Gone with the Wind papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Gone with the Wind papers
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1967
Language(s): English
Extent: 9.6 Linear Feet 22 boxes
Collection Number: ms3518
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Biographical/Historical note

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) was the author of Gone With the Wind, a best-selling book, published in 1936. 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. In 1937 Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1939 the movie was released.

Scope and Content

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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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation note

Gone with the Wind papers, ms3518, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Foreign contracts, rights, publications
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1	1	Foreign contracts, 1936-1941
1	2	Foreign contracts, 1945-1947
1	3	Foreign contracts, 1948
1	4	Foreign contracts, 1953-1966
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11	15	Foreign publishers, 1938-1966
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21	1	Argentina, 1938-1940 June
21	2	Argentina, 1940 July-November
21	3	Argentina, 1941-1960
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6	1	Brazil, 1937-1940
6	2	Brazil, 1941-1951
6	3	Brazil, 1952-1953
6	4	Brazil, 1954-1960
6	5	Canada, 1944
6	6	Canada, 1945-1948
6	7	Chile, 1936-1938 January
6	8	Chile, 1938 February-1939
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1	5	Chile, 1940-1942
1	6	Chile, 1943-1944
1	7	Chile, 1945-1949
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6	9	Chile, 1949-1959
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1	8	Chile, 1936-1958
1	9	Cuba, 1938-1962
1	10	Czechoslovakia, 1937-1943
1	11	Czechoslovakia, 1945-1946
1	12	Czechoslovakia, 1947
1	13	Czechoslovakia, 1948-1950, 1959
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6	10	Czechoslovakia, 1949-1951
6	11	Czechoslovakia, 1952-1954
6	12	Czechoslovakia, 1955-1961
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1	14	Czechoslovakia-Slovakia, 1945-1949
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2	1	Denmark, 1936-1944
2	2	Denmark, 1945-1948
2	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
2	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
7	5	France, 1940-1944
7	6	France, 1945
7	7	France, 1946-1947
7	8	France, 1948
7	9	France, 1949-1952
7	10	Germany, 1945-1947
7	11	Germany, 1948-1949
7	12	Germany, 1950
7	13	Germany, 1951-1952 March
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21	4	Germany, 1936-1938
21	5	Germany, 1939-1945
21	6	Germany, 1952-1953
21	7	Germany, 1954-1955
21	8	Germany, 1956-1958
21	9	Germany, 1959-1962
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2	8	Holland, 1939-1945
2	9	Holland, 1946
2	10	Holland, 1948-1951
2	11	Holland, 1952-1953
2	12	Holland, 1954
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3	1	Holland, 1955-1956
3	2	Holland, 1957-1962
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8	1	Holland, 1937-1938
8	2	Holland, 1946-1947
8	3	Holland, 1948-1949 January
8	4	Holland- agreement, law suit, settlement, 1941-1949
8	5	Hungary, 1937-1946
8	6	Hungary, 1947-1954
8	7	Iceland, 1939-1944
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3	3	India, 1947-1959
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8	8	Italy, 1937-1944
8	9	Italy, 1945
8	10	Italy, 1946-1947
8	11	Italy, 1948-1949
8	12	Italy, 1950-1952
8	13	Italy, 1953-1957
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3	4	Japan, 1952-1959
3	5	Japan, 1960-1962
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9	1	Japan, 1938-1946
9	2	Japan, 1947-1948
9	3	Japan, 1949
9	4	Japan, 1950
9	5	Japan, 1951-1952 March
9	6	Japan, 1952 April-1952 December
9	7	Japan, 1953-1967
9	8	Japanese newspaper clippings, 1949-1966
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21	10	Japan, 1953-1954
21	11	Japan, 1955-1958
21	12	Japan, 1959-1961
21	13	Japan, 1962-1964
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9	9	Korea, 1952-1961
9	10	Latvia, 1938-1964
9	11	Lichtenstein, 1945
9	11	Lichtenstein, 1945
9	12	Lithuania, 1945
9	13	Mexico, 1940-1961
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3	6	Norway, 1936-1960
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9	14	Palestine, 1938-1950
9	15	Palestine, 1951-1956
9	16	Palestine, 1958-1962
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3	7	Poland, 1937-1946
3	8	Poland, 1947
3	9	Poland, 1948-1956
3	10	Poland, 1957-1967
3	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
4	2	Spain, 1945-1946
4	3	Spain, 1947
4	4	Spain, 1948
4	5	Spain, 1949
4	6	Spain, 1950
4	7	Spain, 1951-1952
4	8	Spain, 1953
4	9	Spain, 1954-1957
4	10	Spain, 1958
4	11	Spain, 1959
4	12	Spain, 1960-1961
4	13	Spain, 1962-1965
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10	3	Spain, 1941-1942
10	4	Spain, 1943-1944
10	5	Spain, 1945 January-August
10	6	Spain, 1945 September-1965
10	7	Spain- power of attorney, 1946, 1959
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5	1	Sweden, 1936-1939
5	2	Sweden, 1940-1942
5	3	Sweden, 1943-1944
5	4	Sweden, 1945
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10	8	Sweden, 1945-1947
10	9	Sweden, 1948-1950
10	10	Sweden, 1951-1952
10	11	Sweden, 1953-1960
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11	1	Switzerland, 1943-1955
11	2	Turkey, 1942-1959
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5	5	Ukraine, 1940-1946
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11	3	Uruguay, 1940-1941
11	4	Vietnam (Indo-China), 1950-1951 October
11	5	Vietnam (Indo-China), 1951 November-1952
11	6	Vietnam (Indo-China), 1953-1961
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5	6	Yugoslavia, 1945
5	7	Yugoslavia, 1946
5	8	Yugoslavia, 1947-1948
5	9	Yugoslavia, 1949-1951
5	10	Yugoslavia, 1952
5	11	Yugoslavia, 1953
5	12	Yugoslavia, 1954
5	13	Yugoslavia, 1955-1958
5	14	Yugoslavia, 1959-1962

 

2. Rights and Permissions
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12	2	Dramatic musicals, operas, operettas A-D
12	3	Dramatic musicals, operas, operettas E-P
12	4	Dramatic musicals, operas, operettas R-W
12	5	Dramatic readings and recitations A-Mc
12	6	Dramatic readings and recitations Me-W
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20	4	Dramatic rights- spoken drama A-C
20	5	Dramatic rights- spoken drama D-G
20	6	Dramatic rights- spoken drama H-K
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12	7	Dramatic rights- spoken drama L-M
12	8	Dramatic rights- spoken drama N-R
12	9	Dramatic rights- spoken drama S
12	10	Dramatic rights- spoken drama T-Z
12	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
13	2	Permissions- condensations A-K
13	3	Permissions- condensations M-Z
13	4	Permissions- MacMillan, 1960-1962
13	5	Permissions- MacMillan, 1963-1967
13	6	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles A-Ca
13	7	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles Ch-G
13	8	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles H-K
13	9	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles L-R
13	10	Permissions- (non-commercial) poems, books, magazine articles S-W
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14	1	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations A-D
14	2	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations E-J
14	3	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations K-R
14	4	Permissions- (non-commercial) quotations S-W
14	5	Permissions- Sequels A-C
14	6	Permissions- Sequels D-G
14	7	Permissions- Sequels H-L
14	8	Permissions- Sequels M-O
14	9	Permissions- Sequels P
14	10	Permissions- Sequels S-V
14	11	Permissions- Sequels W-Y
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15	1	Permissions- serial rights A-F
15	2	Permissions- serial rights G-U
15	7	Radio- A
15	8	Radio- B
15	9	Radio- C-E
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16	1	Radio- F-G
16	2	Radio- H
16	3	Radio- I-L
16	4	Radio- M-O
16	5	Radio- P-S
16	6	Radio- T-W
16	7	Television- Utrafox , 1942-1950
16	8	Television- Utrafox , 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

6. Gone with the Wind reviews, readings, illustrations
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11	7	Bradbury Foote recapitulation- Sidney Howard script vs Bradbury Foote script
11	8	Edwin Granberry review of Gone with the Wind, 1936
11	9	Mansfield Grange readings from Gone with the Wind, 1939
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20	2	Mathiesen, Axel (Denmark), 1937-1946

 

7. Miscellaneous Writing

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Dope on writing, 1945-1955

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