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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Gone With the Wind collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS724
Scope and Content This collection contains ephemera and memorabilia pertaining to the novel Gone With the Wind and it's film adaptation. Documents primarily include articles, newspapers and clippings, scrapbooks, and paper dolls. These materials documents the life of Margaret Mitchell Marsh, the publication of the book, the Atlanta premier of the movie, and the legacies of all three. Also included is a partial run of the German serialization of the novel that ran in...
Dates: 1921-2002, undated

William B. Hartsfield films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates: approximately 1939-1960

William J. Folsom Gone With the Wind Premiere Film

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS190
Scope and Content The collection, in its original format, is a single reel of 16mm black and white acetate film shot by William J. Folsom during the premiere events for Gone With the Wind. The majority of the film was shot at a ball hosted by the Atlanta Junior League at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in downtown Atlanta. There are many close-up shots of principal actors from the film including Olivia De Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Ona Munson, and Laura Hope...
Dates: 1939