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MITCHELL, Margaret. Three typed letters signed ("Margaret") to Herschel Brickell, Atlanta, 18 January, 14 May and 21 July 1938 (addressed to "Miss Sallie and Norma and Herschel"). Together 7½ pages, small folio, single-spaced, on her stationary with name embossed in blue at top of each sheet, the first and third with holograph postscripts, usual folds, with three stamped, addressed envelopes.
18 January 1938 (on a myriad of subjects ranging from Afro-American writing to the South American rights for Gone with the Wind to Virginia Woolf and horticulture): "The Macon Evening News publishes a section for Negroes and the copy is edited by a Negro... I am enclosing a recent one and I want to call your attention especially to the paragraph I have starred. The more you read it the worse it gets... While it's too soon to start shouting, I think we have the Chileans on the run. At any rate, they are cabling that they will sign a contract, thus making an honest woman out of their edition. I feel like a triple threat woman..." Finally, she discusses the potential for a trip North and the siezure of the third volume of the unauthorized Dutch edition of Gone with the Wind, adding in her holograph postscript: "What did you talk to the Jewish folks about, Lil Harry?" -- 14 May 1938 (expressing condolences for the death of Brickell's cat, mentioning the Pulitzer awards and the production of the Gone with the Wind film): "Since our return from Florida life has almost reverted to its pre-War between the States status--the phone does not ring, the tourists come no more, the mail has dropped off. I felt certain that this would happen when I got off the best seller list, and I only hope the movie does not cause a recrudescence. By the way, I had a letter from Mr. Selznick recently, saying that he would go into production positively 'between now and September.'" -- 21 July 1938 (thanking the Brickells for recent letters and mentioning recent stories in the newspapers): "... There are so few friends with whom I can talk about meeting prominent people in the literary world. Most people rush and repeat what I have said and it eventually gets into the newspapers in a beautifully garbled manner. And makes me appear to be bragging about life-long friendships with well known people whom I have only met slightly." (3)
18 January 1938 (on a myriad of subjects ranging from Afro-American writing to the South American rights for Gone with the Wind to Virginia Woolf and horticulture): "The Macon Evening News publishes a section for Negroes and the copy is edited by a Negro... I am enclosing a recent one and I want to call your attention especially to the paragraph I have starred. The more you read it the worse it gets... While it's too soon to start shouting, I think we have the Chileans on the run. At any rate, they are cabling that they will sign a contract, thus making an honest woman out of their edition. I feel like a triple threat woman..." Finally, she discusses the potential for a trip North and the siezure of the third volume of the unauthorized Dutch edition of Gone with the Wind, adding in her holograph postscript: "What did you talk to the Jewish folks about, Lil Harry?" -- 14 May 1938 (expressing condolences for the death of Brickell's cat, mentioning the Pulitzer awards and the production of the Gone with the Wind film): "Since our return from Florida life has almost reverted to its pre-War between the States status--the phone does not ring, the tourists come no more, the mail has dropped off. I felt certain that this would happen when I got off the best seller list, and I only hope the movie does not cause a recrudescence. By the way, I had a letter from Mr. Selznick recently, saying that he would go into production positively 'between now and September.'" -- 21 July 1938 (thanking the Brickells for recent letters and mentioning recent stories in the newspapers): "... There are so few friends with whom I can talk about meeting prominent people in the literary world. Most people rush and repeat what I have said and it eventually gets into the newspapers in a beautifully garbled manner. And makes me appear to be bragging about life-long friendships with well known people whom I have only met slightly." (3)