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1. Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Buck at the release of her book, "China As I See It."

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Pearl Buck sitting with her adopted daughters in her home in Perkasie, Pa.

3. Pearl Buck with her adopted daughters

Caption reads: (NY8-March 6) FAMED AUTHOR DIES-- Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl Buck, the noted China expert, died Tuesday at Danby, VT., a spokesman said. Miss buck, who wrote 84 books, was 80. She died at her home in Danby.

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Pearl S. Buck, author of "The Good Earth", "Sons", "A Home Divided."

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Caption reads: "Pearl S. Buck, author of THE STORY BIBLE, to be published May 24, 1971 by Bartholomew House Ltd."

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Pearl S. Buck sitting with children at a reunion at her home in Dublin, Pennsylvania.

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11. Pearl Buck and Dr. Charles Boehm

12. Pearl Buck Speaks with Children

13. Painting of Pearl Buck

Pearl Buck at her study in her townhouse in Philadelphia.

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16. Pearl S. Buck Enjoys Lunch With Other 'Professional Women'

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Pictured are members of the Swedish royal family, including King Gustav V (fifth from left) and then-Crown Prince Gustav, later to become King Gustav VI Adolf (third from left). At this ceremony, Pearl Buck was present to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

19. Nobel Prize Ceremony, Stockholm, Sweden

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22. Pearl Buck with Friends

23. Pearl Buck with a Child

Caption reads: "Doylestown, PA., May 7 - Reunion at Welcome House - 'Granny' Walsh chats with some of the 270 former Welcome House children who attended the reunion on her farm near Doylestown, Pa., on the weekend. 'Granny,' better known as Pearl S. Buck, author, started Welcome House, an adoption agency, which has found American parents for over 300 children..."

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Pearl Buck about to set sail to China from Montreal.

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Pearl Buck as she sets sail for China from Montreal.

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Pearl Buck poses for her new book, "China As I See It."

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Caption on back reads: "Pearl Buck chatted with late President Kennedy at White House dinner for Nobel Prize winners in April 1962."

28. Pearl S. Buck and John F. Kennedy

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31. Pearl Buck Carries a Child

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."

32. Pearl Buck Wins Medal For Fiction

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."

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

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

Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

35. Pearl Buck In Her Study

Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.

36. Pearl Buck Reading to Children

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.

37. Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

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.

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42. Pearl S. Buck Signing Autographs

43. Pearl S. Buck Speaking At Event

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45. Richard Walsh, Pearl S. Buck's Second Husband

46. Pearl Buck Stands Outside Car With Packed Luggage

Pearl Buck's daughter, Carol Buck.

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Pearl Buck's daughter, Carol Buck sitting in her wheelchair.

48. Carol Buck (Daughter)