Papers, 1857-1967, undated.

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Papers, 1857-1967, undated.

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This collection contains biographical information, professional correspondence, notes relating to his teaching and research on various literary figures, and research and notes relating to the career of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). In addition, there are texts from tour lectures, materials relating to Lorch's speeches and other published articles and reviews, as well as Twain-related ephemera. Correspondents include David E. Archie, George H. Brownell, Mary Ellen Chase, Cyril Clemens, Bernard A. DeVoto, Paul Fatout, Clara Sammosaud Gabrilowitsch, Hal Holbrook, Ernest C. Laisy, Franklin Meine, Albert Bigelow Pain, Mrs. Herbert (Ella) Quick, Dixon Wector, Samuel C. and Doris Webster.

6.30 linear ft. (15 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Lorch, Fred W. (Frederick William), 1893-1967

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English professor. Frederick William Lorch was a professor of English at Iowa State University (1921-1967). Lorch was the author of more than thirty scholarly articles and a national authority on some aspects of Mark Twain's career. He edited several textbooks, including "The Trouble Begins at Eight: Mark Twain's Lecture Tours". This work was published posthumously and won the Iowa State University Press Annual Award for the most outstanding manuscript by an Iowa author. From the des...

Iowa State University. Dept. of English

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