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61 Title:   John Donald Wade papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Wade, John Donald, 1892-1963  
  Dates:   1946-1950  
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The collection consists of the papers of John Donald Wade during the years 1946-1950. The major part of the collection is correspondence - letters from Wade soliciting manuscripts for the Georgia review, response letters from authors (including Flannery O'Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Sinclair Lewis, and others), letters relating to Wade's horticultural interests, and some personal letters. Also included are clippings, printed material, writings by Wade, and thesis research by Anne Wade Rittenberry.
 
  Identifier:   ms2945  
  Repository:   University of Georgia Archives  
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62 Title:   Gone with the Wind literary estate papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hargrett Library  
  Dates:   1910-1988  
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The collection consists of the literary estate papers from two filing cabinets of the offices of the Gone with the Wind Literary Rights, arranged and labeled as they were. One cabinet contained papers dealing with the foreign translations of the book, a Japanese musical production of Gone with the wind, plagiarism accusations from Susan Lawrence Davis, David Selznick musical rights, local museums and Margaret Mitchell namesakes, and fan mail. The 2nd cabinet dealt mainly with a Stephens Mitchell lawsuit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over sequel rights and includes court documents and correspondence. There are also papers relating to his lawsuit against Showcase Atlanta for a stage production titled "Scarlett Fever." Also included are printed material, phonograph records, videotapes, and cassette tapes. Of special interest are letters from Gone With the Wind movie actors, post-World War II letters from translators of Gone With the Wind in France and Czechoslovakia, a journal of Wilbur Kurtz written while he was advisor for the filming of the movie, and gossipy letters to Margaret Mitchell from his wife Annie Laurie Kurtz as she watched the filming.
 
  Identifier:   ms3366  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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63 Title:   George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   University of Pennsylvania  
  Dates:   1735-1916  
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The collection consists of miscellaneous documents, receipts, accounts, legal papers, and other materials related to the De Renne family, especially Noble Jones and George Wymberley Jones. Selections from this collection include: Land grant to Noble Jones, 9 December 1756, issued by Governor John Reynolds; Inventory and appraisal of property of Noble W. Jones, Jefferson County, 1819; Indenture, Noble W. Jones - George [Wymberley] Jones, 20 July 1796; and, Diploma, Doctorem in Arte Medica, University of Pennsylvania to G. Wymberley Jones, 8 April 1848.
 
  Identifier:   ms1064a  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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64 Title:   Lollie Belle Wylie family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Wylie, Lollie Belle  
  Dates:   1723-1986  
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The collection consists of genealogy, correspondence, writings, financial papers, printed material, photographs, scrapbooks and sheet music. Most of the correspondence is to Lollie Belle Wylie from other writers, including some famous authors such as Samuel L. Clemens, Richard Harding Davis, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Joel Chandler Harris, Joaquin Miller, and Jack London. There are numerous letters from Orth H. Stein and Henry Wellington Wack. Also included are many letters from Lollie Belle to her daughter Hart. There are several letters of Howell Cobb and T.R.R. Cobb to or about Samuel P. Thurmond. The writings are mainly by Lollie Belle Wylie and include a detailed memoir of her life in the city of Atlanta. The financial papers are primarily promissory notes and receipts of the Ellis family. Some of the sheet music in the collection was composed by Lollie Belle Wylie.
 
  Identifier:   ms3408  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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65 Title:   Joseph Mackey Brown papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922  
  Dates:   1843-1926  
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The collection consists of personal and business correspondence, legal papers, writings, letterbooks, and other miscellaneous items. The bulk of this material deals with family lawsuits concerning the estates of Joseph E. Brown (father of Joseph M.) and Julius L. Brown (brother of Joseph M.). Box 1 includes letters written by Joseph M. Brown (1909-1926, mainly drafts and typescripts) Theodore Roosevelt, Hoke Smith,S. V. Sanfor, and Thomas Watson. Also in this box are a few of Brown's writings on military history of the Civil War, as well as his views on labor unions. Box 2 consists of legal documents and correspondence to and from other people, including other Brown family members. Boxes 3 and 4 contain letterbooks of Julius L. Brown and cover the periods 1894-1895 and 1908-1910.
 
  Identifier:   ms27a  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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