Samuel L. Clemens papers, 1796-1984, 1853-1909 (bulk).

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Samuel L. Clemens papers, 1796-1984, 1853-1909 (bulk).

Papers of Samuel L. Clemens include manuscripts of his stories written or signed by Clemens and one notebook, 1855-1868; his letters and telegrams to family members Orion Clemens, Pamela C. Moffett, Charles L. Webster, Jane L. Clemens, and others, 1853-1909, concerning his early experiences in Philadelphia, travelling, business affairs, mining in the American West, his writing and publishing affairs, trips to Hawaii in 1866 and Europe in 1867, political figures, his typesetting business, and family affairs; letters received, including several from William Dean Howells, 1874-1909, and later letters about Mark Twain history and materials, 1941-1975; and letters to Charles L. Webster from Clemens and illustrator E.W. Kemble about his illustrations for HUCKLEBERRY FINN and original and proof copies of Kemble's illustrations, 1884. Other items include original manuscript memoirs on the Civil War by Gen. U.S. Grant, letters to Charles L. Webster from Grant, his photographs of Grant, Civil War scenes, and Grant's funeral, 1863-1885; manuscripts, diary entries, letters, clippings, and photographs of Isabel Van Kleek Lyon, Clemens' secretary, concerning the person and career of Samuel L. Clemens, 1903-1939, and notes from a conversation with Lyon by Samuel and Doris Webster, 1950-1953; letters, clippings, memoranda, legal papers, certificates, deeds, and contracts of Samuel L. Clemens' family members, 1807 and 1834-1944, including his parents John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens, his brothers Orion Clemens, Henry Clemens, his daughters Clara and Jean, and his sister Pamela Clemens Moffett, her husband William Anderson Moffett, their son Samuel E. Moffett, and their daughter Annie Moffett and her husband Charles L. Webster; and photographs of Samuel L. Clemens, his family, and related Websters, Moffetts, Fords, Dalrimples, and McKinneys, ca. 1856-1955.

12 cubic ft. (37 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7641694

Vassar College

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

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...

Dalrimple family.

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Moffett, Samuel E. (Samuel Erasmus), 1860-1908

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Clemens, Jane Lampton, 1803-1890

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Clemens family.

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Clemens, Jane Lampton, 1880-1909

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Moffett family.

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Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933

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E.W. Kemble (1861-1933), American cartoonist and illustrator. From the description of Letters to Ellis D. Robb, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863177 Illustrator, cartoonist and writer. From the description of Edward Windsor Kemble drawings, 1888 [and undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80910799 Kemble, an American cartoonist and caricaturist, illustrated many of the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris, as well as the annotated Mark...

Webster family.

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Clemens, Henry, 1838-1858.

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Moffett, Pamela Clemens, 1827-1904.

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Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847.

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Moffett, William Anderson.

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Lyon, Isabel Van Kleek, 1868-1958.

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Clemens, Orion, 1825-1897

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Webster, Doris

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Clemens, Clara

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Clara Clemens was the wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch and the daughter of Samuel Clemens. From the description of ANS : Munich, to Margaret Sloss, 1914 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369535 American soprano; wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 27 November 1935, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564489 Clara Clemens was a daughter of Samuel Langhorne Cleme...

Ford family.

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McKinney family.

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Webster, Samuel C.

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Webster, Jean, 1876-1916

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Webster, grandniece of Mark Twain, was the author of DADDY LONG LEGS. She graduated from Vassar in 1901 and married Glenn Ford McKinney in 1915. From the description of McKinney family papers, 1720-1975, 1863-1941 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155520308 The three parts of the McKinney Family papers are the Jean Webster Papers, the Samuel Clemens Papers and the McKinney Family Papers. The common thread amongst these groups of materials is Jean Webster. She was the gra...

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Webster, Charles L., 1851-1891

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