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Pearl S. Buck appears as guest on Spotlight, Saturday, April 15th at 2:00 p.m., discussing 'What is America's Role in Asia?', and the formation of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to aid American children in Asia.

1. Pearl Buck on "Spotlight"

IDNO:
053536
Title:
Pearl Buck on "Spotlight"
Date:
1967/04/15
Description:
Pearl S. Buck appears as guest on Spotlight, Saturday, April 15th at 2:00 p.m., discussing 'What is America's Role in Asia?', and the formation of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to aid American children in Asia.
The back of the photo includes a newspaper caption that reads:Pearl S. Buck writes lovingly of "The Good Earth," saying it is the key to human life and world peace.

2. Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
053537
Title:
Portrait of Pearl S. Buck
Date:
ca. 1965
Description:
The back of the photo includes a newspaper caption that reads:Pearl S. Buck writes lovingly of "The Good Earth," saying it is the key to human life and world peace.
Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.

3. Pearl Buck Reading to Children

IDNO:
053538
Title:
Pearl Buck Reading to Children
Date:
undated
Description:
Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.
Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

4. Pearl Buck In Her Study

IDNO:
053539
Title:
Pearl Buck In Her Study
Date:
undated
Description:
Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

5. Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Danby, V. T.

IDNO:
053540
Title:
Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Danby, V. T.
Date:
undated
Caption reads, "Pearl Buck, the only woman ever to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes in literature, poses with her four adopted daughters at her home in Perkasie, Pa. They are, from left, Cheico, 16; Johanna, 15; Henriette, 18; and Theresa, 17. Henriette is of German-American origin, the other three of Japanese-American origin. The thing closest to the 73-year-old author's heart is the foundation named after her. Its purpose is to raise $10 million to care for some 300,000 unwanted children fathered by American soldiers."

6. Pearl S. Buck with Adopted Daughters, Perkasie, P. A.

IDNO:
053546
Title:
Pearl S. Buck with Adopted Daughters, Perkasie, P. A.
Date:
1965/03/02
Description:
Caption reads, "Pearl Buck, the only woman ever to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes in literature, poses with her four adopted daughters at her home in Perkasie, Pa. They are, from left, Cheico, 16; Johanna, 15; Henriette, 18; and Theresa, 17. Henriette is of German-American origin, the other three of Japanese-American origin. The thing closest to the 73-year-old author's heart is the foundation named after her. Its purpose is to raise $10 million to care for some 300,000 unwanted children fathered by American soldiers."
The back of the photo includes a descriptive caption that reads:"New York, November 14- Pearl Buck, Novelist, being awarded the Howells Medal for fiction at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letter here today. Robert Grant, member of the Academy, is making the award. The Howells Award was established in honor of William Dean Howells, novelist, and first awarded in 1925."

7. Pearl Buck Wins Medal For Fiction

IDNO:
053553
Title:
Pearl Buck Wins Medal For Fiction
Date:
1935/11/14
Description:
The back of the photo includes a descriptive caption that reads:"New York, November 14- Pearl Buck, Novelist, being awarded the Howells Medal for fiction at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letter here today. Robert Grant, member of the Academy, is making the award. The Howells Award was established in honor of William Dean Howells, novelist, and first awarded in 1925."

8. Pearl Buck Carries a Child

IDNO:
053555
Title:
Pearl Buck Carries a Child
Date:
1973

9. Pearl Buck

IDNO:
053814
Title:
Pearl Buck
Date:
1964/06/15

10. Pearl Buck

IDNO:
053815
Title:
Pearl Buck
Date:
1967/06/15
Caption on back reads: "Pearl Buck chatted with late President Kennedy at White House dinner for Nobel Prize winners in April 1962."

11. Pearl S. Buck and John F. Kennedy

IDNO:
053816
Title:
Pearl S. Buck and John F. Kennedy
Date:
1962/04/29
Description:
Caption on back reads: "Pearl Buck chatted with late President Kennedy at White House dinner for Nobel Prize winners in April 1962."
Pearl Buck poses for her new book, "China As I See It."

12. Pearl Buck

IDNO:
053817
Title:
Pearl Buck
Date:
1970
Description:
Pearl Buck poses for her new book, "China As I See It."