AUSTIN, TX.- More than 600 individuals from 44 states and 13 countries have contributed to the effort to raise $30,000 to preserve five original costumes from “Gone With The Wind” (1939). The costumes are part of the David O. Selznick film collection at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Actress Vivien Leigh wore the five costumes, including character Scarlett O’Hara’s green curtain dress, green velvet dressing gown, burgundy ball gown, blue velvet peignoir and wedding dress. The Selznick film collection, which came to the Ransom Center in the 1980s, consists of more than 5,000 boxes of materials, including the costumes. Prior to the collection coming to the Ransom Center, the costumes had been exhibited frequently and as a result were in fragile condition. At the Center, the gowns have been kept in humidity- and temperature-controlled conditions