Mark Twain collection, 1869, 2004.

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Mark Twain collection, 1869, 2004.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55215935

The Mark Twain collection, collected by Dr. Norman E. Clarke, consists mostly of materials either written or endorsed by Twain, or materials written about him and his works. The collection includes: two brief handwritten notes by Twain, undated, and his wife, Olivia, 1890; postcards; portraits (mostly reproductions); newspaper and magazine clippings (originals and copies); articles about Twain, his works, and house; advertising fliers for Twain books; a Mark Twain calendar, 1910; various items published by the Mark Twain Assn. of America and the Mark Twain Birthplace Memorial Shrine; play bills, 1881, artifacts, including a Mark Twain bust, cigar box, memory game, and scrap book, and a brick from his house; periodicals; Biographical Information (from the Columbia Encyclopedia website, 2004); and other materials. Also included are various lists generated by Dr. Norman E. Clarke, and the Clarke Historical Library staff, of the Mark Twain collection, which were compiled to produce a book about the collection, which was published in 1971. Originally, a large number of books were part of this collection, but they have been separately cataloged.

3 cubic ft. (in 4 boxes, 3 Oversized folders) : ill.

Clarke Historical Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7691852

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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...

Clemens, Olivia Langdon, 1845-1904

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Olivia Langdon Clemens, also known as Mrs. S. L. Clemens (b. November 27, 1845, Elmira, New York-d. June 5, 1904, Florence, Italy) was the wife of American author Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)...