Professor John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Library Exhibition
Pearl S. Buck and The Good Earth:
a Window into Life in China
February 1 - March 15, 2006
Roger Williams University Library
Left Panels of Exhibition
Center Panels of Exhibition
Right Panels of Exhibition
Photocopy of front matter from The Good Earth, including“About the Author” (original typescript with editor’s markup notations)
[from original in RG1, Writings of Pearl S. Buck, Box 1]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photocopy of front matter from The Good Earth, including Proust excerpt (original typescript with editor’s markup notations)
[from original in RG1, Writings of Pearl S. Buck, Box 1]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker).
The Good Earth. 1st ed.
New York : John Day Co., c1931.
Courtesy Sarina Wyant
Spanish translation of
The Good Earth
(printed in Barcelona, date unknown)
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Spanish translation of
The Good Earth
(Santiago de Chile, 1942)
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Norwegian translation of
The Good Earth
(Oslo, 1932)
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Bengali translation of
The Good Earth
(printed in Pakistan, 1960)
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Publisher's advertisement for
The Good Earth
Price: $2.50
Courtesy John Day Company Archives.Princeton University
Selection of publisher's advertisements for
The Good Earth
Price: $2.50
Courtesy John Day Company Archives.Princeton University
Publisher's promotional material for Pearl S. Buck and The Good Earth
Courtesy John Day Company Archives.Princeton University
Photocopy of page one of letter from Pearl S. Buck to her brother Edgar Sydenstricker, May 10, [1931]
[from original in RG1, Papers of Pearl S. Buck, Box 1]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photocopy of page two of letter from Pearl S. Buck to her brother Edgar Sydenstricker, May 10, [1931]
[from original in RG1, Papers of Pearl S. Buck, Box 1]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photocopy of transcription of letter from Pearl S. Buck to her brother Edgar Sydenstricker, May 10, [1931]
[from original in RG1, Papers of Pearl S. Buck, Box 1]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
The Good Earth Desk
at The Pearl S. Buck House
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photograph of the
Nobel Prize Certificate, 1938
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photocopy of Nobel Lecture on Pearl S. Buck by Per Hallstrom (speech delivered at the Swedish Academy, Dec. 10, 1938 (typescript with handwritten corrections)
[in RG1, Correspondence of PSB, Box 1, 1938]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photograph of the
Pulitzer Prize Certificate
June 1, 1932
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photocopy of speech given by Richard J. Walsh at dinner given in honor of Pearl S. Buck’s Pulitzer Prize, Aug. 3, 1932
[from original in RG2, Papers of Richard J. Walsh]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photocopy of Menu from dinner given in honor of Pearl S. Buck’s Pulitzer Prize, Aug. 3, 1932
[from original in RG2, Papers of Richard J. Walsh]
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Publicity portrait of Pearl S. Buck, 1938
Photograph by Tommy Weber
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photograph of oil portrait of
Pearl S. Buck
by Freeman Elliott, 1964.
This portrait was later used on a
postage stamp commemorating
Pearl S. Buck.
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Photograph of Pearl S. Buck with Amerasian child adopted through her agency, Welcome House, 1964
Photograph by Robert L. Glessner
Courtesy Pearl S. Buck International
Chinese Brush Painting
Courtesy
Brenda Brouillette,
Artist
Chinese Brush Painting
Courtesy
Brenda Brouillette,
Artist
Chinese Brush Painting
Courtesy
Brenda Brouillette,
Artist
Sandalwood Fan
and
Cloisonne Eggs
Courtesy Mary Wu and Christine S. Fagan
Concentric Jade Spheres
Courtesy Christine S. Fagan
Painted Bottles -- hand painted on the inside
Courtesy Christine S. Fagan
Marble Plate
Courtesy Christine S. Fagan
Tri-color Horse (left)
Ching Dynasty Cup (right)
Courtesy Christine S. Fagan