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Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0727
 

Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0727

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.

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Dates
Creation: 1921-2018 and undated
Creation: Majority of material found within 1933-1966 and undated
Extent
13.33 Linear Feet (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.))
Related Name
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Bepari, Rasheeda Begum
New York City Ballet
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966
Language
English
Script
Latin

Series 1. Articles, circa 1937-1944

 Series — Multiple Containers

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.

Dates
Creation: circa 1937-1944

"America and Europe" (Typescript, 10 pp. )

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 02

"Children Waiting" (Typescript, 25 pp.)

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 08

"China Works to Win" (Typescript 9 pp.)

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: 1933
 

"Daughters of China" (Typescript, 27 pp.)

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 20

"The Day at Dawn" (Typescript, 6 pp.)

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 21

"Let the People Know" (Typescript carbon)

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 36

"Light in Darkness" (Typescript, 16 pp.)

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 38
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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