Students and Teachers in front of the Ruckman School near Mill Point, W.Va. Back row, left to right: Joe H. Lanty, James H. McCarty, - McCarty. Second row, l-r: Macie Gladwell, Ruth Ruckman, Robert Cutshel, Reta Gladwell, Leah Ruckman, Anna Hogsett,…
Film Producer Tad Danielewski, India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and Author Pearl S. Buck in India. Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, secular humanist, social democrat, and author who was a central figure in India during…
Pearl S. Buck at the village of Haitien, near Yenching University, Peking, China in 1934 at the home of Edgar and Helen Snow. Left to right: Helen Snow; Pearl Buck (with hat); H. J. Timberley, correspondent, Manchester Guardian, and his English…
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!!"
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…
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.
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…
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…