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  • Collection: Pearl S. Buck Collection

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Wedding Portrait of John Lossing Buck and Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker. This snapshot was sent to Lossing's parents in Pleasant Valley, NY. On it Pearl, who had never met them, wrote "We look pleased, and we are!!"

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Pearl S. Buck seated at her desk in her home at the University of Nanjing shortly before leaving China.

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Portrait of Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker (b. 1892) and Brother Edgar "Edwin" Sydenstricker (b. 1881) in China.

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Malvina Anne Stulting holding baby Norris Stulting, son of Claude Stulting, in the yard at the Stulting House in Academy/Hillsboro, W.Va.

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Absalom Sydenstricker family at large unknown gathering, possibly missionaries, in China. Family circled on the right. Absalom Sydenstricker, near center; Pearl, front row white dress; Edgar, sitting to Pearl's right; Carie Sydenstricker, far right…

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Cornelius Stulting, Norris Stulting (Claude's son), and Malvina Anne "Doyle" Stulting sitting on the front porch steps of the Stulting House at Academy/Hillsboro, W.Va.

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The second Oak Grove Church was built in Academy (Hillsboro) by Nicholas Stulting, brother of Hermanus Stulting. The wooden building was built on a lot in the town given by Sherman H. Clark. The church was replace by a the present brick building in…

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The Stulting House in Hillsboro, W.Va. with a car at right and a woman in a white dress standing at right near the house. Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck

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Tombstone in Shanghai, China (no longer exists) marks the graves of three children born to Absalom and Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker. Maud F. (b. 1894, d. 1894). Arthur A. (b. 1888, d. 1890) and Edith L. (b. 1886, d. 1890) died with a month of each…

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Portrait of Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker (Buck) and her younger brother, Clyde. Clyde was born in 1893 and died in 1899.

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Portrait of the Rev. Absalom Sydenstricker Family in China. Left to right: Absalom Sydenstricker, Edgar, Pearl, Baby Grace, Caroline Maude Stulting Sydenstricker.

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Stulting Family Members standing in front of the Stulting House in Academy (Hillsboro), W.Va. Left to right: Hermanus Stulting; Claude Stulting, son of Cornelius; Eva Stulting; Edgar Sydenstricker, son of Absalom; Grace Stulting; Mamie Stulting;…

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South Side of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia as Renovation is Completed

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Architects at the Entrance to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace as Renovation Begins in Hillsboro, West Virginia

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Back of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace During Renovation after addition had been removed.

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Back of the Stulting House, birthplace of Pearl S. Buck, prior to Renovation
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