Margaret Mitchell letters to Laura Dorough Dyar

Authors

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Files

Scope and Content

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 research materials related to the Dyar family including newspaper clippings and photographs related to the letters, dating from 1921 to 2017.

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Start Date

1921

End Date

2017

Keywords

Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell Letters, American authors, Laura Dorough Dyar, J. A. Dyar, Mother Dyar, Dyar letters, Royston, Georgia

Disciplines

History | Modern Literature

Extent

1 box (0.25 linear feet) and 1.83 GB of electronic files

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Ken Dyar and Rachel Rhodes-Dyar, 2020

Copyright

This work is archived and distributed under the repository's standard copyright and reuse license, available here. Under this license, end-users may copy, store, and distribute this work without restriction. For questions related to additional reuse of this work, please contact the copyright owner.

Recommended Citation

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections, "Margaret Mitchell letters to Laura Dorough Dyar" (2020). Finding Aids. 158.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids/158