Letter from Margaret Mitchell to Paul Kruse written in response to a letter from Kruse. Mitchell states that she is enclosing materials that she hopes will be of interest to Kruse and his students and comments on the production of the film adaptation of Gone with the Wind. Mitchell says she is not involved with the production of the film but believes production will begin the following year. The letter is signed "Margaret Mitchell Marsh." The letterhead reads "Margaret Mitchell" in blue ink.

A photograph print showing the Georgia Railroad (GA) 455, 2-6-0, Augusta, GA.

Letter from Margaret Mitchell to Paul Kruse written in response to Kruse's letter congratulating Mitchell on the success of her book Gone with the Wind and asking for Mitchell to autograph Kruse's copy of the book. In her response, Mitchell thanks Kruse for his remarks about her novel noting that she appreciated the help of librarians in her research while writing the novel. She states that she will not sign Kruse's copy of the book as she can no longer keep up with the high demand for autographs. The letter is signed "Margaret Mitchell Marsh" with her married name, Mrs. John R. Marsh, in parentheses. The letterhead reads "Margaret Mitchell" in blue ink.

A photograph print showing Charleston & Western Carolina (C&WC) 250, 4-6-0 (K-4) on passenger train, Augusta, GA.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

A photograph print showing the Georgia & Florida (GA) 405, 2-8-0, Augusta, GA.

Letter from Paul Kruse addressed to Mrs. John R. Marsh courtesy of Mrs. Paula Hartney. In the letter, Kruse congratulates Mrs. Marsh, who wrote under her maiden name, Margaret Mitchell, on the success of her novel Gone with the Wind and asks her to personally autograph a copy of the book that Kruse has included.

A photograph print showing the Georgia & Florida (GA) 26, 0-6-0, Augusta, GA.

A photograph print showing Charleston & Western Carolina (C&WC) 308, 0-6-0 (E-10), Augusta, GA.

Topographic map of Georgia and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, counties, villages, roads, American-Indian territories, and bodies of water. There are also two inset maps in the upper-right and lower-left corner. The first inset - on the right - shows the settled portion of Georgia from a 1796 map, and the second inset - on the left - shows the southern boundary of Georgia in 1787. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760] (16 miles to the inch).

This bulletin describes how farmers can build a Nichols terrace, which is an improved channel-type terrace. Maintenance suggestions are also provided.

"This bulletin deals with erosion of the soil and measures of defense which have proved successful in controlling erosion in that part of the Piedmont country lying in the five States of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama. The region is the rolling foothill country of the Appalachian Range, and extends east and south to the fall line which separates the Piedmont from the broad, gently sloping Atlantic and Gulf Coastsal Plains." -- p. ii. Measures of soil defense considered include terracing, contour tillage, strip cropping, close-growing crops in the rotation, and contour furrowing in pastures.

"Erosion has left scars on a majority of farms in the Southeast. Too poor to produce crops, the eroding spots are usually abandoned. Unless they are treated to stop further washing of the soil they grow steadily larger and continually rob the farmer of more of his land. Fortunately, soil conservation and wildlife management can be effectively combined, and otherwise worthless areas made to produce a crop of game, fur bearers, and other desirable types of wildlife. The general principles of wildlife management on the farm are described in Farmers' Bulletins 1719 and 1759. The purpose of this bulletin is to show how gullies, terrace outlets, waterways, eroding field borders, pastures, and woodlands in the Piedmont region may be protected against erosion through the use of vegetation that will also provide food and cover for wildlife." -- p. ii