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  Tour Southern History at the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
When Margaret Mitchell and her husband, John Marsh, moved into the house in 1925, the building was known as the Crescent Apartments.
The exhibition features Margaret Mitchell’s quotes and original correspondence dating from 1938-9 revealing her keen desire that her book be accurately portrayed on the silver screen.
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum Gift Shop boasts a wide variety of collectors items and one of a kind treasures including GWTW-inspired figurines from the San Francisco Music Box Company and Polonaise holiday ornaments of Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley and other legendary characters.
www.gwtw.org /tour.html   (823 words)

  
  Margaret Mitchell article - Margaret Mitchell November 1900 August 16 1949 author novel Gone With Wind published - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8 1900 - August 16 1949) was the author of the immensely successful novel Gone With the Wind, which was published June 30th 1936.
The house where she lived while writing her manuscript is known today as "The Margaret Mitchell House".
A prestigious newspaper writer as well as an author, Mitchell was struck by a speeding off-duty taxi driver as she crossed Peachtree Street with husband John Marsh in August 1949.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Margaret_Mitchell   (279 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)
Margaret Mitchell was the author of Gone With the Wind, one of the most popular books of all time.
Mitchell completed her freshman year at Smith, then returned to Atlanta to take her place as mistress of the household and to enter the upcoming debutante season.
Mitchell died on August 16, 1949, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2566&pid=s-71   (1753 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell  Gone with the Wind
Margaret was a writer from the time she could hold a pencil and a storyteller almost as soon as she could talk.
Margaret's love of Atlanta, her interest in the happenings in town, and her desire to be a writer brought her to Angus Perkerson's office in December of 1922.
Margaret and John moved to a larger apartment that year and she found storage space for the novel she felt "would probably never be worth seeing." Margaret wasn't sure whether or not her book had merit or if it would be worth publishing.
www.literarytraveler.com /mitchell/margaretmitchell.htm   (2533 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell House
The author of the best-selling novel of all time, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, was born Nov. 8, 1900 in Atlanta to a family with ancestry not unlike the O'Haras of Gone With the Wind.
Chastened, Margaret Mitchell returned to school, eventually entering Smith College in the fall of 1918, not long after the United States entered World War I. Her fiancee, Clifford Henry, was killed in action in France.
Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her sweeping novel in May 1937.
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 Margaret Mitchell House-Arson Fire?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Margaret Mitchell house is actually a house which was divided into apartments many years ago.
Margaret Mitchell and her husband lived in one of the apartments.
The house on McMillian St had a very overgrown yard, which gave the appearance of a vacant or abandoned house.
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 Crescent Apartments--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, lived in the ground floor Apartment Number 1 from 1925 to 1932 with her husband John Marsh.
Mitchell, a former Atlanta Journal reporter, wrote the bulk of her epic novel here between 1926 and 1930, while working at a manual typewriter on a small table in the living-room alcove overlooking Crescent Avenue.
Mitchell characterized her apartment on Crescent Avenue as "The Dump" and as its condition worsened, the house became known by this moniker.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/atlanta/cre.htm   (320 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell house, Atlanta, Georgia
The Margaret Mitchell House and Gone With the Wind Museum offer a look into the life of the renowned author and a chance to revisit Atlanta in 1939 for the three-day gala that surrounded the premier of the movie made from the book Mitchell wrote.
Mitchell and her husband were on their way to see "Canterbury Tales" after stopping for a drink at the Atlanta Women's Club.
Margaret Mitchell's story is a deeply saddening affair, and our docent did not try to gloss over any of the sordid details.
ngeorgia.com /site/mitchellhouse.html   (583 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell House And Museum
In the other room are styles of the architecture around of the house when she lived at the house.
Margaret Mitchell was a women dedicated to do charity work and to her job as a reporter and writer.
Margaret started her career as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal Magazine in 1922 under the name Peggy Mitchell.
web.li.gatech.edu /~rdrury/400/writing/a_f1_2/margaret/frontpage.htm   (832 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell House and Museum (Birthplace of Gone With the Wind) | Museum/Attraction Review | Atlanta | ...
According to a friend of Mitchell's, she disliked living there (finances left few alternatives) and would probably be offended by the notion of its restoration.
The tour of the house includes a visit to the Mitchell-Marsh apartment, which is furnished much as it was during their stay there.
Mitchell wrote much of her novel in the front room, seated at a typewriter and desk below the beveled glass windows in the small corner alcove.
www.frommers.com /destinations/atlanta/A21860.html   (588 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell
The disastrous marriage was climaxed by spousal rape and was annulled 1924.
Mitchell did not take any part in the motion picture adaptation but attended the premiere in Atlanta, overcoming her shyness.
Mitchell died in Atlanta on August 16, 1949 - she was accidentally struck by a speeding car while crossing Peachtree Street.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /mmitchel.htm   (1349 words)

  
 List of famous American houses - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Elephant House: the house of Edward Gorey, artist, writer, illustrator, playwright, and puppeteer
Hull House: Jane Addams' settlement house for immigrants and the poor in Chicago, Illinois
The Margaret Mitchell House: the house that Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind in
open-encyclopedia.com /List_of_famous_American_Houses   (226 words)

  
 CNN.com - Books - Exhibit, books showcase Margaret Mitchell as journalist - November 7, 2000
The exhibit at the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum in Atlanta will be a re-creation of Mitchell's office at The Atlanta Journal and include the actual desk where she worked, as well as her articles and photographs.
The second book is a collection of her writings from the Journal, including a story on a 10-year-old's visit to the governor of Georgia to appeal for a pardon for her mother, a "lifer" in the state prison.
Mitchell, the author of "Gone With the Wind," was born in Atlanta on November 8, 1900.
www.cnn.com /2000/books/news/11/07/people.mitchell.ap/index.html   (393 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell
After enjoying drinks at the Atlanta Women's Club Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh cross Peachtree Street at 13th Street to a movie theater showing "Canterbury Tales." She is hit by a speeding taxi whose driver is drunk.
Margaret Mitchell house, where the author lived as she penned Gone With The Wind, is dedicated and opens to the public.
Mitchell would later exclaim that she was surprised when she learned the South had lost the Civil War.
ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/2293   (469 words)

  
 CNN - Margaret Mitchell House opens to visitors in Atlanta - May 17, 1997
ATLANTA (CNN) -- The house where Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone With the Wind" was officially opened Saturday after the completion of a multimillion-dollar restoration project.
Mitchell had an apartment in the house and it was there that her husband brought her a typewriter and urged her to write the great American novel.
Restoring the house as a museum and gift shop was a 10-year project that suffered several setbacks, including arson last year that gutted it.
www.cnn.com /US/9705/17/briefs.pm/dump/index.html   (193 words)

  
 Directions to Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum is closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Thanksgiving Day.
The entrance is at the corner of Peachtree Place and Peachtree Street.
Copyright 2000 - 2006 Margaret Mitchell House and Museum™
www.gwtw.org /hours.html   (426 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Margaret Mitchell House and Museum at Epinions.com
The house has excellent curb appeal, due to its large, very green front yard (we later found out that the house had been pushed back from the street), charming old style Victorian architecture, and crisp brown paint on the windows and trim.
Once we were in the house, I noticed that there were a number of furniture-free large rooms boasting various pictures and portraits on the walls.
Margaret married Berrien Upshaw (aka: Red), the “scoundrel” and inspiration for Rhett Butler.
www.epinions.com /content_73184808580   (1333 words)

  
 News From the Margaret Mitchell House   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Margaret Mitchell House’s lawn is set in the middle of an urban environment, surrounded by concrete and asphalt.
Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind while living in the house from 1925 to1932 with her husband John Marsh.
Margaret Mitchell was a full-time volunteer for the American Red Cross during World War II.
www.scarlett.org /market/mmhouse.htm   (1437 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell never did get around to writing another book, and it's such a pity because if she ever made a sequal, I am sure it would have been better than Alexandra Ripley's "Scarlett".
Margaret Mitchell died on August 16, 1949 only three months before her 49th birthday.
Thank you Margaret Mitchell, because if we wouldn't have had your wonderful book, our lives would be completely boring...
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 Margaret Mitchell House & Museum - Entertainment - Atlanta, GA, 30309 - Citysearch
The tour begins with a look at Mitchell's newspaper columns from early in her career, continues with a walk-through of the apartment (her typewriter is on display) and continues with a photography exhibit and collection of Mitchell's personal letters.
Only open to those touring the Margaret Mitchell House, the annex has set pieces and props from the movie, scripts, programs, film footage and, of course, Scarlett's blue dress.
The Margaret Mitchell House and the Visitor's Center are available for parties.
atlanta.citysearch.com /profile/3001306   (580 words)

  
 Review of Margaret Mitchell House & Museum - Entertainment - Atlanta, GA, 30309 - Citysearch
My mother and I went to the Margaret Michell House and Museum over the weekend and were not very impressed.
I really knew nothing about Margaret Mitchell (other than the fact that she wrote 'Gone With The Wind') before I visited the House for the first time.
Mitchell's family, her triumphs over adversity and her incredible acts of philanthropy, I became a huge fan.
www.atlanta.citysearch.com /review/3001306   (402 words)

  
 Heavenly Atlanta: Shopping paradise
The house is at 225 W. Paces Ferry Road, in the tony Buckhead area.
The house is open through May 8, and tickets are $25 at the door.
And, of course, there are all of the usual suspects (details, www.atlanta.net): 5 The Margaret Mitchell House, downtown, where you can see the typewriter she used for her famous novel.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/travel/articles/0417atlanta17.html   (1582 words)

  
 Vloeberghs Stained Glass Studio - Architectural: Margaret Mitchell House
This newly restored house is the residence where Margaret Mitchell wrote most of "Gone With the Wind."
Patricia Vloeberghs will be recreating the decorative win-dows that where once in the Atlanta home Miss Mitchell dubbed, "The Dump." Daimler-Benz, the German automaker, is funding restoration of the house.
Three windows in the library where Miss Mitchell wrote her Civil War epic are being duplicated, as a set of bay windows and a transom over the front door.
www.vloeberghs.com /MMhouse.html   (489 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Atlanta Margaret Mitchell House - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
Margaret Mitchell was the author of Gone With The Wind which told the story of Scarlet O'Hara, Rhett Butler, and featured the burning of Atlanta at its center point.
If you have read her famous novel 'Gone with the Wind', or not, if saw the movie based on the novel, you would know who Margaret Mitchell is. This is the house where she and her husband rented one of the apartments and lived there for some time.
Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind, was born in Atlanta and lived there her whole life.
www.virtualtourist.com /vt/baf6f/4/7ce1   (548 words)

  
 MARGARET MITCHELL HOUSE AND MUSEUM - Gone With the Wind - ATLANTA
MARGARET MITCHELL HOUSE AND MUSEUM - Gone With the Wind - ATLANTA
Relive the phenomenom of Gone With The Wind and fall in love with Margaret Mitchell, author of the best-selling novel of all time.
Link to more information about the Margaret Mitchell House (including the new Gone With the Wind Museum).
www.webguide.com /gwtw.html   (225 words)

  
 Index by Name - The Paula Gordon Show
Mansfield is author of The Same Ax Twice: Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age, Skylark, In the Memory House and Cosmopolis.
This conversation was recorded in the apartment in Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell House where Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind.
Mitchell is the author of An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms.
www.paulagordon.com /name3.html   (3448 words)

  
 Literary Landmark Ceremony at the Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Friends of Libraries U.S.A. will be dedicating the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum as a national Literary Landmark in a presentation on Monday, June 17, from 4 pm to 4:45 pm.
Margaret Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh, in Apartment #1 and here wrote the bulk of her Pultizer Prize winning classic Gone With the Wind between the years of 1925 and 1932.
During the 1920s and 1930s, Margaret Mitchell’s house became a popular literary salon for bohemian Atlanta and a central meeting place for aspiring writers and journalists.
www.folusa.com /html/atlantalitland.html   (150 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell House and Museum in Atlanta, GA : details
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum in Atlanta, GA : details
- The tour continues into the house, through her apartment where she wrote Gone With The Wind and finally to the NEW Gone With The Wind Movie Museum.
PAGE OVERVIEW: -- Provides general information about Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, which may include web site and contact information, as well as description and collections info for those planning to visit Margaret Mitchell House and Museum..
www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020201_14503.html   (233 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Atlanta, Georgia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On the north side of the city near Midtown, the former Atlantic Steel plant is being redevloped as Atlantic Station, a mixed-use urban renewal project combining housing, retail, and office space, and promoted as one solution to Atlanta's ever more serious traffic and summer smog problems.
The metro area has one of America's longest daily commutes, and is one of the most car-dependent cities on the planet, both due to suburban sprawl, and lack of large nearby lakes or mountains to compress growth.
There are 186,925 housing units at an average density of 547.8/km² (1,418.8/mi²).
www.ipedia.com /atlanta__georgia.html   (2840 words)

  
 Margaret Mitchell House and Museum - Smyrna, Georgia
Set in the rolling foothills of North Georgia, Atlanta's dramatic skyline and tree-lined neighborhoods are a far cry from the days of Scarlett and Rhett.
This modest turn-of-the-century home is an architectural find in itself, but most notable because it houses the apartment where Margaret Mitchell penned most of the world's most popular novel, "Gone with the Wind." Having survived arson and many seasons of decay, the house has been completely restored.
Guided tours feature a wealth of historical and anecdotal information on Mitchell, the house and Atlanta in general.
www.traveltoday.net /poi3/Smyrna/GA/USA/0/18178   (497 words)

  
 Welcome To The Official Margaret Mitchell House Home Page
Tour the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, the birthplace of Gone With the Wind.
Enjoy the many benefits of membership to the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum.
The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum and the Atlanta History Center Merge
www.gwtw.org   (88 words)

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