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词条 Joseph Mitchell (Mitchell Estate director)
释义

  1. Inheritance

  2. Life

  3. Legacy

  4. References

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Joseph Mitchell (born February 27, 1935 - died October 11, 2011) is an heir, one of the two nephews of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind, and the last family member to control the Mitchell Estate.

Inheritance

Upon Margaret's death on August 16, 1949, her two nephews Eugene Mitchell (April 6,1931 - August 8,2007) and Joseph Mitchell inherited $500 each from her estate. Mitchell was fourteen years old at the time and later stated he was in his thirties before he read Gone with the Wind.[1] John R. Marsh, Margaret's husband, gained the rights to the estate upon her death. When Marsh died in 1952, the rights passed to Margaret's brother Stephens Mitchell, and then when he died the rights passed to Eugene and Joseph.[2]

When Mitchell and brother Eugene inherited the estate, it was worth multi-millions.[2] Mitchell was not a public figure, however, and stayed out of the limelight that came with the inheritance.[3]

Life

Joseph Reynolds "Joe" Mitchell was born the second son of Stephens and Carolyn Reynolds Mitchell in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 27, 1935.[4]

Mitchell attended the University of Georgia for his undergraduate studies in literature, then went on to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. for his Master's Degree in English Literature. After graduating, he worked at the MGM publicity office in New York for two years, but after this stint did not work regularly until his death. His closest friends were listed in England, and he traveled to Europe as often as twice a year.[1]

Like his older brother Eugene, Mitchell had no children[5] and died from complications with diabetes at the age of 76 on October 11, 2011.[6] He was survived by several cousins and his sister-in-law Virginia Mitchell.[6]

Legacy

Mitchell bequeathed 50 percent of trademark and literary rights of the Mitchell Estate to the Archdiocese of Atlanta, along with personal items of Margaret's. Some of the items included a collection of signed Gone with the Wind first editions published in various languages in countries around the world; an unpublished history of the Mitchell family, handwritten by Margaret's father, Eugene Muse Mitchell; Margaret's wallet, press card and library card; furniture from her apartment; a library of books, including signed first editions of the late Georgia Catholic author Flannery O'Connor's novels and short stories.[7] He also donated millions of dollars and his home on Habersham Road in Atlanta to the archdiocese.[8] The archdiocese set aside $7.5 million for the cathedral’s building fund, $3.75 million to Catholic Charities and other service groups, and several million more went to disadvantaged parishes, parish endowments, a retirement fund for priests, and a Jesuit high school.[9]

Deacon Steve Swope of the archdiocese stated of Mitchell "His mission was to protect the dignity of the work, and we are going to carry that on. We are going to fiercely protect it from infringement. We have an obligation to do that."[10] Swope continued with "I am probably more a fan of Margaret Mitchell and Joseph Mitchell, since I have learned so much about them through this process. Margaret's simplicity and humility are pretty well known, and now Joseph will be remembered for his simplicity and generosity. Margaret's legacy is the greatest novel written about the South during the time of the Civil War. Joseph's legacy is the help he has provided to so many through his generous nature. For me, while Gone With the Wind is great, Margaret and Joseph Mitchell through their actions are far greater."[11]

Mitchell was posthumously mentioned in the press in early April, 2014, when the Atlanta Catholic Church was caught up in a scandal. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Georgia came under media scrutiny for building a $2.2 million mansion on land donated by Mitchell with funds earmarked for charitable donations and religious purposes. Originally Mitchell's one-story home had been on the property, but it was razed to make room for the mansion.[12] Mitchell's land contributions in relation to the mansion were mentioned in CNN,[13] the Washington Post,[14] Boston Globe,[9] Huffington Post,[15] and many other outlets.

References

1. ^{{cite news|last=Heys|first=Sam|title=Ghosts Haunt 'Gone With the Wind' Heirs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19880515&id=fFNIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1hMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2800,6702974|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=Cox News Service|date=15 May 1988}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Gómez-Galisteo|first=M. Carmen|title=The Wind Is Never Gone: Sequels, Parodies and Rewritings of Gone with the Wind|date=2011|publisher=Mcfarland|isbn=9780786486366|page=39}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Anita Price|title=The Margaret Mitchell Encyclopedia|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786492459|page=152}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Joseph Mitchell Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-mitchell&pid=154067065&fhid=4911|publisher=Legacy|accessdate=7 April 2014}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Ellen F.|title=Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood|date=2011|publisher=Taylor Trade Publications|isbn=9781589795273|pages=323–324}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=In Memory of JOSEPH MITCHELL|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=JOSEPH-MITCHELL&lc=2330&pid=154063074&mid=4847480|publisher=Dignity Memorial|accessdate=7 April 2014}}
7. ^{{cite book|last=Giemza|first=Bryan|title=Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South|date=2013|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=9780807150924}}
8. ^{{cite news|last=Kandra|first=Greg|title=Gone with the windfall: Margaret Mitchell heir leaves estate to Archdiocese of Atlanta|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2012/08/margaret-mitchell-heir-leaves-estate-to-archdiocese-of-atlanta/|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=Patheos|date=16 August 2012}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Henry|first=Ray|title=Atlanta archbishop apologizes for posh $2.2m home|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/04/01/atlanta-archbishop-apologizes-for-posh-residence/ggNkzQMqWimRYhGVDrjDBL/story.html|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=2 April 2014}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=Mitchell heir bequests half of 'Gone With the Wind' literary rights to Church|url=http://www.cathstan.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=164&ArticleID=5279|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=My Catholic Standard|date=28 August 2012}}
11. ^{{cite news|last=Jensen|first=Kurt|title=As God is his witness: A deacon takes over Tara|newspaper=Pontifical Council for Social Communications|date=12 September 2012}}
12. ^{{cite news|last=Lutz|first=Jamie|title=Atlanta Bishop Apologizes for Building $2.2 Million Mansion|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/atlanta-bishop-apologizes-for-building-2-2-million-mansion/|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=ABC|date=1 April 2014}}
13. ^{{cite news|last=Burke|first=Daniel|title=Archbishop's $2 million mansion gone with the wind?|url=http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/02/archbishops-2-million-mansion-gone-with-the-wind/|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=CNN|date=1 April 2014}}
14. ^{{cite news|last=Berman|first=Mark|title=After criticism, archbishop of Atlanta apologizes for new mansion|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/04/02/after-criticism-archbishop-of-atlanta-apologizes-for-new-mansion/|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2 April 2014}}
15. ^{{cite news|title=Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory Apologizes For Building $2.2M Mansion, Cites 'Oversight'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/atlanta-archbishop-mansion_n_5068708.html|accessdate=7 April 2014|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=1 April 2014}}
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