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Pearl S. Buck walking across the lawn at her home in Doylestown, Pa.

1. Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Doylestown, Pa.

Candid portrait of Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo.  Holt, who was elected at age 29, had to wait until he was 30 to become a senator.

2. Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo

Holt holds a "greeting card and offer of marriage he received in his Washington office."

3. Senator Rush D. Holt In Office

Senator Rush D. Holt removes the name plate from his office door after leaving office.

4. Senator Rush D. Holt Removing Sign From Office

"Senator Rush Holt, of West Virginia, severe critic of the administration has charged that his mail is being censored and that the post office department has failed to do anything about it. . . ."

5. Senator Rush D. Holt Examines Mail

Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia travels to United States Capitol building.

6. Senator Rush D. Holt on Subway

Caption reads, "Pearl S. Buck, author of "The Kennedy Women," Cowles Book Company, Inc., by arrangement with The John Day Company."

7. Pearl S. Buck

Caption on back reads, "Pearl S. Buck, author and Nobel prize winner, is in Portland on promotion tour for a new foundation to help children of American servicemen. At right is Theodore F. Harris, president of the foundation."

8. Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris

Text on back reads, "New York: Miss Florence Stevens, of New York, shown with the new sweet pea "Pearl Buck," named in honor of the Nobel Prize winner and developed by Davis Burpee, Philadelphia hybridist, which is on exhibit at the International Flower Show in New York. It is a clear salmon pink with unusually large flowers."

9. Flower Show Favorite

Caption reads, "Philadelphia, June 24 - At 80 Still Able - Pearl S. Buck, begins her 80th year Monday with optimism about her future as both a writer and foundation guiding force. She heads several organizations concerned with the welfare of children of mixed Asian-American parentage."

10. Pearl S. Buck at Eighty Years Old

11. Pearl S. Buck

Caption on back reads, "Pearl Buck, author of many books and winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, studies a twisted-root carving of an old Chinese man."

12. Pearl S. Buck