Madge Sills Hamlin Collection, 1921-1984.

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Madge Sills Hamlin Collection, 1921-1984.

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This collection consists of the notes and letters written by Sills Hamlin about her travels, newspaper articles both collected by her and reprinting her journal entries, travel brochures and pamphlets, business cards, photographs of the workings of the Hamlin school and of Sills Hamlin's time abroad, personal financial statements, resumes and letters of recommendation, an oversized photo-album of Sills Hamlin's travels and documents pertaining to the Hamlin school including correspondence and educational and promotional material.

1.33 linear feet.

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7803888

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Hamlin, Paul M. (Paul Mahlon), 1896-

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Hamlin, Madge Sills, 1897-1988.

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Madge Sills Hamlin was the daughter of James Everett Sills and Fannie Montgomery Smith Sills, both originally from Brunswick County, Virginia. Sills Hamlin was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1897 and attended Greensboro College in North Carolina. After graduating college, Sills Hamlin traveled throughout Europe and Asia for a three year "trip around the world", most notably living and teaching in Japan for over a year. During her travels, she took great interest in the people, history and fol...

Hamlin School (Fair Lawn, N.J.)

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....