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L. Clyde Riley shaking hands with a man upon receiving the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award.

1. Riley, L. Clyde Receiving the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005737
Title:
Riley, L. Clyde Receiving the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906-1970
Description:
L. Clyde Riley shaking hands with a man upon receiving the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award.
People in title listed from left to right. Inscribed on back of photograph is "Mrs. Helen Holt Assistant Commissioner at Institution State Capital."

2. Helen Holt, Stephens College President Smith, and Mrs. Kane at State Capital, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047301
Title:
Helen Holt, Stephens College President Smith, and Mrs. Kane at State Capital, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
People in title listed from left to right. Inscribed on back of photograph is "Mrs. Helen Holt Assistant Commissioner at Institution State Capital."
Five boy scouts line up to receive awards in front of their peers. Subjects unidentified.

3. Boy Scouts Award Ceremony in Memorial Building Basement, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049330
Title:
Boy Scouts Award Ceremony in Memorial Building Basement, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Five boy scouts line up to receive awards in front of their peers. Subjects unidentified.
Pearl Buck becomes the first American woman to win Nobel Prize for literature as she receives award from King Gustav of Sweden during ceremonies at Stockholm. She also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.

4. Pearl Buck Accepting Nobel Prize For Literature

IDNO:
053435
Title:
Pearl Buck Accepting Nobel Prize For Literature
Date:
1938
Description:
Pearl Buck becomes the first American woman to win Nobel Prize for literature as she receives award from King Gustav of Sweden during ceremonies at Stockholm. She also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
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."

5. 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."