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Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers A&M 0727

Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers A&M 0727


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0727
Title
Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers 1921-2018, undated 1933-1966, undated
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/209189
Quantity
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 .
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.

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[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 --- ADD of 2006/05/22: Purchase, Wolf's Head Books, 2006 May 22. --- ADD of 2018/05/23: Gift of Haden, Priscilla, 2018 May 23. --- ADD of 2018/06/01: Purchase, internet vendors, 2018 June. --- ADD of 2018/08/16: Purchase, Gregory, Jim, 2018 August. --- ADD of 2018/08/17: Purchase, Good, Kimberly, 2018 August. --- ADD of 2019/10/01: Purchase, Metcalf, Skip, 2019 October. --- ADD of 2020/08/17: Purchase, Lord Durham Rare Books, 2020 August. --- ADD of 2021/04/28: Gift of Musgrave, Grace, 2021 April 28.


Biographical / Historical

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Separated Material

Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A&M 435, Rare Signatures.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Amerasians
  • Authors, American -- West Virginia
  • Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
  • China -- Fiction
  • China -- In literature
  • Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966
  • Human rights advocacy
  • Intercountry adoption
  • Interracial adoption
  • Literature and society -- China
  • Literature and society -- United States
  • Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
  • Novelists, American -- West Virginia
  • United States -- Relations -- China
  • West Virginia - Writers.
  • Women novelists, American -- 20th century
  • Women social reformers -- United States

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bepari, Rasheeda Begum
  • Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
  • Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • China -- Fiction
  • China -- In literature
  • United States -- Relations -- China
  • West Virginia - Writers.

Container List

Series 1. Articles
Mixed Materials Box: 01 Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 1-39 circa 1937-1944
Scope and Contents

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.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 06
    "America's Privileged Women" (Typescript, 17 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 07
    "As a Man Thinketh, So Is He" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 08
    "Children Waiting" (Typescript, 25 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 09
    "China Today" (Typescript carbon, 24 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 10
    "China in Today's World" (Typescript carbon, 14 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 11
    "China Works to Win" (Typescript 9 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 12
    "The Chinese Attitude Toward Graft" (Typescript, 18 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 13
    "The Chinese Renaissance" (Typescript, 14 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 14
    "Christ Today" (Typescript carbon, 7 pp.)
    1933
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 15
    "Christmas Verities" (Typescript carbon, 9 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 16
    "Conflict and Cooperation Across the Pacific Today" (Typescript, 8 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 17
    "The Creative Mind at Work" (Typescript, 25 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 18
    "The Creative Spirit in Modern China" (Typescript (2 copies), 12 pp., 17 pp., first revision and final copy)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 19
    "On the Cultivation of a Young Genius" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 20
    "Daughters of China" (Typescript, 27 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 21
    "The Day at Dawn" (Typescript, 6 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 22
    "Elements of Democracy in the Chinese Traditional Culture" (Typescript carbon, 11 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 23
    "Essay on Myself" (Typescript carbon, 7 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 24
    "Experts in Confusion" (Typescript, 17 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 25
    "Fiction and the Front Page" (Typescript, 13 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 26
    "Fiction Versus Biography" (Typescript, 2 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 27
    "Friends and Enemies of China" (Typescript, 7 pp. )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 28
    "Gifts from the East" (Typescript, 19 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 29
    "To the High School Students Who Are Readers of Koichi Jidai" (Typescript and two typescript carbons, 1 p. each)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 30
    "Home Aid for the Mentally Retarded Child" (Typescript carbon, 35 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 31
    "How It Happens" (Foreword) (Typescript carbon, 7 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 32
    Introduction for "C. T. Lo(u?) Art Catalog" (Typescript, 2 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 33
    Introduction to "The Enemy" (Typescript, 1 p.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 34
    "Japan Loses the War" (Typescript, 9 pp. contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 35
    "John Day" (Typescript, 2 pp., typescript carbon, 5 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 36
    "Let the People Know" (Typescript carbon)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 37
    "Letter of Greetings (Journey to Asia)" (Typescript carbon, 2 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 38
    "Light in Darkness" (Typescript, 16 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 39
    "A Living Philosophy" "In Her Hand" (Typescript, 8 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 40
    "Lost Souls" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 41
    "Memorandum about Of Men and Women " (Holograph, 2 pp. signed by PSB, 2 typescript carbons)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 42
    "Men as Beasts" (Typescript carbon, 13 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 43
    "Message for Patrika" (Typescript (3 copies), 1 p. each)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 44
    "The Miracle" (Typescript and typescript carbon, 4 pp. each, contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 45
    "Modern Rulers of Ancient China" (Typescripts (2 copies), 9 pp., 11 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 46
    "Moments of Decision" (Typescript, 2 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 47
    "Mothers" (Typescript, 7 pp. )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 48
    "The Mountain" (Typescript and typescript carbons of short story or article, 7 pp. each, contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 49
    "My Mother's House" (Typescript carbon, 29 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 50
    "Nationalism and Patriotism" (Typescript carbon, 3 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 51
    "The New People" (Typescript, 10 pp., typescript carbon, 5 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 52
    "New World for Children" (Typescript carbon, 7 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 53
    "Of Men and Measuring Worms" (Typescript, 17 pp., unrevised; also includes letter to publisher)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 54
    "On the Discovery of America" (Typescript, 16 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 55
    "An Open Letter to the Chinese People" (Typescript, 10 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 56
    "Our Last Chance in China" (Typescript, 11 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 57
    "Peking" (Typescript carbon, 12 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 58
    "A Philosophy of Happiness" (Typescript, 10 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 59
    "Please Tell Me" (Typescript carbon, 6 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 01 Folder: 60
    "On Portrait of a Marriage" (Typescript, 3 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 01
    "Religion Is In Again" (Typescripts (2 copies), 17 pp. each, contains contains handwritten corrections and handwritten note)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 02
    "Resurrection" (Typescript carbon, 8 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 03
    "In Search of a Book" (Typescript, 2 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 04
    "Seeing America" (Typescript, 6 pp., first typescript)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 05
    "Slice of America" (Typescript, 28 pp., first draft)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 06
    "Sources of Disunity" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 07
    "Space and Sky" (Typescript and typescript carbon, 7 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 08
    "Thanks to Japan" (Typescript, 6 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 09
    "Twenty Nineteen Delancey Place" (Typescript carbon, 7 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 10
    Book foreword about Africa (Typescript carbon, 3 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 11
    untitled (Chinese & aggressive war) (Typescript, 3 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 12
    untitled (Chinese Unity) (Typescript, 4 pp., published in The Woman's Press)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 13
    untitled (Christmas, Mary & Joseph) (Typescripts (3 copies), 1 p. each)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 14
    untitled (Communism and collectivization in China) (Typescript, 9 pp. )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 15
    untitled (about The Good Earth ) (Typescript, 2 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 16
    untitled (Mt. Omei) (Typescript carbon, 2pp., preface)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 17
    untitled (teaching music to disabled children) (Typescript 2 pp., foreword)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 18
    Article on Negroes (Typescript, 4 pp., published in Opportunity)
    1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 19
    P. S. B. Foundation progress report (Holograph )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 20
    Resolution about Retarded Children (Typescript carbon (2 copies), 1 p. each)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 21
    untitled (South African paintings) (Typescript, 1 p. )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 22
    Article about Three Famous Chinese Sisters (Typescript, 21 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 23
    Vineland Training School (Typescript carbon, 5 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 24
    "A Viewpoint on China" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 25
    "Wang Yung" (Typescript carbon, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 26
    "Western Weapons in the Hands of the Reckless East" (Typescript, 6 pp., final typescript)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 27
    "What Are We?" (Typescript (2 copies), 10 pp., 11 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 28
    "What Has the Moon to Do with Us?" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 29
    "What We Can Do About the Children Waiting" (Typescript, 18 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 30
    "Where Are the Young Rebels?" (Typescript, 17 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 31
    "Why Pennsylvania?" (Typescript carbon, 1 p.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 32
    "The Wisdom and the Power" (Typescript carbon, 4 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 33
    "Women As Angels, 1966" (Typescript, 21 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 34
    "Women at Work" (Typescript, 5 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 35
    "Women in China" (Typescripts (2 copies), 11 pp., 13 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 36
    "The Writing of East Wind: West Wind" (Typescript, 4 pp. contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 37
    "To a Young American" (Typescript carbon, 8 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 38
    "The Young Chinese Discovers China" (Typescript (3 copies), 6 pp., 4 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 39
    "Youth in China" (Typescript, 6 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Series 2. Book Reviews
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 40-51 undated
Scope and Contents

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.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 48
    Prejudice (Typescript, 3 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 49
    Sayonara by James Michener (Typescript carbon, 4 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 50
    What Foreign Trade Means to You (Typescript and two typescript carbons, 1 pp. each, review of pamphlet)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 51
    Movie Review, The Good Earth (Typescript, 3 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
Series 3. Fiction
Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 52-59 Mixed Materials Box: 03 Mixed Materials Box: 04 Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 01-07 circa 1930-1960
Scope and Contents

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.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 52-59 Mixed Materials Box: 03
    Short Stories
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 52
      "The Adventure of Living" (Typescript, 5 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 53
      "Atomic Quest" (Typescript, 24 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 54
      "Between These Two" (Typescript, 82 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 55
      "The Big Dance" (Typescript carbons (2 copies), 18 pp., 19 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 56
      "The Bullfrog" (Typescript carbon, 15 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 57
      "A Case in Point" (Typescript carbon, 31 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 58
      "The Castle" (Typescript carbon, 27 pp., retyped copy)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 02 Folder: 59
      "The Chinese Story Teller" (Typescript carbon, 12 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 01
      "The Christmas Child" (Typescript carbon, 18 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 02
      "The Christmas Ghost" (Typescript carbon, 11 pp., contains handwritten corrections, also contains 2 pp. handwritten note)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 03
      "Christmas Miniature" (Typescript carbons (2 copies), 10 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 04
      "Christmas Story" (Typescript carbon, 17 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 05
      "The Christmas Tree" (Typescript carbon, 7 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 06
      "Crusade" (Typescript, 10 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 07
      "Death and the Dawn" (Typescript, 14 pp., contains handwritten corrections, contains PSB signature)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 08
      "Duet in Asia" (Typescript, 28 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 09
      "Escape at Midnight" (Typescript carbon, 20 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 10
      "Flight into China" (Typescript 38 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 11
      "Fool's Sacrifice" (Typescript, 24 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 12
      "Going Home" (Typescript, 14 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 13
      "The Good Deed" (Typescript, 30 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 14
      "Heat Wave" (Typescript, 13 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 15
      "Honeymoon Blues" (Typescript carbon, 16 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 16
      "Horseface" (Mixed manuscript, 22 pp., contains handwritten corrections, 2 pp. handwritten)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 17
      "If One Must Yield" (Typescript, 10 pp., contains handwritten corrections, outline II)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 18
      "Kung I‑Chi" (Typescript, 7 pp. )
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 19
      "Letter Home" (Typescript and typescript carbon, 19 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 20
      "A Little Incident" (Typescript, 3 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 21
      "Little Joe" (Typescript, 21 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 22
      "The Lovers" (Typescript, 22 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 23
      "Medicine" (Typescript, 12 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 24
      "Morning in Okinawa" (Typescript carbons (2 copies), 18 pp., 20 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 25
      "Mrs. Stoner and the Sea" (Typescript carbon, 14 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 26
      "Mrs. Witler's Husband" (Typescript carbon, 19 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 27
      "No Other God" (Typescript, 23 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 28
      "Now and Forever" (Typescript, 41 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 29
      "The One Woman" (Typescript, 33 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 30
      "Parable from China" (Holograph, 7 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 31
      "The Patriot" (Typescript, 17 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 32
      "The River" (Typescript, 4 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 33
      "Shanghai Scene" (Typescript, 7 pp., contains PSB signature)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 34
      "The Sheriff" (Typescript, 12 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 35
      "The Solitary Priest" (Typescript, 7 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 36
      "The Strawberry Vase" (Typescript carbon, 16 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 37
      "The Three Daughters" (Typescripts (2 copies), 39 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 38
      "True Story U.S.A." (Typescript, 7 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 39
      "The Useless Wife" (Typescript carbon, 26 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 40
      "Vignette of Love" (Typescript, 9 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 41
      "The Wandering Little God" (Typescript, 11 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 42
      "What the Heart Must" (Typescript 19 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 43
      "The Woman Who Was Changed" (Typescript, 7 pp., incomplete, only includes pp. 85-91)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 44
      "Women Are Angels" (Typescript carbon, 12 pp., contains handwritten corrections, missing pp. 1-2)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 45
      "Yu Lan: Flying Boy of China" (Typescript, 9 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 03 Folder: 46
      "For A Thing Done"
  • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 01-07
    Plays and Scripts
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 01
      Across the Yellow River (Typescript carbon of play, 34 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 02
      The Crystal (Typescript of 3 act play, contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 03
      The Crystal Heart (Typescript of 3 act play, 92 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 04
      Death and the Dawn (Typescript, 15 pp., and typescript carbon, 19 pp. of TV play)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 05
      A Desert Incident (Typescript carbon of play )
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 06
      A Desert Incident (Typescript carbon of play, incomplete)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 07
      The Empress (Typescript of play)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 08
      The Empress (Typescript of play, contains handwritten corrections, rev. copy)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 09
      The Empress (Typescript carbon of play, rev.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 10
      Flight Into China (Typescript carbons (2 copies))
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 11
      Flight Into China (Typescript and typescript carbons, multiple copies)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 12
      Imperial Woman (Typescript of screenplay based on novel, 123 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 01
      My Indian Family (Typescript of play)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 04 Folder: 02
      Plum Blossoms (Typescript carbon of play in 4 scenes, 69 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 03
      Sun Yat‑Sen (Published version of play, 15 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 04
      Whatever It Is You Want (Typescript of play, 88 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 05
      To Whom a Child Is Born (Typescript of play, 15 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 06
      To Whom a Child Is Born (Typescript of play (2 copies), 33 pp., 15 pp.)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 07
      The Big Wave (Typescript of film script, multiple copies, 60 pp., 74 pp.)
Series 4. Biographical Writings
Mixed Materials Box: 06 Folder: 01 Mixed Materials Box: 05 Folder: 08-14 undated
Scope and Contents

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)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 06 Folder: 01
    Blind Angel (Typescript, 225 pp.)
Series 5. Book Manuscripts
Mixed Materials Box: 06 Folder: 2-6 Mixed Materials Box: 07a Mixed Materials Box: 07b undated
Scope and Contents

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: 07a Folder: 03-04
    The Goddess Abides (Typescript, 251 pp., copy, possibly publisher's proof, contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07a Folder: 05
    Letter from Peking (Typescript carbon, 193 pp., contains handwritten corrections, contains PSB signature)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07a Folder: 06-07
    The Real Thing (Typescript carbon, 341 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07a Folder: 08
    Stay as You Are (Holograph, incomplete, contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07b Folder: 01
    Stay as You Are (Typescript and typescript carbon, 262 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07b Folder: 02
    Untitled book # 1 (Typescript, contains handwritten corrections, same as Untitled book #2)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07b Folder: 03
    Untitled book # 2 (Typescript, contains handwritten corrections, same as Untitled book #1)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 07b Folder: 04
    Untitled IX (Holograph, possibly related to Stay as You Are )
Series 6. Speeches
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)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 07
    "Chinese Independence Day" (Broadcast script, 2 pp.)
    1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 08
    "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)
    1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 13
    "India" (Holograph and typescript, 34 pp., 14 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 14
    Institute of Public Affairs Speech (Typescript, 23 pp.)
    1935
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 15
    "I Speak Out About China" (Typescript carbon, 12 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 16
    "The Land and the People of China" (Typescript (2 copies), 8 pp., contains handwritten corrections, and typescript carbons (3 copies), 9 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 17
    The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Speech (Typescript of speech)
    1937
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 18
    New York Urban League Speech (Typescript of speech given in Harlem, 9 pp.)
    1937
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 19
    People's Congress II Speech (Typescript, 5 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 20
    P.E.N. Writer's Congress (Typescript of broadcast, 8 pp., first draft)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 21
    The Reward of Having Children (Typescript, 7 pp., in reply to an article in The Forum , possibly also an article)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 22
    The Search for Peace by Youth Speech (Typescript, 3 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 23
    Town Hall Speech (Typescript, 5 pp.)
    1942
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 24
    Statement about Chinese Writers (Typescript, 1 p. )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 25
    20th anniversary of Parents Inc. (Typescript carbon, 2 pp.)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 26
    "What Americans Want" (Typescript, 6 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 08 Folder: 27
    Who is Chiang Kai‑shek (Typescript of radio broadcast, 8 pp., contains handwritten corrections)
    1936
Series 7. Reference Materials
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.)
Series 8. Miscellaneous Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 09 circa 1900-1967, undated
Scope and Contents

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".)
    undated, ca. 1900-1961
Series 9. Writings by Other Authors
Mixed Materials Box: 10 1930-1931, undated
Scope and Contents

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)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 23
    Cornelia Spencer: "Miss Agatha" (Short story)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 24
    Cornelia Spencer: "Mr. Smith‑Brown‑Jones" (Short story)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 25
    Cornelia Spencer: "Nothing Will Happen to Us" (Short story)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 26
    Cornelia Spencer: "The Reds Are Coming" (Short story, sent by Grace Yaukey)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 27
    Cornelia Spencer: "A Taste of Life" (Short story )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 28
    Tsao Yu: Thunder and Rain (Play in four acts, tragedy)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 29
    P. S. Tseng: "The Chinese Woman Past and Present" (Excerpt)
    1931
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 30
    Grace Yaukey: Maria and Timothy (Typescript of short story or novella, contains handwritten corrections)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 31
    Grace Yaukey: "Must My Disabled Child Go to an Institution" (Typescript of article)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 32
    Grace Yaukey: "Ocean Liner" (Typescript of short story )
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 33
    Grace Yaukey: The People of Russia (Typescript of article or book)
Series 10. James Comstock Collection
Mixed Materials Box: 11 1939-1970, undated
Scope and Contents

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 )
Series 11. Addenda--Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 1-13 1933-1966, undated
Scope and Contents

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. )
    1966
Series 12. Oversized
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))
    1958, undated
Addendum of 2006/05/22
Mixed Materials Box: 34 1948
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Wolf's Head Books, 2006 May 22.

Scope and Contents

Pearl S. Buck manuscript, typescript for short story titled "Francesca," with handwritten corrections and edits.

Addendum of 2015/04/24
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 14 1939-1988, undated
Scope and Contents

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))
    1939-1988, undated
Addendum of 2015/05/08
Mixed Materials Box: 15-24 1921–1945
Scope and Contents

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)
    1940–1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 24
    Asia Magazine (Volumes 44 part II and 45 part II)
    1944–1945
Addendum of 2015/11/09
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 15-19 ca. 1943
Scope and Contents

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.)
    ca. 1943
Addendum of 2016/06/08
Mixed Materials Box: 25 ca. 2002
Scope and Contents

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)
    ca. 2002
Addendum of 2017/04/10
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 1-3 ca. 1937-1983
Scope and Contents

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))
    ca. 1958
Addendum of 2017/06/22
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.)
    ca. 1945-1946
Addendum of 2017/07/17
Mixed Materials Box: 25 2017
Scope and Contents

Contains a deck of playing cards with an image of Pearl Buck on the back (2017).

  • Mixed Materials Box: 25
    Deck of Playing Cards with Image of Pearl Buck on the Back
    2017
Addendum of 2017/07/28
Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 3 1983
Scope and Contents

Contains a Pearl Buck First Day Cover Envelope (1983).

Addenda of 2017/08/07
Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 10 1941-1982
Scope and Contents

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).

Addendum of 2017/08/22
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 4 2010English.
Scope and Contents

A House Divided by Pearl S. Buck, audio book recorded onto 12 CDs (boxed set), narrated by Adam Verner, published by Oasis Audio.

Addendum of 2018/02/27
Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 5 2015English.
Scope and Contents

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)

Addendum of 2018/05/23
Mixed Materials Box: 35 Folder: 4 undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Haden, Priscilla, 2018 May 23.

Scope and Contents

Greeting card with an illustration of the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.

Addendum of 2018/06/01
Mixed Materials Box: 35 Folder: 6 1943-1962
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, internet vendors, 2018 June.

Scope and Contents

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).

Addendum of 2018/08/16
Mixed Materials Box: 35 Folder: 2 1932
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Gregory, Jim, 2018 August.

Scope and Contents

John Day Pamphlet No. 18, "Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?" authored by Pearl S. Buck.

Addendum of 2018/08/17
Mixed Materials Box: 35 Folder: 3 1942
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Good, Kimberly, 2018 August.

Scope and Contents

NBC Press Photograph of Jen Ying Yen reading the Declaration of Independence in Mandarin on Pearl Buck's "America Speaks to China" series.

Addendum of 2019/02/18
Mixed Materials Box: 29
.2 Linear Feet 1 1/2 in. (1 flat storage box)
1973
Scope and Contents

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.

Addenda of 2019/03/19
Mixed Materials Box: 30 Mixed Materials Box: 31 2015-2018
Scope and Contents

Includes books and a bar of soap.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 30
    Books
    2015-2015
    Scope and Contents

    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

Addendum of 2019/07/23
Books Box: 32 Item: unfoldered Mixed Materials Box: 33 2015-2018
Scope and Contents

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.

Addendum of 2019/10/01
Mixed Materials Box: 34 undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Metcalf, Skip, 2019 October.

Scope and Contents

Pearl Buck figurine.

Addendum of 2020/08/17
Mixed Materials Box: 35 Folder: 5 1946-1983
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Lord Durham Rare Books, 2020 August.

Scope and Contents

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.

Addendum of 2021/03/07
Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 1 September 2015
Scope and Contents

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.

Addendum of 2021/04/28
Mixed Materials Box: 35 Folder: 1 circa 1971-1972
Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Musgrave, Grace, 2021 April 28.

Scope and Contents

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).

Addendum of 2023/07/30
Text Box: 32 Folder: 2 1938-1940 and undated
Scope and Contents

Includes the following:

-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