca. 1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 15
Newspaper clippings--Miscellaneous (Clippings and items about and by Pearl Buck; includes clippings and reviews about The
Good Earth. Some items moved to Series 12, Oversized, folder 5.)
undated, ca. 1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 09 Folder: 16
Photographs (Portraits and candid photos of unidentified individuals. Possibly of Richard J. Walsh, Carol Buck, Pearl's daughter,
and Pearl S. Buck's siblings. Also includes a photo of Buck on the set of the movie "The Big Wave".)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 01
Lyman V. Cady: "An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy" (Article by Lyman V. Cady)
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 02
Chih Memg: "Chinese Women Again Rise to the Occasion" (Article by Chih Memg)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 03
Ann H. P. Kent: "My Appeal for Fairness" (Petition for Justice)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 04
Grant Leenhouts: "The Eighth Day" (Typescript, preliminary rough story outline)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 05
Lin Yutang: "Animism as a Principle of Chinese Art" (Article by Lin Yutang)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 06
Lin Yutang: "The Chinese People" (Speech)
1931
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 07
Lin Yutang: "Chinese Realism and Humour" (Speech)
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 08
Lin Yutang: "Confucius As I Know Him" (Published speech)
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 09
Lin Yutang: "I Committed a Murder" (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 10
Lin Yutang: "The Lost Mandarin" (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 11
Lin Yutang: "The Monks of Hangchow" (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 12
Lin Yutang: "A Note on Chinese and Western Painting" (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 13
Lin Yutang: "The Spirit of Chinese Culture" (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 14
Lin Yutang: untitled (re: Nanking) (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 15
Lin Yutang: untitled (re: personal popularity of author) (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 16
Lin Yutang: untitled (re: Ruler's Code of Conduct) (Article)
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 17
Lin Yutang: "What Is Face?" (Article)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 18
W. A. Slade: "China: A Bibliographical List" (Bibliography)
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 19
E. Snow: "Introduction to the Real Story of Ah Q " (Introduction)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 20
Cornelia Spencer: "Black Hour" (Short story, published in Asia )
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 21
Cornelia Spencer: "Cynthia Is Middle‑Aged" (Short story)
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 22
Cornelia Spencer: "The Messenger" (Short story, sent by Grace Yaukey)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 01
Pearl S. Buck Correspondence (Holograph and typescript letters from Pearl S. Buck to various correspondents. Contains multiple
handwritten signatures. )
1940s-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 02
Articles about Pearl S. Buck (Articles and publications about Pearl S. Buck, including a biographical sketch that is signed
by Buck. Also includes excerpted published story by Buck)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 03
Miscellaneous Correspondence (Letters and correspondence, mainly with James Comstock. Includes letter from Richard J. Walsh,
Jr. about Pearl S. Buck and correspondence related to Pearl Buck and the preservation of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace home.
)
ca. 1960s-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 04
Miscellaneous (Items related to Pearl S. Buck Birthplace)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 05
Drawings (Sketches and drawings of Chinese scenes. Also includes painting of Pearl S. Buck Birthplace.)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 06
Photographs (Photos of Pearl S. Buck and birthplace house. One photo of Buck is signed. )
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 07
Pictures (Photos, negatives, postcard of Pearl Buck and birthplace house)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 08
Pearl S. Buck House, Pictures & Pamphlets (Cards, pictures, brochures related to birthplace house)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 09
Pearl S. Buck House Restoration (Typescripts related to restoration and preservation of house)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 10
Pearl S. Buck translation of "All Men Are Brothers" (Book pages with color illustrations)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 11
My Mother's House (Paged Galley, 35 pp. of book by Pearl S. Buck. Moved to Series 12, Oversized, folder 8.)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 12
"The New Marriage" (Typescript of short story, 10 pp., signed by Pearl S. Buck)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 13
"Mr. Binney's Afternoon" (Typescript of short story, 10 pp., by Pearl S. Buck)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 14
Voices in the House (Typescript of play by PSB)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 15
The Empress (Facsimile of typescript of play)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 16
Flight Into China (Facsimile of typescript of play)
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 17
Newspaper clippings (Clippings about Pearl S. Buck and birthplace. Some moved to Series 12, Oversized, folder 6.)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 18
Commemorative pen (Artifact (pen), commemorative cardstock and envelope. One envelope is open, three are sealed. )
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 19
News Release and Advertisement (News releases about Pearl S. Buck birthplace and a cardboard advertisement for The Kennedy Women )
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 01
Outgoing Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts and typescript carbons. Includes one handwritten, signed note. Also includes
an agreement between Pearl Buck and the John Day Company about a Canadian edition of A House Divided. )
1933–1937
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 02
Outgoing Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts and typescript carbons. One holograph copy of letter. Also includes signed
contract for production of Flight into China. )
1937–1938
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 03
Outgoing Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts. Most contain handwritten signatures. )
1940–1948
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 04
Outgoing Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts. Most contain handwritten signatures. )
1950–1957
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 05
Outgoing Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts and typescripts carbons. One holograph note or letter. Most contain handwritten
signatures. )
1958–1959
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 06
Outgoing Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts and typescript carbons. One holograph note. Most contain handwritten
signatures. )
1961–1962
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 01
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Includes letters concerning publication and translation
of The Good Earth and Sons. )
1933–1936
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 02
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Includes letters concerning publication and production
of Flight into China , other articles and works. )
1937–1938
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 03
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Includes Pennsylvania State Council on Education
appointment letter, and others related political activism. )
1943, 1950-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 04
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Includes letter about appointment to Pennsylvania
Council on Education. Also includes letters about adoption bill. )
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 05
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Includes letters about published works, political
activism, handicapped children. Also includes certificate of recognition for Buck's work with educational services for handicapped
children. )
1958–1959
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 06
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, mainly typescripts, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Includes letters about work on committee for
the handicapped, other topics. )
1960–1964
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 07
Incoming Correspondence (Letters, typescripts and holographs, sent to Pearl S. Buck. Also includes telegrams to China concerning
manuscripts. )
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 01
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 02
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1961 February–1961 September
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 03
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1961 October–1961 December
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 04
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1962 January–1962 April
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 05
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1962 May–1962 September
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 06
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1962 October–1962 December
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 07
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1963 January–1963 April
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 08
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1963 May–1963 September
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 09
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1963 October–1963 December
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 10
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 11
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1965 January–1965 March
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 12
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. )
1965 May–1965 December
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 13
William Ernest Hocking Letters (Letters, holographs and typescripts, from William Ernest Hocking to Pearl S. Buck. Also includes
photographs of Asia scenes and people, possibly in India. )
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 01-09 ca. 1930s-1970s, undated
Scope and Contents
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 1
Material from Box 8, Folder 30 (Reactor Flow Diagram (in color) and labeled Oak Ridge National Laboratory map)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 2
Articles (Reprint of "Saving Children from Mental Retardation" by Ruth and Edward Brecher ( Saturday Evening Post , 1959) (from box 8, folder 32) and page from The Saturday Review of Literature including "Why…Should I care?" by Pearl S. Buck (August 20, 1932) (from box 9, folder 6))
1932–1959
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 3
Articles from Box 9, Folder 6 (Articles and reprints of portions of Buck's work)
ca. 1957-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 4
Clippings from Box 9, Folder 14 (Newspaper clippings regarding Pearl Buck)
ca. 1930s, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 5
Clippings from Box 9, Folder 15 (Newspaper clippings regarding Pearl Buck)
ca. 1930s, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 6
Clippings from Box 11, Folder 17 (Newspaper clippings about Pearl S. Buck and birthplace)
ca. 1960s-1970s
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 7
Silk Artwork from Box 9, Folder 11 (Asian-style house on silk, medium unknown (fragile))
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 8
My Mother's House (Paged Galley, 35 pp. of book by Pearl S. Buck. Moved from box 11, folder 11.)
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 9
Photographs (two photos of Pearl Buck with children (undated) and one photo of Pearl Buck seated indoors (1958))
Includes photos and postcard of or regarding Pearl S. Buck as well as a signed letter.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 14
Photos and Letter (13 photos of Buck (1965-1972, undated), 1 photo of hybrid sweet pea flowers named after Pearl Buck (1939),
facsimile of a signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962), and postcard showing Buck in 1936 (1988))
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 15
Asia Magazine (Volume 21 part I)
1921
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Asia Magazine (Volume 21 part II thru volume 22)
1921–1922
Mixed Materials Box: 17
Asia Magazine (Volume 28 thru volume 29 part I)
1928–1929
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Asia Magazine (Volume 29 part II thru volume 31 part I)
1929–1931
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Asia Magazine (Volume 31 part II, volume 33 part II, and volume 34)
1931–1934
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Asia Magazine (Volumes 35 and 36)
1935–1936
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Asia Magazine (Volume 37 thru volume 38 part I)
1937–1938
Mixed Materials Box: 22
Asia Magazine (Volume 38 part II thru volume 39)
1938–1939
Mixed Materials Box: 23
Asia Magazine (Volume 40 part I, volumes 43 thru 44 part I)
Includes a typescript outline, draft, and revision of the novella China Stage
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 15
China Stage Outline (complete typescript outline, carbon copy, with scattered holograph corrections, with a holograph alternate title:
"Nothing Happens in China." 13 pages.)
ca. 1943
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 16-18
China Stage Typescript, Parts I through III (signed on page 1 in pencil, with 13 holograph pages and extensive holograph corrections
throughout, in ink and pencil, incomplete [lacking terminal scene]. 136 pages, 4to, written on rectos except for sparse holograph
lines on verso.)
ca. 1943
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 19
China Stage Typescript Carbon (typescript revision, carbon copy, with scattered holograph corrections, incomplete [lacking terminal scene].
93 pages.)
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.
Mixed Materials Box: 25
Miscellaneous (items related to the former residence of Pearl Buck, and to the Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Center. Also
includes commemorative philatelic material and commemorative framed items regarding 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).
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 1
Photo of Pearl S. Buck with Luise Rainer (in costume for The Good Earth , ca. 1937) and a sheet of 100 postage stamps, 5 cents, featuring the portrait of Pearl S. Buck (1983)
ca. 1937-1983
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 2
Typescript of Untitled Article (article begins with "...the similarities between Orient and Occident..."; 23 pages; includes
ink and pencil corrections and additions mostly in another hand, with 5 pencil corrections in Buck's hand, one on p. 10, another
on p. 16.)
ca. 1960
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 3
Uncorrected Typescript Copies of The White Bird (2 copies of this three act play; included are two copies of the title page and act I (pages 1-25), two copies of act II
(pages 26 to 48), and two copies of act III (pages 49-79))
Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 1-17 ca. 1940-1983, undated
Scope and Contents
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).
Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 1
Correspondence (18 pieces of correspondence, most full letters, from Pearl S. Buck [1940-1969 and undated]; some seem to be
responses to fan mail, one is about the Training School at Vineland, NJ. Also includes an envelope printed with Pearl Buck
imagery and including a Pearl Buck stamp [1983].)
1940-1983, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 2
Typescript Speech (?), "To China – In Confidence" (15 page typescript with some corrections, may be one of Buck's 1947 speeches)
ca. 1947
Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 3-17
Typescript Articles (set of 14 articles Buck wrote on American life and thinking, for newspapers in India and possibly China
and Japan; includes multiple copies of each, some with handwritten corrections, and a few pieces of correspondence to her
assistant Mrs. Shaddinger about the material.)
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).
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)
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).
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.
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
Mixed Materials Box: 31
Books and Bar of Soap
2015-2018
Scope and Contents
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
2. 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
3. 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.
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).
-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,
-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
-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
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