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Conditions Governing Access

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.

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.

Content Description

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973