Marsh, John (husband of Margaret Mitchell) : Typed manuscript and letter to George B. Dolliver. Atlanta, GA., Jan. 5, 1937
Item — Box: 9, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
The letter describes the genesis of "Gone With the Wind"; "Scarlett O'Hara and all of the other characters in the book are purely fictional"; Mitchell is pleasantly surprised by the reception of the book in the North. The manuscript (unsigned) tells the story of the discovery and the writing of the book. Rudin # B-74
Dates
- Jan. 5, 1937
Creator
- From the Collection: Rudin, Stephen (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. (Person)
- From the Collection: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. (Person)
- From the Collection: Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. (Person)
- From the Collection: Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. (Person)
- From the Collection: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910. (Person)
- From the Collection: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. (Person)
- From the Collection: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. (Person)
- From the Collection: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. (Person)
- From the Collection: Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. (Person)
- From the Collection: Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. (Person)
- From the Collection: Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. (Person)
- From the Collection: Grey, Zane, 1872-1939. (Person)
- From the Collection: Haley, Alex. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. (Person)
- From the Collection: London, Jack, 1876-1916. (Person)
- From the Collection: Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. (Person)
- From the Collection: Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. (Person)
- From the Collection: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949. (Person)
- From the Collection: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. (Person)
- From the Collection: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. (Person)
- From the Collection: Serling, Rod, 1924-1975. (Person)
- From the Collection: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. (Person)
- From the Collection: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. (Person)
- From the Collection: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. (Person)
- From the Collection: Vonnegut, Kurt. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. (Person)
- From the Collection: White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
3.2 cubic feet. (3.2 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu