 Frank M. Skinner collection
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteThe 1939 movie adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, Gone With the Wind was produced by David O. Selznick, featured such well-known actors as Clark Gable (Rhett Butler), Olivia de Havilland (Melanie Wilkes), and Leslie Howard (Ashley Wilkes), and made a star of actress Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara). For more information see the article Gone With the Wind in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Judy Garland (1922-1969) was an American movie star and singer. She was born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank Avent Gumm and Ethel Marian Milne, who were vaudevillians. The turning point in Garland's career was The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which she was permanently associated with the character of Dorothy and with the song "Over the Rainbow." -- "Judy Garland" from American National Biography Online, http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9036088 (Accessed September 18, 2009) Sammy Davis, Jr. was an American singer, dancer, and entertainer.--Encyclopaedia Britannica. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was an American motion picture actress. -- "Dame Elizabeth Taylor" from Encyclopaedia Britannica, http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9071463 (Accessed September 18, 2009) "[John F. Kennedy was a] Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts and 35th President of the United States; born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917; attended the public and private schools of Brookline, Mass., Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., the London School of Economics at London, England, and Princeton University; graduated from Harvard University in 1940; attended Stanford University School of Business; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy 1941-1945; PT boat commander in the South Pacific; author and newspaper correspondent; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1953); did not seek renomination in 1952; elected to the United States Senate in 1952; reelected in 1958 and served from January 3, 1953 to December 22, 1960, when he resigned to become President of the United States; chairman, Special Committee on the Senate Reception Room (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessfully sought the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1956; elected thirty-fifth President of the United States in 1960, and was inaugurated on January 20, 1961; died in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, from the effects of an assassin's bullet; remains returned to Washington, D.C.; lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, November 24-25, 1963; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 6, 1993."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) was a British actress who achieved motion picture immortality by playing two of American literature's most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois. -- "Vivien Leigh" from Encyclopaedia Britannica, http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9047679 (Accessed September 18, 2009) Scope and ContentThis collection consists of photographs, mostly of the movie Gone With the Wind, but also of famous people, including Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Jr., Fidel Castro and Elizabeth Taylor; movies; television shows; famous places; and photographs of John F. Kennedy and his family. Other material in the collection includes a Gone With the Wind movie script, Vivien Leigh paper doll book, and magazine clippings. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationFrank M. Skinner collection, ms2842, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Immediate Source of AcquisitionThe Frank M. Skinner Collection was acquired by the University of Georgia's Hargrett Library on March 26, 1993. A large part of the collection was labelled and color-coded by Frank Skinner. Finding Aid PublicationFinding aid prepared on: 2010 January 28. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject Terms | ||||||||||||||||||