Letters to C. Mildred Thompson, 1937-1938.

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Letters to C. Mildred Thompson, 1937-1938.

The collection consists of letters from Margaret Mitchell (Marsh) to C. Mildred Thompson from 1937-1938. The letters discuss Mitchell's admiration of Thompson's RECONSTRUCTION OF GEORGIA, her desire to meet the author, and Thompson's request for information about the Ku Klux Klan.

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Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949

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Margaret Mitchell (b. November 8, 1900, Atlanta, Georgia-d. August 16, 1949, Atlanta, Georgia), the daughter of Eugene M. Mitchell, was a prominent attorney. Her mother, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, was active in the women's suffrage movement. Margaret Mitchell attended Atlanta public schools, graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, and attended Smith College for one year before leaving college upon the death of her mother. She married John Marsh on July 4, 1925. Her only novel, Gone With ...

Thompson, C. Mildred (Clara Mildred), 1881-1975

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Clara Mildred Thompson (1881-1975) was born 27 November 1881 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert Galbraith Thompson and Alice Wood. During her public school years, to distinguish her from another schoolgirl by the name Mildred Thompson, the initial "C" was added to the beginning of her name. After attending public school in Atlanta, she earned degrees in history from Vassar College, AB (1907) and PhD (1915). After briefly teaching in private schools in Baltimore, Maryland, she joined the History Depa...