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'Stockholm, Sweden...in a brilliant ceremony in the flower-decked great hall of the Stockholm Concert House, Pearl Buck, American writer, is shown receiving from King Gustav V of Sweden the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nine members of the Swedish Royal Family, the entire diplomatic corps and outstanding representatives of Sweden's Cultural and Scientific bodies looked on as the 80-year-old Monarch handed Mrs. Buck a parchment certificate bound in tooled leather, the Nobel medal and a check for an amount equal in American money to about [unreadable].'

109. West Virginia Native Pearl Buck Receives Nobel Prize from King Gustav V of Sweden

IDNO:
027247
Title:
West Virginia Native Pearl Buck Receives Nobel Prize from King Gustav V of Sweden
Date:
1938/12/24
Description:
'Stockholm, Sweden...in a brilliant ceremony in the flower-decked great hall of the Stockholm Concert House, Pearl Buck, American writer, is shown receiving from King Gustav V of Sweden the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nine members of the Swedish Royal Family, the entire diplomatic corps and outstanding representatives of Sweden's Cultural and Scientific bodies looked on as the 80-year-old Monarch handed Mrs. Buck a parchment certificate bound in tooled leather, the Nobel medal and a check for an amount equal in American money to about [unreadable].'
'Wendell L. Willkie, director of United China Relief, and Pearl S. Buck with poster to be used in drive for $5,000,000 for Chinese Relief. In Background is a portrait of Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Chinese Centralissimo.'

110. Pearl Buck Presented with Poster

IDNO:
027248
Title:
Pearl Buck Presented with Poster
Date:
1941/03/31
Description:
'Wendell L. Willkie, director of United China Relief, and Pearl S. Buck with poster to be used in drive for $5,000,000 for Chinese Relief. In Background is a portrait of Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Chinese Centralissimo.'
A West Virginia native, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mrs. Buck is the first woman to win both honors.

111. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027252
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1952/05/09
Description:
A West Virginia native, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mrs. Buck is the first woman to win both honors.

112. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027253
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1958/10/23

113. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027254
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1947/01/14
'Nationwide drive to raise one million dollars by July 1, 1941, for the relief of the war-stricken people of China. Photo shows...left to right, Miss. Luise Rainer, English Actress, Mrs. Frank Co Tui, wife of Executive Vice President of the American Bureau for Medical Aide to China., and Miss Pearl S. Buck, noted author chairman of the newly formed China Auspices Drive...meet at Mrs. Hughes, Apartment for tea at 471 Park Ave, NYC.'

114. Pearl S. Buck for Relief of China

IDNO:
027255
Title:
Pearl S. Buck for Relief of China
Date:
1940/11/14
Description:
'Nationwide drive to raise one million dollars by July 1, 1941, for the relief of the war-stricken people of China. Photo shows...left to right, Miss. Luise Rainer, English Actress, Mrs. Frank Co Tui, wife of Executive Vice President of the American Bureau for Medical Aide to China., and Miss Pearl S. Buck, noted author chairman of the newly formed China Auspices Drive...meet at Mrs. Hughes, Apartment for tea at 471 Park Ave, NYC.'
'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of numerous novels and short stories, photographed in Washington, D. C.'

115. Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize

IDNO:
027256
Title:
Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize
Date:
1935/02/18
Description:
'Mrs. Pearl Buck, author of numerous novels and short stories, photographed in Washington, D. C.'

116. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027257
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1948/07

117. Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
027258
Title:
Pearl S. Buck
Date:
1946/02/05

118. R. A. Kincaid, Summersville, W. Va.

IDNO:
029422
Title:
R. A. Kincaid, Summersville, W. Va.
Date:
1874/05
'Washington or Detroit'

119. Mother of William Morrow

IDNO:
029880
Title:
Mother of William Morrow
Description:
'Washington or Detroit'
Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.

120. Jessie Savage

IDNO:
030046
Title:
Jessie Savage
Date:
1898/04/01
Description:
Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.