Pearl S. Buck, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author and humanitarian, signing books at the “Quality of Life” Seminar in Hillsboro, W.Va. Seated to her left is moderator Harry M. Brawley, Executive Secretary of the West Virginia Educational Broadcast Authority in Charleston. The Second Annual Seminar was held in the Hillsboro High School auditorium on July 8, 1971 and was part of Mrs. Buck’s tour of West Virginia to promote the restoration of her birthplace in Hillsboro. The photograph was taken by Miller Studio of Covington, Virginia. (Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Collection; ID: PSB000327)
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