Nora Stirling papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, extensive newspaper reviews of Stirling's book Pearl Buck: A Woman in Conflict (1983) as well as reviews of her earlier plays. Also included are two book manuscripts and Stirling’s high school yearbook.
Dates
- 1918-1990, undated
Creator
- Stirling, Nora B. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Nora Stirling was born 12 July 1900. She graduated Washington Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1918. She subsequently resided in New York City and in Baldwin County, Georgia. She is best known for her biography Pearl Buck, A Woman in Conflict about Pulitzer and Nobel Prize recipient Pearl S. Buck. Stirling also authored articles, plays and books about shipwreck salvages, family, and smaller literary biographies. Additional biographical information about Nora Stirling has not been determined.
Extent
0.417 linear ft. (one document case)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1996
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2017.
- Title
- Nora Stirling papers
- Author
- Charles Busby
- Date
- June 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository