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BUCK, PEARL S. Archive of approximately fifty letters signed to Alice Russell . Perkasie, Pennsylvania and Vermont: 1956-1972. Archive consisting of approximately ten autograph letters signed in ink "Pearl S. Buck" or "Pearl S. Walsh", the balance typed, all on Buck's personal stationery, many with manuscript postscripts. Sizes vary, most 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (27 x 18.5 cm). Folds, some handling creases, very well preserved overall; Together with one signed and three inscribed Buck titles from this time period, being A Bridge for Passing, Death in the Castle, The Time is Noon, and Of Men and Women. Jackets worn. A nearly twenty-year correspondence at the time Buck was expanding her Welcome House adoption program to include children from all around the world. Buck, who opened her adoption center "Welcome House" in 1949, worked tirelessly to aid children in need until her death in 1973. Of note within these letters are information regarding the agency's work but also other topics including uplifting anecdotes of disabled people such as a visit to a library at a home for the "hopelessly crippled" in the Bronx where Buck was surprised to encounter an old acquaintance. Another letter regards her mistrust of psychic mediums and a 1964 letter reports: "The Beatles have mystified us all and I sometimes wonder if young people are going mad, especially the girls. I am sure they are not but it seems so at times." Mostly focused on the business of the organization, including the race issues involved, this archive provides insight to the efforts of Buck to serve children. C