Margaret Mitchell House at Atlanta History Center Midtown

The Dunning School

Margaret Mitchell talked a lot about the effort she put into researching Gone With the Wind, and her goal of making the novel’s background as historically accurate as possible. Despite these efforts, much of the history presented in Gone With the Wind is biased or inaccurate. Studying the sources Mitchell used to write Gone With the Wind can help us understand where these biases and inaccuracies come from.

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Telling Stories: Gone With the Wind and American Memory

Telling Stories: Gone With the Wind and American Memory examines the making and meaning of this influential tale.

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Before its restoration, Margaret Mitchell House had fallen into extreme disrepair. Here it is pictured in the 1980s.

The house was subject to at least four fires, but the two in the 1990s were by far the most devastating. Here, the house is pictured burning in 1996, and the aftermath was almost total destruction.

Mary Rose Taylor is pictured with Dr. Otis Smith, who received a scholarship funded by Margaret Mitchell to attend Morehouse School of Medicine.

This view of Margaret Mitchell House from Crescent Avenue shows individual apartment balconies. The building was turned into an apartment building shortly before Margaret Mitchell and John Marsh lived in Apartment No. 1.

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