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Margaret Mitchell Letters To Laura Dorough Dyar, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Margaret Mitchell Letters To Laura Dorough Dyar, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
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This collection consists of a series of twenty-one letters to Laura Dorough “Mother” Dyar from Margaret Mitchell, Mitchell’s husband, John Marsh, and Mitchell’s secretary Margaret E. Baugh, dating anywhere from 1936 to 1950. Most are signed by “Peggy” Mitchell, a nickname that Margaret Mitchell went by beginning in the 1920s. One letter is handwritten and includes a handwritten envelope while the others are typed. The letters, mostly the exchange of two close friends, contain content related to Mitchell’s writing of Gone With the Wind as well as mentions of the movie. Also included in the collection are printed and electronic …