Gone with the Wind papers

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Hargrett Manuscripts
Title:	Gone with the Wind papers
Dates:	1936-1967
Quantity:	9.6 Linear feet (22 boxes)
Coll. Number:	ms3518

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Biographical/Historical Note

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) was the author of Gone With the Wind, one of the best-selling books of all time. The novel was published in 1936, and it sold more than a million copies in the first six months. Copyright soon became an issue as demands for foreign translations, plays, musicals, and sequels began. Shortly after the book's publication, the movie rights were sold to David Selznick for $50,000, the highest amount ever paid for a manuscript at the time. In 1937 Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1939 the movie was released.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of correspondence, lawsuits, publications, reviews, and other writings related to Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind. Most of the material focuses on copyright issues in other countries, along with a few in the United States. There are also several requests and correspondences with publishers seeking permission to print short biographies of Margaret Mitchell and reviews of her novel.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged in seven series. I: Foreign contracts/rights/publications; II: Rights and Permissions; III: Movie Agency; IV: Publishers; V: MacMillan Publishing Company; VI: Gone with the Wind reviews/readings/illustrations; VII: Miscellaneous Writing. Restricted material also listed.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation note

Gone with the Wind papers, MS 3518. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Foreign contracts/rights/publications
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1	1	Foreign contracts, 1936-1941
	2	Foreign contracts, 1945-1947
	3	Foreign contracts, 1948
	4	Foreign contracts, 1953-1966
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11	15	Foreign publishers, 1938-1966
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21	1	Argentina, 1938-June 1940
	2	Argentina, July-November 1940
	3	Argentina, 1941-1960
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6	1	Brazil, 1937-1940
	2	Brazil, 1941-1951
	3	Brazil, 1952-1953
	4	Brazil, 1954-1960
	5	Canada, 1944
	6	Canada, 1945-1948
	7	Chile, 1936-January 1938
	8	Chile, February 1938-1939
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1	5	Chile, 1940-1942
	6	Chile, 1943-1944
	7	Chile, 1945-1949
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6	9	Chile, 1949-1959
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1	8	Chile, 1936-1958
	9	Cuba, 1938-1962
	10	Czechoslovakia, 1937-1943
	11	Czechoslovakia, 1945-1946
	12	Czechoslovakia, 1947
	13	Czechoslovakia, 1948-1950, 1959
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6	10	Czechoslovakia, 1949-1951
	11	Czechoslovakia, 1952-1954
	12	Czechoslovakia, 1955-1961
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1	14	Czechoslovakia-Slovakia, 1945-1949
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2	1	Denmark, 1936-1944
	2	Denmark, 1945-1948
	3	Denmark, 1949-1958
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20	1	Hasselbach, Steen (Denmark), 1937-1940
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7	1	East Pakistan, 1959-1960
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2	4	Estonia, 1940-1945
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7	2	Egypt, 1940-1956
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2	5	Finland, 1937-1957
	6	France, 1945-1956
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7	3	France, 1936-1938
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2	7	France, 1957-1962
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7	4	France, 1939
	5	France, 1940-1944
	6	France, 1945
	7	France, 1946-1947
	8	France, 1948
	9	France, 1949-1952
	10	Germany, 1945-1947
	11	Germany, 1948-1949
	12	Germany, 1950
	13	Germany, 1951-March 1952
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21	4	Germany, 1936-1938
	5	Germany, 1939-1945
	6	Germany, 1952-1953
	7	Germany, 1954-1955
	8	Germany, 1956-1958
	9	Germany, 1959-1962
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2	8	Holland, 1939-1945
	9	Holland, 1946
	10	Holland, 1948-1951
	11	Holland, 1952-1953
	12	Holland, 1954
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3	1	Holland, 1955-1956
	2	Holland, 1957-1962
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8	1	Holland, 1937-1938
	2	Holland, 1946-1947
	3	Holland, 1948-January 1949
	4	Holland- agreement, law suit, settlement, 1941-1949
	5	Hungary, 1937-1946
	6	Hungary, 1947-1954
	7	Iceland, 1939-1944
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3	3	India, 1947-1959
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8	8	Italy, 1937-1944
	9	Italy, 1945
	10	Italy, 1946-1947
	11	Italy, 1948-1949
	12	Italy, 1950-1952
	13	Italy, 1953-1957
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3	4	Japan, 1952-1959
	5	Japan, 1960-1962
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9	1	Japan, 1938-1946
	2	Japan, 1947-1948
	3	Japan, 1949
	4	Japan, 1950
	5	Japan, 1951-March 1952
	6	Japan, Aoril 1952-December 1952
	7	Japan, 1953-1967
	8	Japanese newspaper clippings, 1949-1966
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21	10	Japan, 1953-1954
	11	Japan, 1955-1958
	12	Japan, 1959-1961
	13	Japan, 1962-1964
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9	9	Korea, 1952-1961
	10	Latvia, 1938-1964
	11	Lichtenstein, 1945
	11	Lichtenstein, 1945
	12	Lithuania, 1945
	13	Mexico, 1940-1961
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3	6	Norway, 1936-1960
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9	14	Palestine, 1938-1950
	15	Palestine, 1951-1956
	16	Palestine, 1958-1962
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3	7	Poland, 1937-1946
	8	Poland, 1947
	9	Poland, 1948-1956
	10	Poland, 1957-1967
	11	Poland- payments to Fuksiewicz through PEKAO, 1956-1965
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10	1	Poland, 1954-1958
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3	12	Puerto Rico, 1953
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10	2	Romania, 1938-1949, 1964
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4	1	Siam (Thailand), 1939-1957
	2	Spain, 1945-1946
	3	Spain, 1947
	4	Spain, 1948
	5	Spain, 1949
	6	Spain, 1950
	7	Spain, 1951-1952
	8	Spain, 1953
	9	Spain, 1954-1957
	10	Spain, 1958
	11	Spain, 1959
	12	Spain, 1960-1961
	13	Spain, 1962-1965
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10	3	Spain, 1941-1942
	4	Spain, 1943-1944
	5	Spain, January-August 1945
	6	Spain, September 1945-1965
	7	Spain- power of attorney, 1946, 1959, no date
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5	1	Sweden, 1936-1939
	2	Sweden, 1940-1942
	3	Sweden, 1943-1944
	4	Sweden, 1945
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10	8	Sweden, 1945-1947
	9	Sweden, 1948-1950
	10	Sweden, 1951-1952
	11	Sweden, 1953-1960
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11	1	Switzerland, 1943-1955
	2	Turkey, 1942-1959
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5	5	Ukraine, 1940-1946
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11	3	Uruguay, 1940-1941
	4	Vietnam (Indo-China), 1950-October 1951
	5	Vietnam (Indo-China), November 1951-1952
	6	Vietnam (Indo-China), 1953-1961
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5	6	Yugoslavia, 1945
	7	Yugoslavia, 1946
	8	Yugoslavia, 1947-1948
	9	Yugoslavia, 1949-1951
	10	Yugoslavia, 1952
	11	Yugoslavia, 1953
	12	Yugoslavia, 1954
	13	Yugoslavia, 1955-1958
	14	Yugoslavia, 1959-1962

 

Rights and Permissions
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12	2	Dramatic musicals, operas, operettas A-D
	3	Dramatic musicals, operas, operettas E-P
	4	Dramatic musicals, operas, operettas R-W
	5	Dramatic readings and recitations A-Mc
	6	Dramatic readings and recitations Me-W
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20	4	Dramatic rights- spoken drama A-C
	5	Dramatic rights- spoken drama D-G
	6	Dramatic rights- spoken drama H-K
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12	7	Dramatic rights- spoken drama L-M
	8	Dramatic rights- spoken drama N-R
	9	Dramatic rights- spoken drama S
	10	Dramatic rights- spoken drama T-Z
	1	Info and rumors on musicals
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11	13	Michael Todd- drama, 1940-1941
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13	1	Permissions- comic strips and picture editions, 1941-1964
	2	Permissions- condensations A-K
	3	Permissions- condensations M-Z
	4	Permissions- MacMillan, 1960-1962
	5	Permissions- MacMillan, 1963-1967
	6	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles, etc. A-Ca
	7	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles, etc. Ch-G
	8	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles, etc. H-K
	9	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles, etc. L-R
	10	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles, etc. S-W
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14	1	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations from Gone with the Wind A-D
	2	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations from Gone with the Wind E-J
	3	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations from Gone with the Wind K-R
	4	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations from Gone with the Wind S-W
	5	Permissions- Sequels A-C
	6	Permissions- Sequels D-G
	7	Permissions- Sequels H-L
	8	Permissions- Sequels M-O
	9	Permissions- Sequels P
	10	Permissions- Sequels S-V
	11	Permissions- Sequels W-Y
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15	1	Permissions- serial rights A-F
	2	Permissions- serial rights G-U
	7	Radio- A
	8	Radio- B
	9	Radio- C-E
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16	1	Radio- F-G
	2	Radio- H
	3	Radio- I-L
	4	Radio- M-O
	5	Radio- P-S
	6	Radio- T-W
	7	Television- Utrafox, etc., 1942-1950
	8	Television- Utrafox, etc., 1952-1963
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20	3	"Lil Abner"- copyright infringement, 1940-1946, 1960
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5	15	Saunders, Marion, 1938-1939, 1948

 

Movie Agency
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17	1	George P. Brett, Jr.- movie agency, July-October 1936
	2	George P. Brett, Jr., April 1936-February 1937
	3	George P. Brett, Jr., March-December 1937
	4	George P. Brett, Jr., 1938
	5	George P. Brett, Jr., 1939
	6	George P. Brett, Jr., 1940-1943
	7	George P. Brett, Jr., 1944-1945
	8	George P. Brett, Jr., 1946
	9	George P. Brett, Jr., 1947
	10	George Brett, Jr., 1948-August 16, 1949
	11	George Brett, Jr., August 19, 1949-1952
	12	George Brett, Jr., 1953-1955
	13	George Brett, Jr., 1956-1961
	14	Bruce Y. Brett, December 1958-1965
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22	10	Correspondence- Mitchell/Brett, May 1937

 

Publishers
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15	3	Publishers (book) A-B
	4	Publishers (book) C-D
	5	Publishers (book) E-Ha
	6	Publishers (book) Ho-J
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20	7	Publishers (book) K-M
	8	Publishers (book) N-P
	9	Publishers (book) Q-S
	10	Publishers (book) T-W
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11	10	David Grunbaum- Bookman Literary Agency, Denmark, 1944-1947
	11	David Grunbaum- Bookman Literary Agency, Denmark, 1948-1949
	12	David Grunbaum- Bookman Literary Agency, Denmark, 1950-1959

 

MacMillan Publishing Company
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18	1	Harold S. Latham, 1935-1936
	2	Harold S. Latham, 1937
	3	Harold S. Latham, February-November 1938
	4	Harold S. Latham, December 1938-1939
	5	Harold S. Latham, 1940
	6	Harold S. Latham, 1941
	7	Harold S. Latham, 1942
	8	Harold S. Latham, 1943
	9	Harold S. Latham, 1944-1945
	10	Harold S. Latham, 1946-1948
	11	Harold S. Latham, 1949-1950
	12	Harold S. Latham, 1951-1957
	13	Harold S. Latham, 1958-1966
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19	1	MacMillan Company- miscellaneous permissions, etc., 1936-1951
	2	MacMillan Company- miscellaneous permissions, etc., 1952-1959
	3	Blanton, Alec J. (MacMillan Company), 1936-1938
	4	Doerflinger, William M. (MacMillan Company), 1936-1937
	5	Flagg, Francis J. (MacMillan Company), 1936-1939
	6	Grinnell, Leslie (MacMillan Company), 1940-1945
	7	Henrich, Eileen (MacMillan Company), 1945-1950
	8	Hutchinson, Rosa E. (MacMillan Company), 1936-1941
	9	King, Katherine (MacMillan Company), 1936-1959
	10	Myers, John Norris (MacMillan Company), 1936
	11	Patterson, Virginia H. (MacMillan Company), 1948-1964
	12	Phillips, Jack (MacMillan Company), 1936-1937
	13	Prink, Susan S. (MacMillan Company), 1936-1937
	14	Putnam, James (MacMillan Company), 1936-1937
	15	Stone, June E. (MacMillan Company), 1943-1946
	16	Thompson, Barbette (MacMillan Company), 1937
	17	Thompson, Mary S. (MacMillan Company), 1945
	18	Walsh, Cynthia S. (MacMillan Company), 1945-1947
	19	Woodword, Norma (MacMillan Company), 1938-1939
	20	MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1936-1937
	21	MacMillan and Company, Limited- London, 1937-1957
	22	MacMillan- corrections in book, 1936
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22	1	Correspondence- Latham/Mitchell, July 1935
	2	Correspondence- Latham/Mitchell, July 22, 1935
	3	Correspondence- Latham/Mitchell, October/November 1935
	5	Correspondence- MacMillan/Mitchell, March 11, 1936
	6	Correspondence- Latham/Mitchell, June 1936
	7	Correspondence- Latham/Mitchell, June 30, 1936
	8	Correspondence- Mitchell & Marsh/MacMillan, August 5, 1936
	9	Correspondence- Latham/Mitchell, July-August 1936
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16	9	MacMillan-George P. Brett (except letters affecting contracts), 1937-1938

 

Gone with the Wind reviews/readings/illustrations

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Bradbury Foote recapitulation- Sidney Howard script vs Bradbury Foote script

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Edwin Granberry review of Gone with the Wind, 1936

9

Mansfield Grange readings from Gone with the Wind, 1939

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Mathiesen, Axel (Denmark), 1937-1946

 

Miscellaneous Writing

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Dope on writing, 1945-1955

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4

Writings- Atlanta facts